Last Sunday I ordered enough Chinese to cover us for the week.

Mon : meatball sub
Tues: homemade chicken noodles soup in a bread bowl
Wed: left over chicken on top of a hefty green salad
Thurs: stuffed peppers or maybe quesadilla
Fri: pizza

Pretty busy this week

Instant pot butternut squash risotto with roasted asparagus
Puffy pancakes with fruit and sausage/veggie sausage
Avocado Mango coconut tofu bowls
Saag paneer in the instant
Crockpot Tomato soup
Frozen Lasagna not homemade

I’m not 100% sure on the days but this is the plan:
Lentil soup-already cooked and ready to heat back up
Black bean crunchy tacos
Peanut sauce noodles with tofu and broccoli
Maybe Swedish meatballs and random veggies
Fish tacos

Home chef 🤣
Tue-(Fast and fresh) Bolognese pasta with tomatoes and artichokes
Wed- (oven ready) peach and brown sugar, turkey meatloaf with broccoli mac & cheese
Thu- (Express plus) salmon and dill béarnaise sauce with sautéed potatoes and tomatoes
Fri- leftovers or pizza

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My plan is to look up at 5:30 everyday and be shocked to learn I have to pull together dinner.

I've never been so seen.

In fact my 4 year old said to me "well, why DON'T you know what's for dinner?! You live there, right?"

Anonymous wrote:My plan is to look up at 5:30 everyday and be shocked to learn I have to pull together dinner.

I've never been so seen.

I am horrendous at meal planning but am feeling motivated to reduce our food costs ($$$).! I’ll use what’s in the fridge and don’t have to go back to the store to make this work, which is a win. my kids (3 and 6) will get each of the ingredients served on their plates but they may or may not eat it.

Monday - lettuce wrap hatch chile sliders (minus hatch for kids), sautéed mushrooms, rice
Tuesday - Greek chicken soup, greens for adults/carrots for kids, frozen falafel or bread on side
Wednesday- Pasta carbonara; tbd vegetable
Thursday - Shepherd’s pie with sweet potatoes instead of regular. If I had phyllo dough in the freezer I’d do chicken pot pie instead.
Friday - boxed mac and cheese and frozen peas. Like a PP said… I give up

We have an activity of some sort from 6:30 or 7 until 8:30 or 9 every.single.night this week. DH and I both get home from work at 6, younger kid goes to bed at 9:30. Dinners will all be of the '15 minutes or less' or the 'heat in a crockpot for 3 hours' variety.

Monday - salad, crockpot chili
Tuesday - bagged salad, meatball subs
Wednesday - roast chicken & baked potatoes (teen can pop it all in the oven while I'm at an activity with younger DC and DH is at a volunteer meeting), steam some broccoli when we get home
Thursday - tomato soup, sheet pan chicken quesadillas (with leftover roast chicken), sliced veggies
Friday - I give up, hot dogs from the concession stand at teen's game

Sunday- zucchini mushroom fritters, sausage and miso soy green beans
Monday- rice and beans with ground beef and pic de gallo
Tuesday- tacos with shredded chicken, leftover ground beef and toppings
Wednesday- salad and homemade burgers
Thursday- Dutch oven pork roast and roasted Brussels and sweet potatoes
Friday- smoked branzino and pesto pasta
Saturday- homemade pizza

Anonymous wrote:My plan is to look up at 5:30 everyday and be shocked to learn I have to pull together dinner.

This is me. I ended up subscribing to hello fresh. Now I pull out a hello fresh bag at 5:30 and see what I’m cooking. It’s not cheap but saves me a little bit of sanity.

Sunday — grilled salmon, buttered orzo with peas
Monday — smashed black bean and cheddar quesadillas, pan fried in olive oil served with mashed avocado and chopped grape tomatos
Tuesday — take out
Wednesday - smitten kitchen butternut squash pancakes with crispy sage
Thursday —- hmmmmm. Maybe pasta with Italian sausage and tomatos? Or maybe chili dogs since I found some random frozen chili in the back of the freezer..
Friday — maybe quick cheddar soufflé with salad and green smoothies

Sunday - kale salad with sweet potatoes, feta and avocado dressing
Mon - pork chops, fried okra and mashed potatoes
Ties - ritz cracker baked cod, rice and green beans
Wed - leftover rice and Indian bean dish
Thurs - Salisbury steak recipe, egg noodles and leftover green beans
Fri - take out

My plan is to look up at 5:30 everyday and be shocked to learn I have to pull together dinner.

Anyone care to share their menu plan for this week?

I'm in a rut with cooking and nothing sounds appealing right now (tired of wintry produce by this time of year). I also just had dental surgery, so have to stick to relatively soft foods for myself, but still need to feed the family. Hoping that seeing other people's menu plans will give me some inspiration!