As at all times, final week’s meals have been easy to organize and all pictures have been snapped in real-time — no fancy meals images allowed! You’ll see a mixture of consolation meals and salads, freezer meals and straightforward air fryer dishes. Hopefully no less than one of many meals under will come out at you in case you’re on the lookout for some dinnertime inspiration this week!
I additionally introduced again notes on what our boys ate for dinner every night time. I know how each household feeds their children is private and totally different and simply ask that you simply respect what works for our household. Our boys often eat what we eat, however they’ll additionally usually have deconstructed variations of our meals or their very own kid-friendly dinners which can be just a little extra easy (and fewer flavorful — ha!).
Week of Weeknight Meals: September 2025
Ryan was touring for work on Monday night time and at any time when he’s out of city, with him goes any motivation I’ve to prepare dinner one thing extra concerned. I ended up heating up some crockpot rooster corn chili I froze a few weeks in the past in Souper Cubes in our freezer. I get probably the most use out of my two-cup Souper Cubes as a result of the 2-cup measurement is often good for one serving of soup, lasagna, chili, stew, and many others. for me. It was a fast and straightforward dinner for me which was key as a result of it was an exercise night time full of karate and soccer for the boys.
On the boys’ plates: Grilled cheese with chili (for many who just like the chili), blueberries and bell peppers
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Tuesday: Air Fryer Rockfish Tacos
While you convey dwelling 60+ kilos of fish out of your Alaska household trip, you end up consuming fish a couple of occasions per week for months! Fortunately I’m a seafood lover via and thru so that is improbable information for me! Ryan was nonetheless away on a piece journey on Tuesday, so I threw collectively a easy dinner for myself and cooked thawed rockfish seasoned with fish taco seasoning (that is my favourite seasoning) within the air fryer. I topped the fish tacos with lettuce, tomatoes, inexperienced onion and a do-it-yourself cilantro lime ranch dressing I already had prepped and prepared.
On the boys’ plates: Quesadillas, strawberries, inexperienced beans
Aka our most-made meal of the summer time! This one is clearly following us into fall as a result of we adore it a lot and it’s really easy! Ryan grilled some rooster thighs marinated in Japanese BBQ sauce and dijon mustard whereas I threw collectively our favourite carrot apple slaw and a easy corn salad. To make the corn salad, I mixed thawed frozen candy corn with freshly squeezed lime juice, cilantro, pink onion, inexperienced onion, salt and feta cheese.
On the boys’ plates: Applegate rooster nuggets with ketchup, carrot apple slaw, corn, apple slices
Bagged salads for the win!! This meal got here collectively ridiculously quick due to a pre-made Asian salad equipment we topped with air fryer Alaskan salmon. Yep, extra Alaska fish!
On the boys’ plates: Salmon with cucumber slices, peach slices and buttered toast
My mother and father arrived on the town on Friday and I figured a meal of final consolation meals can be a scrumptious Friday night time meal after Chase’s soccer recreation. I very, very loosely adopted this recipe however actually I have to make this one once more and measure every part as a result of it was so good and I modified various issues. Consolation meals at its best!
On the boys’ plates: Sizzling canine with carrots and strawberries
Query of the Day
Please be happy to share any scrumptious dinner recipes you’ve made lately!
