As all the time, photographs are snapped in real-time and no fancy meals images is allowed. Dinners round listed here are by no means difficult and under you’ll see a mixture of one-dish casseroles, a easy salad and a simple throw-together pasta. It’s my hope that a minimum of considered one of our meals under will come out at you and offer you some dinnertime inspiration the following time you’re attempting to determine what to make on the finish of a protracted day.
Additionally, I introduced again notes about what our boys ate every night at your request! For anybody new to our dinnertime method with our youngsters, sure, they do typically eat completely different meals than we do. And sure, I’m very a lot okay with how we deal with feeding our youngsters in our home. It’s not a lot additional work as a result of they’ll typically eat some a part of our dinner paired with a fruit or uncooked veggie that takes little or no time to prep. (Consider me, I’ve learn loads about solely providing your youngsters what you eat and we do nonetheless supply them our dinners and new meals to attempt on a regular basis.)
Feeding our youngsters was an especially demanding factor for me, particularly as a first-time mother to a really small youngster. I let go of a number of the guilt and anxiousness that surrounded their meals years in the past (this weblog submit by a dietician blogger good friend did wonders to shift my mindset). I kindly ask to your respect relating to our selections and the way we feed our youngsters. It’s possible you’ll not agree with it and it may not be the way in which issues are finished in your home and that’s okay!
Week of Weeknight Meals: March 2025
Monday: Hen Cordon Bleu Casserole
I meal prepped this hen sous-chef casserole on Sunday so it was a breeze to reheat and eat on Monday after a busy day of college, piano follow and the same old Monday craziness. I adopted this recipe and added a full bag of frozen broccoli to the casserole earlier than baking (I tossed it with the hen and the ham). Ryan and I LOVED this one. (Our boys weren’t tremendous into it.) It was a kind of final consolation meals recipes to the grown ups in our home!
On our boys’ plates: A small serving of the above casserole, grilled cheese, broccoli, strawberries
Tuesday: Air Fryer Hen Thighs with Milkbread Rolls and Carrot Apple Slaw
This meal was one of many best meals to assemble final week but additionally one of many tastiest! I made the hen thighs by following this recipe I shared earlier than that we love a lot from Pinch of Yum. (I make 8x the quantity of seasoning at one time so we’ve it in a jar to make use of on our hen on busy weeknights. Extremely suggest! This seasoning combined with a little bit brown sugar can also be an excellent shortcut model.) We served the hen with rolls from Milkbread, a favourite native restaurant I hope will sooner or later ship their rolls and milkbread throughout the nation as a result of it’s unreal. The aspect that stole the present was my carrot apple slaw which is one thing I’ve actually been making each single week for the previous couple of months. I adore it as a result of no cooking is concerned, it stays effectively within the fridge for a number of days after making it (nice for lunchtime leftovers) and it pairs effectively with so many various sorts of protein. I’m planning to share the recipe on the weblog this week, so keep tuned!
On our boys’ plates: Applegate Farms natural hen nuggets, carrot apple slaw, Milkbread rolls with butter
Wednesday: Cheeseburger Salad
Wednesday nights are soccer nights in our home so dinner must be fast and simple. Cheeseburger salads checked this field for us! There are 1,000,000 and one burger salad recipes on the market and I mixed a number of of them to make this creation. I topped chopped romaine lettuce with crumbled burger, roasted potatoes, shredded cheese and edamame and drizzled the salad with this dressing from SkinnyTaste. It was fairly good however I discovered myself wishing I had tomatoes, avocado and crumbled bacon readily available to incorporate in my salad. I simply felt prefer it wanted a number of extra enjoyable issues to be an enormous win for me.
On our boys’ plates: Cheeseburgers with ketchup, pickles, edamame, orange slices
Thursday: Ricotta Pie
This one was attention-grabbing however in a great way! I did a little bit experimenting within the kitchen in an effort to make a pasta dish with greater protein and mixed cooked pasta and hearts of palm “noodles” with blended cottage cheese I combined with riced cauliflower (you couldn’t even style the cauliflower), egg and hen after which I stirred all of it up with Rao’s marinara earlier than topping it with shredded cheese and baking the pasta dish for half-hour at 350 levels. I topped it with parmesan cheese earlier than consuming and Ryan and I cherished this one! I feel this one may even be blog-worthy should you guys are open to one thing a little bit distinctive, however I need to make a number of modifications (particularly swapping out the hen for Italian hen sausage for extra taste) earlier than sharing.
On our boys’ plates: Pasta with marinara sauce, carrots, apple slices
Friday: Steak with Carrot Apple Slaw and Inexperienced Beans and Oreo Pie for Dessert
Rhett and I whipped up one other batch of my carrot apple slaw on Friday for lunch (he loves serving to me anytime I take advantage of my rotary grater) so I used the leftovers as a aspect to serve with our steaks together with inexperienced beans. In honor of Pi Day (3.14), we made an Oreo pie that our whole household simply polished off in a single sitting. It was really easy and so good!
On our boys’ plates: Steak or hen nuggets (relying on the child), carrot apple slaw, inexperienced beans, blackberries and Oreo pie for dessert
QUESTION OF THE DAY
Inform me about the perfect meal you ate final week!
Any current weeknight dinner wins in your home? Bonus factors in the event that they’re wholesome and straightforward!
