![]() ![]() breakfast, Mexican, Italian, etc.) and I’m happy to say that over 2 years later, this method is still working really well for me. ![]() I’ve already shared my Themed Weekly Menu Planning “rule of thumb” where I try to plan meals based around certain food themes (a.k.a. If we don’t have leftovers, Dave will usually make a sandwich and Nora and I will often have macaroni, spaghetti, soup, grilled cheese, chicken nuggets (I’ll put mine on a salad), fruit, raw veggies, or something else VERY simple. We usually prepare our lunches (on a plate for me or in Tupperware for Dave) as we’re cleaning up dinner, which saves time too. Dave has a microwave right in his classroom (and I don’t particularly love sandwiches) so this is actually the simplest option for us. We almost always have dinner leftovers from the night before for lunch the following day. Here’s a link to all my bread/muffin recipes. Here’s a link to all my breakfast recipes. ![]() On Saturdays, I usually make pancakes, omelets, quiche, or waffles and on Sundays we almost always have cinnamon rolls - usually from a can □ Pop-Tarts - this is all Dave as I detest these things!.Yogurt and granola (or just yogurt if I don’t make/buy granola).English muffin bread or muffins (I often try to have some type of bread or muffins made or in the freezer).I don’t make a specific meal plan for breakfast, but this is what we usually end up eating… With that said, here is what our “normal” weekly meal plans often look like. etc.Īlthough I do draft up a simple weekly meal plan pretty much every week, I don’t get too bent out of shape if we end up rearranging meals, skipping meals, or saving them for the next week. Our schedules change at the last minute, we get invited for dinner by friends or family, we have unexpected company, we have a free babysitting offer and use it to have an adult conversation over Culver’s burgers and fries, etc. We are not picky eaters (at least not Dave and I) and we don’t have any food allergies or sensitivities that we know of - which obviously makes cooking a lot easier around our house.Īnd also, when I say our “normal” meal plan - I mean “relatively normal” because there really is no completely normal week in our house. Not everything I make is super duper 100% healthy, but it usually tastes really good □ I make a lot of things from scratch, some things from a box, and a good amount are “semi-homemade”. We eat some processed foods - but we also eat lots of fruits and veggies. I freely admit that I don’t buy all organic or natural foods. I’m also not looking for advice for how we should change the way we eat - I’m simply sharing how we DO eat. However, today, I’m sharing little more about what types of VERY SIMPLE meals we eat - mainly because I think it might be nice for you to see just how simple our meals are, and maybe feel a little less overwhelmed by all the blogs out there who are supposedly making gourmet meals for their families every night of the week.Įverything In Moderation – My Theory on Food:īefore we get too far into this post, I should mention that I am most definitely NOT a ‘foodie’ and my goal in writing this post is not to say you should or should not eat the same foods that we eat. I’ve been thinking about this for a bit, and I’m still not sure what I want to do long-term. FAST.īut ever since then, I’ve gotten a fair number of emails from people asking me to resurrect my Menu Plan Mondays or share a bit more about what meals we eat on a weekly basis. The posts were pretty easy to write and I usually got a decent amount of positive feedback - but then I realized that since we eat really simple foods and we eat the same things on a regular basis, me sharing the same recipes over and over again would probably get old. Two years ago, I started posting our meal plans for the week every Monday morning - I cleverly called the series “Menu Plan Mondays”. ![]()
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