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[quote=Anonymous]For me, planning is key. I like to sit down on Saturday or Sunday and make a dinner plan for the week, then shop to that.  I have to be realistic about:
- Which nights we need really quick dinners to accommodate activities
- Which nights I'll be exhausted from an extra long day at work
- I get less ambitious as the week wears on

So for me, a dinner plan might look something like:
Monday: Roast chicken (cut into pieces so it roasts faster, but I'll put twice as much chicken on the tray as we'll need for that dinner), broccoli (roasts on another tray at the same time as the chicken), brown rice in the instant pot (also making twice as much as needed).
After dinner, strip the rest of the chicken meat off the bones and save it for later in the week. Make stock from bones if extra ambitious.

Tuesday: salmon filets in the air fryer, salad, steamed new potatoes with butter and dill 
(Sports night, this all cooks really quickly)

Wednesday: fajitas - grill or pan-sear skirt steak, let it rest while cooking onion and bell pepper strips in the and pan. Heat up a can of black beans. Serve with tortillas or on a bed of lettuce.

Thursday (another sports night): stir fry ground pork with frozen veggies, heat up the leftover rice from Monday

Friday: chicken soup with veggies and either noodles or rice, using the leftover chicken. Add a can of white beans. 
Or maybe some kind of chicken-lentil stew.[/quote]

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