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

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

11/21 meal plan

  Saturday

Grill or favorites

Steak, angel hair pasta, broccoli

Sunday

#smokersunday

Chili from the freezer

• serve over noodles and fritos 
• top with sour cream and cheese

Monday
Pasta/seafood night

Snack dinner

• We keep a selection of cheeses and meats on hand
• We also serve it with crackers, cheese crisps, pickles, beets, olives etc
• Also pulling out some fried green beans to bake

Tuesday
Taco Tuesday/Soup and sandwiches
Meatball subs

• Use frozen meatballs and marinara sauce in the crockpot while we go to the game
• serve with fries and a Italian side salad

Wednesday

Instant Pot/Casserole/Grill

Bacon wrapped pork loin

• serve with spinach souffle
• roasted potatoes- chop potatoes and put in a glass pan with but and roast at 425 for 30 mins

Thursday

Asian or Mexican

Thanksgiving

Friday-
Pizza or freezer

Pizza/leftovers

11/14 meal plan

  Saturday

Grill or favorites

Mom is gone for the night so daddy is ordering pizza or cooking one from the freezer

Sunday

#smokersunday

Smoked ribs, frozen german potato salad and roasted zuchinni and yellow squash

Monday
Pasta/seafood night
Sheet pan gnocchi, kale, sausage bake

Tuesday
Taco Tuesday/Soup and sandwiches

Thawing some soup in the crockpot while we go to dance class

• either chili, broccoli and cheese, or butternut
• serve with sandwiches/chips/salad

Wednesday

Instant Pot/Casserole/Grill

Eggplant parmesan from freezer with a side salad and fruit

Thursday

Asian or Mexican

salsa chicken tacos

• awhile ago we made a big batch of green salsa chicken and froze portions to use
• heat in the mini crockpot and serve as green chicken tacos 
• top with avocado, sour cream, tomatoes and shredded cheese
• black beans

Friday-
Pizza or freezer

*Phil Scouting*

Pizza

11/7 meal plan

 Saturday

Grill or favorites

Snack dinner with some leftover crackers/meats/cheeses from Halloween.

Sunday

#smokersunday

Wings in the smoker with smoked queso and chips/fries

• also trying this arugula salad

Monday
Pasta/seafood night

Pulled pork tacos

• Reheat meat in small crockpot
• top with cilantro, queso, red onion, shredded cheese
• serve with refried beans

Tuesday
Taco Tuesday/Soup and sandwiches

Phil scrimmage- Midway

Grabbing a bite to eat out with the kids since we will go straight from dance class to the scrimmage

Wednesday

Instant Pot/Casserole/Grill

Crockpot Butternut squash soup or this one

• Loading up the freezer with some different soups for Tuesday nights using these containers
• Ordered a farm fresh basket and one of the items was a butternut squash so I'm excited to try this soup
• will serve with crusty bread or garlic bread

Thursday

Asian or Mexican

*Phil JH Game*

Korean BBQ Dumplings or Southwestern eggrolls

• Picked up several of these the other week at ALDI and we are slowly working our way through
• will serve with fruit and mashed avocado for dipping

Friday-
Pizza or freezer

*Phil Scouting*

Quesadillas/Tacos with leftover pulled pork

• serve with queso, red onion, shredded cheese, cilantro
• refried beans

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