![]() I usually make one with broccoli and onions and another with broccoli and turkey ham. Quiche - I love this recipe from Martha Stewart. I sometimes like to add chicken quesadillas in with soup night since my husband isn’t a huge soup fan.ĩ. Here are 15 awesome soup recipes that you can choose from. I recommend choosing a recipe that has similar ingredients as your other meals that week - that way you don’t have to buy a whole new set of groceries. Soup & Salad- mix it up on what kind you make. If you have a little extra time you have to try grilled cheese sandwiches for the buns! We love making ours with Horizons Cheddar Cheese Slices or even Provolone - seriously delicious!Ĩ. So for example if there’s leftover spaghetti I’ll throw it in a casserole pan with some grated cheese on top for spaghetti casserole.ħ. We like to repurpose leftovers into “new” dishes. Leftover Night - leftover nights are awesome for the weekend. Taco Night - use the extra ground beef from spaghetti night, mix quickly with taco seasoning and you’re all set! Or if one week you want variation try fish, chicken or even steak tacos! YUM! Also, here’s a delicious Pico de Galo recipe you have to try (it uses Lime Essential Oil!).Ħ. I love the flexibility of this day! Sometimes we do waffles and turkey ham or bacon, other times we do omelets and hash browns, or if we’re in the mood for a treat we do crepes.ĥ. Breakfast for Dinner Day - another great one for busy nights. Spaghetti - cook extra ground beef this day and store it away in the fridge so it’s already ready for Taco Night. Alternative pasta ideas for this night: Macaroni Hamburger, Fettuccine Alfredo, etc.Ĥ. Tuna Mac Casserole - I love this quick and easy recipe especially if we know we have a busy night ahead.ģ. You’ll notice mine leaves room for some diversity week after week but still keeping the same menu structure. I often tweak recipes or replace them with something new if we start getting tired of a certain recipe in the rotation. Here is an example of 10 (generally easy and relatively healthy) meals, feel free to sub out and replace any with your family’s favorites. My favorite part about this system: the grocery list is easy-peasy to make week after week (and you end up savings tons because you’re only buying what you’re actually going to use!). We usually have a day a week where we head over to my in-laws for dinner and then another eating out/pizza type day. I’ve found that 10 meals fits 2 weeks perfectly for us. That’s when I realized it was time to stick to the same core menu rotation week after week. Although being too busy to meal plan is actually quite an oxymoron because the time it takes to do it will save you at least that, if not double or triple throughout the week.īut even though I knew it saved me time I was still having a hard time forcing myself to sit down and make the meal list and grocery list. when I’m “too busy” to meal plan and just wing it. If you love free printable designs and want to make sure you don’t miss out on a single one, join my mailing list and they will be sent right to your inbox.I was reminded this week, as I was looking over our family’s budget, how much money we save when I meal plan vs. Whohoo! Want even more pretty printables? If you purchase through these links, you’ll help support Elegance & Enchantment, and you’ll receive some amazing fonts, too. The fonts used in this calendar design are: Lulo and Carolyna Pro Black While you are there, say hi to Kim, and check out the other fantastic projects, printables, and recipes that are available to you! You can download the calendar seen in this post for free by visiting Today’s Creative Blog. If you want to ditch your Google calendar all together, I’ve also designed a brand new calendar for 2015 to match the meal planner! Some things are just better on paper. It also helps that it is way prettier than my Google calendar which makes me excited to use it. ![]() “Chicken Parm and Spinach Salad” seemed to get lost in between “Dentist Appointment” and “Send November Issue Pages to the Printer”, which led to this bad habit: way too much takeout.Īlas, this weekly meal planner was born! Visualization is everything and I think having a space that’s separate from my other responsibilities and commitments is going to go a long way. In the past I’ve tried to do meal planning using my Google calendar, but it just wasn’t getting the job done. Cleaning isn’t either (consider this to be foreshadowing). There are a few areas of my life where I feel like I have good systems in place, but meal planning isn’t one of them. If I don’t have a to-do list handy, my productivity goes out the window and I end up down an internet rabbit hole, which inevitably ends at YouTube. Without organization and planning I’m lost. ![]()
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