As at all times, pictures are snapped in real-time and no fancy meals images is allowed. Dinners round listed here are by no means difficult and beneath you’ll see a mixture of one-dish casseroles, a easy salad and a straightforward throw-together pasta. It’s my hope that at the very least one in all our meals beneath will come out at you and provide you with some dinnertime inspiration the subsequent time you’re making an attempt 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 strategy with our children, sure, they do usually 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 additional work as a result of they may usually eat some a part of our dinner paired with a fruit or uncooked veggie that takes little or no time to prep. (Imagine me, I’ve learn lots about solely providing your children what you eat and we do nonetheless supply them our dinners and new meals to strive on a regular basis.)
Feeding our children was once a particularly annoying factor for me, particularly as a first-time mother to a really small baby. I let go of plenty of the guilt and nervousness that surrounded their meals years in the past (this weblog publish by a dietician blogger buddy did wonders to shift my mindset). I kindly ask to your respect concerning our selections and the way we feed our kids. You could not agree with it and it may not be the best way issues are completed in your home and that’s okay!
Week of Weeknight Meals: March 2025
Monday: Rooster 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 type 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 Rooster Thighs with Milkbread Rolls and Carrot Apple Slaw
This meal was one of many best meals to assemble final week but in addition 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 now we have it in a jar to make use of on our hen on busy weeknights. Extremely advocate! This seasoning combined with a little bit brown sugar can be an amazing 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 really been making each single week for the previous couple of months. I adore it as a result of no cooking is concerned, it stays nicely within the fridge for a number of days after making it (nice for lunchtime leftovers) and it pairs nicely with so many alternative 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 fascinating 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 when you guys are open to one thing a little bit distinctive, however I wish to make a number of adjustments (specifically 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 complete 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 simple!
