As at all times, final week’s meals had been easy to arrange and all pictures had 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 at the least one of many meals beneath will come out at you for those who’re in search of some dinnertime inspiration this week!
I additionally introduced again notes on what our boys ate for dinner every evening. I know how each household feeds their youngsters is private and totally different and simply ask that you simply respect what works for our household. Our boys sometimes eat what we eat, however they’ll additionally usually have deconstructed variations of our meals or their very own kid-friendly dinners which might be slightly extra easy (and fewer flavorful — ha!).
Week of Weeknight Meals: September 2025
Ryan was touring for work on Monday evening and at any time when he’s out of city, with him goes any motivation I’ve to cook dinner one thing extra concerned. I ended up heating up some crockpot hen 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 usually excellent for one serving of soup, lasagna, chili, stew, and so forth. for me. It was a fast and straightforward dinner for me which was key as a result of it was an exercise evening 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 just a few occasions per week for months! Fortunately I’m a seafood lover by and thru so that is incredible 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 home made 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 like it a lot and it’s really easy! Ryan grilled some hen 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 hen nuggets with ketchup, carrot apple slaw, corn, apple slices
Bagged salads for the win!! This meal got here collectively ridiculously quick because of a pre-made Asian salad package 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 dad and mom arrived on the town on Friday and I figured a meal of final consolation meals can be a scrumptious Friday evening 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 thing as a result of it was so good and I modified various issues. Consolation meals at its most interesting!
On the boys’ plates: Scorching canines with carrots and strawberries
Query of the Day
Please be happy to share any scrumptious dinner recipes you’ve made lately!
