As at all times, final week’s meals had been easy to organize and all images had been snapped in real-time — no fancy meals images allowed! You’ll see a mixture of casseroles and curries, Instantaneous Pot meals and reheated freezer meals. Hopefully no less than one of many meals under will come out at you when you’re searching for some dinnertime inspiration this week! (Pssst: I’ll convey notes concerning the boys’ plates again subsequent month. I simply merely forgot to write down them down this week and my mind is mush and can’t bear in mind them!)
Week of Weeknight Dinners: Might 2025
It was a really wet day on Monday and a heat and comforting casserole sounded excellent for dinner. I loosely adopted a new-to-me recipe for a Inexperienced Hen Enchilada Casserole from the weblog All of the Wholesome Issues and we thought it was scrumptious. My modifications to the recipe had been minimal and easily included including pinto beans and corn to the casserole earlier than baking. We beloved the feel and taste they added to the dish and I might completely add them once more!
Ryan had dinner plans with a buddy on Tuesday night, so I used to be driving solo and turned to the freezer for a straightforward dinner. I beforehand froze particular person parts of my Instantaneous Pot Butternut Squash Hen Curry in Souper Cubes so all I needed to do was reheat and eat! I like this soup topped with recent cilantro and served with a aspect of naan bread. Whereas sadly we didn’t have any naan, I made do with a slice of buttered multigrain bread (ALDI’s Tremendous Seedy Graintastic bread — it’s great!), which labored nicely sufficient for me!
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Wednesday: Steak and Potatoes with Cucumber Salad
I’ve taken to maintaining a few steaks readily available in our fridge recently for these random “what the heck am I going to make for dinner” nights. I pan-seared this steak on the stovetop in a little bit of butter and used Kinder’s Natural Buttery Steakhouse seasoning to present it probably the most unimaginable taste. I’m on a mission to strive all of Kinder’s seasoning blends as a result of they’re completely unbelievable!! On the aspect we had mini golden potatoes roasted in olive oil, rosemary and garlic salt in addition to a straightforward cucumber salad. To make the cucumber, I finely sliced it with my rotary grater and tossed it in Makoto ginger dressing. So easy and so good!
Thursday’s dinner was the lasagna recipe I’ve been making continuous! I lastly shared it on the weblog final week to present you guys the total breakdown. After I typed it up, I additionally calculated the dietary data for the recipe and every LARGE slice of this cottage cheese lasagna boasts 39 grams of protein! (One 9×13 tray make 6 beneficiant parts — hooray for quantity!) It’s undoubtedly a saucy/cheesier lasagna which I personally love and it reheats so nicely each from the freezer (I give ideas for freezing the lasagna in my weblog submit) and as leftovers the subsequent day. There’s a motive I virtually at all times double the recipe after I make it!
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Friday: Air Fryer Steelhead Trout with Potatoes and Broccoli
Our Friday ended up a lot fuller than we anticipated, as we had associates over for an all-day play day on the lake! It was such a enjoyable afternoon however didn’t go away me a lot time to consider dinner by the point 5:30 p.m. rolled round. (Consuming early is and at all times will likely be my jam.) I fell again on my go-to thought course of when this occurs and rummaged round within the fridge round for a protein, a veggie, and a starch. I fortunately had some recent steelhead trout fillets readily available and seasoned them with garlic salt earlier than cooking them within the air fryer. Sides had been easy and included steamed broccoli tossed in butter and garlic salt and reheated roasted potatoes leftover from Wednesday evening’s dinner. For a quick and not-too-thought-out imply, it was one.
Query of the Day
Any go-to dinner recipes you’ve been loving recently?
What was one of the best factor you ate for dinner final week?
