As at all times, images are snapped in real-time and no fancy meals pictures is allowed. Dinners round right here should not sophisticated and, typically, the dinners you see under did double responsibility and leftovers labored effectively for lunches for me and Ryan as effectively. You’ll see a mixture of one-dish casseroles, easy salads and straightforward throw-together pasta. And it’s my hope that not less than one among our meals under will come out at you and offer you some dinnertime inspiration the subsequent time you’re attempting to determine what to make on the finish of an extended day.
Week of Weeknight Meals: September 2024
Additionally, I’ve included notes about what our boys ate every night as effectively. For anybody new to our dinnertime method with our children, sure, they do typically eat totally different meals than we do. And sure, I’m very a lot okay with how we deal with feeding our children in our home. It’s not a lot further work as a result of they are going to typically eat some a part of our dinner paired with a fruit or veggie that takes little or no time to prep. (Imagine me, I’ve learn loads about solely providing your children what you eat. And we do nonetheless provide them our dinners and new meals to attempt on a regular basis.)
Feeding our children was once a particularly tense factor for me, particularly as a first-time mother to a smaller youngster. I let go of lots of the guilt and nervousness that surrounded their meals years in the past (this weblog publish by a dietician blogger good friend did wonders to shift my mindset). I kindly ask in your respect concerning our selections and the way we feed our kids. You could not agree with it and it won’t be the best way issues are executed in your own home and that’s okay!
I’ve been making this recipe for years and years and we by no means get sick of it! It’s semi-time consuming however nonetheless very straightforward to make and leftovers style implausible! I at all times make certain to make use of scorching Italian sausage within the recipe as I feel it give it extra taste. We ate ours with Dave’s Killer Bread rolls and a few watermelon on the aspect.
On our boys’ plates: Dave’s Killer Bread rolls with butter, Publix Greenwise frozen pizza, inexperienced beans, watermelon
This meal was impressed by the leftover hen we had readily available from final Saturday’s cookout and the produce we had that was on its final leg. Mainly, Tuesday’s dinner was born from my need to make use of up the meals we had within the fridge earlier than it went unhealthy! Rooster and chickpea salad to the rescue! Although a good quantity of chopping is concerned to make this salad, it’s in any other case a simple recipe, And in addition a implausible one to have readily available for leftovers the subsequent day. It ended up being my lunch on Wednesday and Thursday, too!
On our boys’ plates: Chickpeas, cucumber slices, Applegate natural hen nuggets with ketchup, string cheese, strawberries
Generally I’ve to be reminded of my very own recipes to recollect to make them once more! This one pot hen cabbage bowl is one among my absolute favorites. However I truthfully forgot about it over the previous few months till Brittany made it and tagged me on Instagram after she served it for dinner one night time. It was time to make it once more! I used rotisserie hen on this dish to make it come collectively rapidly. And cherished the flavorful broth and cabbage on this dish a lot. It must occur extra typically in our home. Particularly as cooler temperatures are on the horizon.
On our boys’ plates: Eggs with butter and honey toast, bell pepper slices, blueberries
We nonetheless had a strong two baggage of apples from Saturday’s apple-picking journey on our arms on Thursday. So I used to be decided to make use of a bunch of them in Thursday’s dinner. I made one among my favourite busy weeknight meals — my hen sausage candy potato bake — and it felt like fall in a bowl! This was Ryan’s favourite meal of the week and made the entire home scent superb. I additionally whipped up some oatmeal apple crisp to serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream for dessert.
On the boys’ plates: Rooster sausage, apple slices, carrots and a Dave’s Killer Bread roll with butter
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Friday: Ravioli with Shortcut Bolognese Sauce (Half 1)
Friday night time was soccer recreation night time so we saved dinner good and easy and dug into spinach and ricotta ravioli (from the freezer part at Complete Meals) with shortcut bolognese sauce (aka floor beef browned and blended with a jar of Rao’s marinara). After topping the ravioli with parmesan cheese, we dug in!
Half 2 of Friday’s meal was Shake Shack cheeseburgers and milkshakes a bit earlier than 9 p.m. once we have been all hungry once more after Chase’s soccer recreation!
On our boys’ plates (half one): Identical as our dinner
Query of the Day
What’s one factor you’ve been making for dinner recently that’s been a success in your own home?
