It’s Monday. Again. The weekends go by too fast! I have made a conscious effort to change my relationship with Mondays. We used to be enemies because they mean that the hubby is back at the office, laundry is piled up to my eyeballs, the house is a disaster, and the pantry is empty. I have decided we are not going to enemies anymore, we are going to be friends. So, I am grateful for this Monday because it means I have time to do laundry, I get to clean the house, meal plan, and hit up the grocery store! I mean, who doesn’t love to go to the grocery store with a toddler?!
Any who! The purpose of this post was to show y’all how I meal plan every week. I am a HUGE believer in the saying “failing to plan is planning to fail”. In order for my family and me to eat consistent healthy meals, I try to sit down at the beginning of every week and write down what each dinner is going to be. This also keeps me from buying out the whole grocery store. Here is this weeks meals:
Monday: Home made chicken fried rice
Tuesday: Chicken & broccoli casserole (the sneakiest way to get your toddler to scarf down some veggies)
Wednesday: Crockpot teriyaki chicken served over rice
Thursdays: Leftovers (aka the least amount of cleaning the kitchen day)
Friday: Big Green Egg Pizza
I base my grocery lists every week off of the recipes I need to make each meal. I use the leftovers for our lunches throughout the week. We try to avoid eating out. It is so much healthier and cheaper to eat in as much as possible! I probably sound like a broken record. Or my mother.
I will leave y’all with the homemade chicken fried rice recipe that was the bomb.com. Zack and Max gobbled this down. Getting Max to eat anything other than mac and cheese and pizza is a huge feat, so I am patting myself on the back right now. 😉
What you need:
4 Chicken Breasts
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/3 cup honey
2 cloves garlic
1 medium white onion
1 cup green peas and carrots
2 eggs
2 cups white rice
What to do:
Cut up chicken breasts into 1 inch squares and sauté on a skillet with a smudge of butter (yes, a smidge….that means less than half a tbs) until cooked all the way through. Set Aside.
Cook rice according to package
Saute green peas, carrots, chopped onion, and garlic until soft. Add two eggs and scramble.
Combine rice, chicken, and green pea, carrot, onion and garlic mixture. Pour soy sauce and honey over top and mix together!
I couldn’t leave this out of today’s post….while cooking dinner my hubby was home (which saved my house from a mini tornado, aka Max). The two of them experienced some quality bonding while sanding down our patio chairs. My heart just might explode.
Happy Monday Friends!
XOXO. Tavia
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