Last Monday I partnered with a local French restaurant, Nico, to help promote a new service they are offering – Super Mama Meals! – which are take n’ bake dinners, prepped in Nico’s kitchen and finished off in your home. My family and I enjoyed a Super Mama Meal on Monday and it was out of this world. I absolutely plan on working a Super Mama Meal into my meal plan a few times a month and locals, you totally should too.
That’s the beauty of a meal plan – it can be whatever you want it to be. Too often people hear “meal planning” and just assume it translates to having to cook seven nights a week. Maybe it does for some but for others it could mean cooking two nights a week, grabbing a Super Mama Meal one night, eating out the other and ordering pizza to close out the week. It doesn’t matter what the plan is as long as you have a plan.
On a normal week, my plan is to cook five to six nights a week because it works for my family – it keeps our health on track, cuts down on the grocery bill and keeps my stress levels from going thru the roof. I totally get that might not work for all of you but my hope is each week you look forward to receiving my weekly meal plan and consistently find one or two recipes that work for you and your family!
Enter this week’s plan. Y’all, I need this week to give me the space to be rushed, stressed and tired because my girls start school on Monday. I never thought this day would come but here it is, staring me in the face. Not totally sure how I feel about it but I’m just going to pretend like everything is OK and keep on moving forward. Because I know what’s coming – never ending laundry, early alarms, packing lunches, homework – I picked recipes I knew my kids would eat and ones that lend themselves to some simple meal prep to make dinner time a breeze. Not as healthy as I normally do, but some weeks you just gotta do whatever you can do to keep your head above the water!
Back to School Meal Plan
Sunday, August 23rd |Smash Burgers with Garlic Ailoi and Parmesan Fries | I’m sending my girls back to school with full bellies and smiles. The full feeling that will come from consuming all of the yumminess will help make an earlier bedtime possible!
Monday August 24th | Billy’s BBQ Pork Butt | Perfect meal prep recipe. I’m going to cook the pork butt on Sunday afternoon because it does require a few hours in the oven. Let cool and store half of the pork in a container for Tuesday’s dinner! Serve on buns, over lettuce – whatever makes you happy.
Tuesday August 25th | Cast Iron Cuban Skillet | If you cooked the pork butt on Sunday, this recipe will only take you ten minutes, start to finish. One tweak – the ham seems like over kill to me so I’m going to either sub prosciutto or just leave it out all together. KID TIP | If your kids won’t eat this all mixed together serve their bbq plain with some raw veggies!
Wednesday August 26th | Rotisserie Chicken Tacos | Another quick meal prep tip for this week – pick your rotisserie chickens on Sunday when they are warm. I promise, this will make your life so much easier. I found this recipe a little confusing – even though it’s really simple – so watch the quick ten second video.
Thursday August 27th | Rotisserie Buffalo Chicken Casserole | Some people hate casseroles, which I totally get, but they make weeknight family dinners so easy especially when you’ve already picked your chicken!! Perfect low carb recipe.
Friday August 28th | Beef Stroganoff | I really love this recipe and my kids do too. A couple of things – I will serve theirs over egg noodles and mine over whatever pre-spiralized noodles I can find in the grocery store – zucchini, squash – any of them will work. Sub beef broth and soy sauce for the keto ingredients!
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