I set an alarm this morning to sneak in a fast weblog publish earlier than the boys are awake by 6:30 a.m. (the time their inner alarm clocks go off it doesn’t matter what) and am thrilled to be again this morning with the return of a collection I started on the weblog years in the past: My week of weeknight meals month-to-month roundup! I began this collection as a method to offer you guys a glimpse into what we’re consuming in our home one week of each month. I used to share three meals a day on this weblog so it’s additionally slightly nod to the early running a blog days of greater than a decade in the past.
As all the time, dinner pics have been snapped in actual time and no fancy meals pictures is allowed. Meals final week included a pair pasta dishes, breakfast for dinner one evening, a comforting bowl of soup and a simple pork dish. Hopefully one thing beneath will come out at you should you’re searching for a brand new recipe to do this week!
Week of Weeknight Meals: January 2025
My love for this recipe is aware of no bounds. We make this cottage cheese baked pasta a number of occasions a month as a result of each single particular person in our household eats it nicely and it’s so, so comforting. It additionally reheats nicely for leftovers which I recognize as somebody who eats lunch at dwelling just about each single day. It was an excellent snow day dinner! (That is the high-protein pasta I take advantage of — it actually tastes like conventional pasta! I prefer it much more than chickpea pasta.)
On the youngsters’ plates: Cottage cheese baked pasta, carrot slices and apple slices
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Tuesday: Bagel Breakfast Sandwiches (Breakfast for Dinner)
On Monday morning, I took slightly further time making breakfast for our household and adopted a recipe for prime protein bagel breakfast sandwiches from the Skinnytaste Excessive Protein Cookbook. I doubled the protein egg bagels within the recipe on Monday so we had extras available to toast up and revel in which made Tuesday evening’s breakfast for dinner come collectively rapidly. (This pic was really snapped throughout Monday’s breakfast however I made the very same factor for Tuesday’s dinner.) We additionally had fruit salad on the facet however I forgot to snap an image of that!
Aaand for dessert, because it was a snow day and we prefer to spiral right into a pit of treats on snow days, I additionally made a batch of biscuit donut holes for our crew for a particular dessert!
On the youngsters’ plates: Deconstructed breakfast sandwiches aka Dave’s Killer Bread blueberry bagels toasted with butter and served with scrambled eggs, sausage and fruit salad and donut holes for dessert
The last word chilly climate consolation meals! This excessive protein broccoli cheddar soup got here collectively comparatively rapidly and it all the time makes a ton. It was nice for dinner after which I actually liked having it available for lunch leftovers, too. It’s a type of recipes that tastes indulgent however is definitely full of good-for-you components, together with a number of broccoli, cauliflower, cottage cheese and Greek yogurt (however you’d by no means know there’s cottage cheese in there)! Can ya inform I’m an enormous fan of this one!?
On the youngsters’ plates: Grilled cheese, uncooked broccoli florets with ranch for dipping and sliced strawberries
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Thursday: Pork Tenderloin with Greek Beans and Stuffing
This meal was a easy one but in addition slightly random. I marinated and roasted a pork tenderloin and served it with inexperienced beans and stuffing. The stuffing was a pre-made combine from Entire Meals that was really fairly good and suuuper straightforward. I usually consider stuffing as a Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner facet solely however I find it irresistible a lot that I’m pondering that should change as a result of it felt like a deal with to have it on a random Thursday.
On the youngsters’ plates: Applegate natural hen nuggets with ketchup, inexperienced beans and raspberries
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Friday: Philly Cheesesteak Pasta
That is one other dinner winner from the Skinnytaste Excessive Protein Cookbook! Clearly we love this recipe in our home as a result of it was my third time making it. The flavors are distinctive for a pasta dish and actually do remind me a lot of a gooey, tacky Philly cheesesteak. You probably have this cookbook and do this recipe, I’ve additionally had good luck stirring in a cup of cottage cheese on the finish for further creamy cheesiness. It combines completely and also you’d by no means comprehend it’s in there!
On the youngsters’ plates: ALDI’s natural white cheddar macaroni and cheese, blueberries and bell pepper slices
QUESTION OF THE DAY
Have you ever made any particularly scrumptious dinners currently? Be happy to drop recipe hyperlinks beneath!
