10/31 meal plan

Saturday

#smokersaturday

Halloween snack dinner with some spooky favorites and some amazing cheese options I scored from ALDI this last weekend.

Sunday
Grill or favorites

Smoked Turkey Breast stuffed with bacon, pesto and Monterrey jack cheese

Roasted sweet potatoes and asparagus

Monday
Pasta/seafood night
Ravioli and pasta sauce with Italian sausage  side cesaer salad

Tuesday
Taco Tuesday
Broccoli Cheddar soup in the crockpot will cook while we are at dance class and be ready when we are home.  Serve with biscuits from freezer.

• Leftovers will be frozen in these containers

Wednesday

Instant Pot/Casserole/Grill

Gyros from the freezer- serve with sliced tomatoes/cucumber salad and fries

• This was a box dinner from ALDI and it comes with the meat, pita, tzatziki

Thursday

Asian or Mexican

*Phil JH Game*

Freezer Korean BBQ dumplings or southwestern egg rolls with smashed avocado for dipping

Friday-
Pizza or freezer

*Phil Scouting*

Pizza

10/24 meal plan

Saturday

#smokersaturday

DATE NIGHT!!! 

Sunday

Favorites 

Smoking a pork butt and freezing leftovers

• Phil is excited to try another pork butt in his smoker and I am loving having leftovers to throw in different recipes
• We will also put some chopped potatoes topped with bacon bits and cheese in the smoker for a bit making dishes minimal
• serve with the rest of a bag of coleslaw in the fridge

Monday
Pasta/seafood night
Salmon, brussel sprouts roasted and tossed in balsamic glaze, quinoa from a box

• a friend recommended this salmon recipe and I'm excited to use a cedar plank we have laying around
• roasted brussel sprouts at 400 for about 20 mins or until crispy and then toss in a balsamic glaze from ALDI (similiar to the TJ ones)

Tuesday
Taco Tuesday
*Dance Class* *Basketball meeting*

Pulling some chili from the freezer and heating in a small crockpot while we go to dance class

• we froze this last week and used some leftover pulled pork in it instead of ground beef and it turned out amazing

Wednesday

Instant Pot/Casserole/Grill

*Coach/Officials meeting on zoom*

Butter chicken over rice

• I seriously love the ease and simplicity of this recipe but it turns out delicious EVERY time

Thursday

Asian or Mexican

Serving a selection of eggrolls and fried rice I found at ALDI-  I'm thinking the chicken avocado ones this week

Friday-
Pizza or freezer

 Pizza night!

10/17 meal plan

 Saturday

#smokersaturday

Pulled pork chili served over fritos

• Using my favorite chili recipe but putting smoked pork butt we froze a couple weeks ago
• We were going to have this last week but Texas had other plans and it was 90 degrees

Sunday

Favorites 

Monday
Pasta/seafood night
Grilled chicken, linguini with butternut squash/pumpkin sauce and salad

• marinate in garlic and herb lawrys  marinate and grill
• leftovers used for lunches
• chopped bag salad

Tuesday
Taco Tuesday
Korean Taco kit- top with sliced cucumber and shredded carrot and cabbage and spicy mayo

• using the last of our taco kits we got from ALDI, it includes all the seasonings and fajitas all we need it the topping

Wednesday

Instant Pot/Casserole/Grill

Meatloaf with roasted veggies frozen sweet potato and carrot from freezer and will probably add some broccoli

Thursday

Asian or Mexican

Asian freezer meal (egg rolls or stir fry or dumplings) 

Friday-
Pizza or freezer

Veggie pizza

10/10 meal plan

Saturday

#smokersaturday

Phil is gone so we are keeping it simple and the kids and I are heading to Austin to see some good friends for the day and will eat there before we leave

Sunday
Smoker Sunday

Smoked pork tenderloin, baked potatoes, roasted asparagus

Monday
Pasta/seafood night
Shrimp Po Boys and fries with fruit

•  Grill the shrimp with some blackening seasoning and serve on crusty rolls with tomatoes and remoulade sauce 
• Bake some fries on the side and whatever fruit we need to use up

Tuesday
Taco Tuesday
Hatch salsa chicken taco salads with refried beans

• Hatch chicken was previous cooked in the slow cooker with just a jar of salsa and then frozen
• will reheat in the mini crockpot while we are at dance class
• serve in Taco shells, with lettuce, diced tomatoes, avocado, refried beans and cilantro lime dressing

Wednesday

Instant Pot/Casserole/Grill

Pulled pork chili served over fritos

• Using my favorite chili recipe but putting smoked pork butt we froze a couple weeks ago

Thursday

Asian or Mexican

Pasta casserole from the freezer with shells, marinara and italian sausage

Friday-
Pizza or freezer

Supreme pizza