1/23 meal plan

 Saturday

Grill or favorites

Jenny and Paige at horse show- eat out, phil leftovers

Sunday

#smokersunday

Smoked chicken, asparagus and red potatoes packet

• Using his favorite rub to smoke a whole chicken
• Roasted asparagus tossed in butter, lemon pepper seasoning and garlic powder
• Red potatoes in the smoker, chopped, olive oil and italian seasoning

Monday
Pasta/seafood night

Burgers, fries and grilled veggies

• Phil will grill burgers
• use leftover sandwich toppings (lettuce, tomato burger sauce and buns)
• grill some mushrooms and peppers marinated in a lawrys seasoning
• Cook a bag of root vegetable fries from ALDI in the air fryer

Tuesday
Taco Tuesday/Soup and sandwiches

*Dance class and away game*

• Leftover soup from freezer
• Snack box for Paige

Wednesday

Instant Pot/Casserole/Grill

Chicken Enchilada casserole

• previously frozen in containers like this
• stuffed with shredded rotisserie chicken, spinach, cheese, black bean and corn
• use premade HCF enchilada sauce
• heat for 30 minutes from thawed

Thursday

Asian or Mexican

Asian beef and broccoli

• using ground beef to make a simple beef and broccoli meal
• serve over jasmine rice

Friday-
Pizza or freezer

*Phil Game*

Pizza before the game

1/16 meal plan

 Saturday

Grill or favorites

Grilled chicken sandwiches

• Use frozen chicken and have Phil grill
• serve on  Brioche buns with lettuce, tomatoes and burger sauce
• side of roasted garlic parmesan red potatoes using my air fryer bake setting
• tomato cucumber salad similar to this but we don't measure anything 

Sunday

#smokersunday

Out of town for Sadie birthday

• Jenny and Paige will be in Austin and eating on the road
• Phil and Elliott will have leftovers

Monday
Pasta/seafood night

Burgers, fries and grilled veggies

• Phil will grill burgers
• use leftover sandwich toppings (lettuce, tomato burger sauce and buns)
• grill some mushrooms and peppers marinated in a lawrys seasoning
• Cook a bag of root vegetable fries from ALDI in the sir fryer

Tuesday
Taco Tuesday/Soup and sandwiches

*Dance class and away game*

• Leftovers soup from freezer
• Snack box for Paige

Wednesday

Instant Pot/Casserole/Grill

Chicken pot pie

• I froze a couple of these over break so I can just thaw and put in the oven for dinner
• Serve with some fruit as a side

Thursday

Asian or Mexican

Dumplings with fried rice and edamame

• Picked up some frozen Korean BBQ dumpling from ALDI the other week
• Sides are steamed Edamame and fried rice

Friday-
Pizza or freezer

*Phil Game*

Pizza before the game

1/9 meals plan

 Saturday

Grill or favorites

Sunday

#smokersunday

Snow day- so we made this amazing chili with some leftover frozen smoked pork butt

• left out the bacon since I didn't have any
• added some crushed tomatoes and a little extra broth since the pork soaked up a lot of the liquid
• serve with choice of noodles, fritos sour cream and cheese

Monday
Pasta/seafood night

Baked Ziti and Ceasar Salad

• Trying out this recipe that friend shared last week
• Making sure to use the "real" mozzarella for some melty goodness

Tuesday
Taco Tuesday/Soup and sandwiches

*Dance class and away game*

• Leftovers chili or ziti
• snack box for paige 

Wednesday

Instant Pot/Casserole/Grill

Crockpot shredded chicken tacos

• Jar of salsa and some chicken in the crockpot all day. Use the mixer to shred when I get home and serve in tacos
• Serve with chopped tomatoes, sour cream, avocado 
• refried beans on the side (use to make bean and cheese tacos for Paige)

Thursday

Asian or Mexican

Chicken Quesadillas

• Use leftover chicken for chicken and cheese quesadillas
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Friday-
Pizza or freezer

*Phil Game*

Pizza

1/2 meal plan

 Saturday

Grill or favorites

Sunday

#smokersunday

Wings, fries and carrots/celery

• trying out the new air fryer with some buffalo wings using this recipe
• fries and celery/ carrots and ranch
• Paige gets chicken nuggets

Monday
Pasta/seafood night
Beef Stroganoff

• using this recipe 
• Air fryer asparagus as a side (will leave a few with less seasoning for Elliott)

Tuesday
Taco Tuesday/Soup and sandwiches

*Dance class and away game*

• Pasta Fagioli soup from the freezer, and sandwich on the side
• Paige gets a snack box before dance class, and E gets a pouch 

Wednesday

Instant Pot/Casserole/Grill

Grilled Pork chops, side of skillet potatoes and balsamic brussel sprouts

• Phil will grill the pork chops ahead of time on Monday, and I will quickly reheat in the air fryer
• Roasted brussel sprouts  in the air fryer and I'm SO excited to try these

Thursday

Asian or Mexican

Dumplings, lo mein and steamed edamame

• Bought some Korean BBQ dumplings from ALDI, will drizzle with siracha mayo for Phil and I
• Steamed Edamame (mash for Elliott)
• Lo Mein also from the freezer

Friday-
Pizza or freezer

*Phil Scouting*

Pizza