Current Meal Planning – Dinner

Emily here! Sharing my current meal planning plan. This is focused on dinner planning. Recently my goal has been to make double our dinner portions so that I’m not cooking every night. Here is my rough outline with a few meal ideas and some meal ideas for toddlers.

Sunday – Casserole/Crockpot/Comfort
Meal Ideas: Chicken Tikka Masala, Zuppa Toscana, Shepherd’s Pie, Ham and Noodle Casserole, Potato Soup, Stroganoff, Chili Dog Casserole, Minestrone Soup, Chip Beef on Toast, Pork Loin, Roast Chicken Dinner, Ribs.
Toddler Meal: Snack Plate (Cheese, Cracker, Fruit, Veggie, Hummus, Cottage Cheese).

Monday – Leftovers

Tuesday – Mexican Night
Meal Ideas: Shrimp Sheet Pan Fajitas, Taco Bowl, Instant Pot Chicken and Rice Bowls, Chicken Enchiladas, Chipotle Chicken Tacos (El Snacho Style), Quesadilla, Burrito, Pork Tacos, Fish “Tacos”, BWW Nachos,
Toddler Meal: Quesadilla (cheese, chicken or beans).

Wednesday – Leftovers

Thursday- Italian
Meal Ideas: Spaghetti, Cheese and Spinach Ravioli with Meat Sauce, Meatball Subs, Alfredo Pasta Bake, Lasagna (frozen for an easier dinner), Cottage Cheese Mac and Cheese, Chicken Parmesan, Chicken Rollups.
Toddler Meal: Brown Rice Pasta with whatever sauce is being used or butter.

Friday – Burgers and Fries
Meal Ideas: Beef Burgers, Grilled Chicken, Crispy Chicken (get premade from freezer section), Turkey Burger, Veggie Burgers, Pulled Pork Sandwich, Teriyaki Chicken Sandwich, Sloppy Joes. Side of fries, tots, or onions rings.
Toddler Meal: Usually Veggie Burger or same as above with no bun.

Saturday – Pizza
Meal Ideas: My pizza dough as the base. Pizza, Calzone/Pizza Pocket, Pizza Rollups, Stromboli, Pizza Pinwheels.
Toddler Meal: Mini Pizza. Cauliflower Pizza Crust Topped with Red Sauce, Cheese and Chicken.

A few things to note.
1. I always try to make a meal that everyone will like. But that doesn’t always happen so the toddler meals are easy meal to make if my main dish won’t work for their taste buds or eating abilities.
2. In addition to the main dish I add a side veggie. Most of the time I cook it but for an easier dinner I will just put something raw on the side. Like carrots, cucumber, celery, or an easy salad.

What We Eat in a Day

Emily here! Sharing what me, Pal (3), and Bud (12months) eat in a day.

We always start the day with coffee and bottles. (Coffee is for me obvi). So upon waking up the boys get 4oz of milk and me a cup of coffee. About 30 min later Bud is hungry so we have breakfast. This day we had banana pancakes. I added Nutella for all. Bud doesn’t like eggs so he got sliced cheese instead (some days I still offer eggs to Bud). Also he doesn’t really like strawberries so he got blueberries instead.

Next Pal and Bud had a mid morning snack of freeze dried apples.

Next was nap time. Both boys got another bottle before their naps. We like to have full bellies before naps in our house. I ate leftover Mac and cheese and broccoli for lunch.

The boys wake up at different times from their naps so we have snacks. Also they don’t like to sit for a meal after their naps for a long time. Here was todays variety. Mango, goldfish, crackers, and fruit pouch. We played outside and then I got everyone inside with another bottle of milk (we have big milk drinkers in this house).

Dinner was leftover orzo pasta with butter, fruit, and cottage cheese. (Bud had more than 7 blueberries but he eats them very fast). I ate enchiladas after they went to bed and forgot to take a picture of it. Bud got another bottle of milk before bed.