12/19 meal plan

 Saturday

Grill or favorites

Fajitas

• Grill marinated chicken and peppers/onions
• refried beans and mexican rice for sides
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Sunday

#smokersunday

Cuban sliders with fries/salad

• Make an extra 2 trays for freezer

Monday
Pasta/seafood night
Chicken Pot Pie-

• Make double to freeze a few for January
• Add diced potatoes to make more filling, sauté in butter for a few minutes then coat with flour
• I use rotisserie chicken, broth and cream for the filling
• frozen peas and carrots veggies
• use a premade puff pastry for the top

Tuesday
Taco Tuesday/Soup and sandwiches

Phil Game

Pasta Fagioli Soup and garlic bread

• This is my favorite pasta fagioli soup.  It is so easy and turns out amazing in the instant pot

Wednesday

Instant Pot/Casserole/Grill

Chicken enchilada casserole- use this filling but make a casserole like this

• Using some of the shredded chicken from Monday to make enchiladas 
• will freeze a couple trays for us
• serve with avocado and chips/salsa

Thursday

Asian or Mexican

**Christmas Eve**

Gumbo

• Using Phil's Mom's Gumbo recipe to make some seafood gumbo

Friday-
Pizza or freezer

*Christmas*

Grilled steak filets, steamed crab legs, steamed artichokes and potatoes

12/12 meal plan

 Saturday

Grill or favorites

*Caitlin and Sadie Visit**

Eat out at Winter Wonderland or pick up Pizza on the way home

Sunday

#smokersunday

Steak, scalloped potatoes and roasted asparagus

• Phil will grill the steak and season with Fiesta steak seasoning
• boxed scalloped potatoes
• roast asparagus topped with butter and olive oil and garlic and lemon pepper seasoning

Monday
Pasta/seafood night

Creamy gnocci with salad

• Using the gnocci we froze from a couple weeks ago and make a tomato-y creamy pasta with some spicy sausage
• Cesar Salad

Tuesday
Taco Tuesday/Soup and sandwiches

*Phil Game*

Asian frozen dumplings, mashed avocado, edamame

Wednesday

Instant Pot/Casserole/Grill

Skillet hash

• Brown potatoes in skillet with vegetable oil
• Add canned green beans, smoked sausage and BBQ sauce and heat till warm

Thursday

Asian or Mexican

Lettuce Wraps- 

• Use this sauce packet serve with rice

Friday-
Pizza or freezer

*Phil Game*

Pizza

12/5 meal plan

 Saturday

Grill or favorites

Sunday

#smokersunday

Grilled chicken breast, grilled squash and zucchini (Season with olive oil and lawrys), baked potatoes

Monday
Pasta/seafood night

Tuesday
Taco Tuesday/Soup and sandwiches
*Phil Game and Paige dance class*

Paige will eat a snack box on the way to dance class, and maybe another small snack when we get home

I will eat soup (heated in the mini crockpot while we are at dance class) and a sandwich or salad

Wednesday

Instant Pot/Casserole/Grill

Ground beef tacos

• top with lettuce, tomato, avocado, salsa
• side of refried beans

Thursday

Asian or Mexican

Sauteed white fish (seasoned with lawrys and sweet and spicy seasoning), roasted veggies- sweet potato, red potatoes, broccoli (also roast apples and green peppers cut for Elliott)

Friday-
Pizza or freezer

*Phil game*

Pizza or snack dinner