Monday - Te-Man was sick...So we literally had french fries for dinner. I thought about feeling guilty about this...and then I thought screw that. :)
Tuesday - Salads, Homemade Roasted Garlic Whole Wheat pretzels (Keeper? Wolverine says yay...I say nay. We'll see if I can make them better.), and Plant Based Spinach Artichoke Dip
Wednesday - Red Beans and Corn Bread (I'll take a picture tonight and post this one soon!)
Thursday - Black Bean and Quinoa Burgers with Oven Baked Beans and salads
Friday - Coconut Curry Noodles (this one is amazing! I can't believe I haven't posted it yet! Soon!!)
Saturday - Vegetable Pot Pie
Sunday - We're going to the Rams Game!!!
What are you eating this week?
Do you have any tricks to share about how to make dinners throughout the week easier? I love freezing a second dinner's worth of meals - it is awesome to know that a simple opening of the freezer door means dinner!
You know how they say to have all of your basic veggies and fruits washed and prepped for easy meal prep. They aren't kidding!!! I have started recently dicing/slicing/cubing/etc peppers, onions, cucumbers, zucchini, broccoli, carrots, lettuce, etc. on the weekend so that during the week all I have to do is grab the containers from the fridge. This week I took it a step further and actually combined all of the vegetables in the specific amounts each recipe called for. Then I just labeled the top with some masking tape and a marker. So I have a container marked Red Beans, Baked Beans, Curry, and Pot Pie. Then all I have to do is grab the one dish and add the remaining ingredients. So awesome!!!
I do this with my granola bars, cookies, and pumpkin bread too. When your recipe calls for sometimes 10 different types of nuts, seeds, oats, etc. it can be a pain digging everything out of the cabinet each time. So I just pre-measure all of my dry ingredients into sealed containers and then when I want to make something I grab it back out, add the maple syrup, applesauce, etc and BAM into the oven! :)
I also dice and freeze left over fruit before it goes bad - instant smoothies or Popsicles!
I have also been lately cooking off three to four times the amount of beans I need and then freezing them in 15oz portions so I can just grab a bag of beans without having to have the forethought of soaking them the night before. I guess normal people would just use a can though....so not really a time saving tip unless you're looney like me. :)
Have a wonderful week!!
