As at all times, our weeknight meals final week had been pretty straightforward and included a selfmade soup, a scrumptious casserole I beloved a lot, a easy salmon meal, pasta, salad and extra. Hopefully no less than one of many dinners under will bounce out at you when you’re on the lookout for some dinnertime inspiration or a brand new recipe to do this week!
Week of Weeknight Meals: February 2026
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Monday: Fettuccine with Shortcut Bolognese Sauce (Leftovers)
Leftovers to the rescue! I made a shortcut Bolognese sauce final Sunday night time — 1 jar Rao’s vodka sauce + 1 pound lean floor beef + 1 shredded yellow squash (I used my fav viral cheese grater to shred it) — and used it on prime of fettuccine for a straightforward and scrumptious pasta. We repeated the very same dinner on Monday night time and it was a winner but once more.
On the children’ plates: ALDI’s Merely Nature white cheddar macaroni and cheese, cucumber slices with salt, raspberries
Bless the air fryer. It’s, certainly, my most-used kitchen equipment, particularly in relation to fast and straightforward dinners. On Tuesday, I marinated salmon (we nonetheless have a teeny bit left from our Alaska household trip!) in teriyaki sauce, sprinkled it with garlic salt and air fried it at 400 levels for 10-12 minutes. We ate the salmon with steamed inexperienced beans and our household’s favourite Greek yogurt biscuits.
My formulation for dinner on nights after I don’t have any dinner concepts seems quite a bit like this meal: 1 marinated or seasoned protein cooked within the air fryer + a vegetable + a carb. No must complicate issues!
On the children’ plates: Salmon (not marinated — simply sprinkled with salt + lemon juice) + Greek yogurt biscuits + inexperienced beans + blueberries
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Wednesday: Teriyaki Hen Chopped Salad
Ryan had a piece dinner on Wednesday night time and, truthfully, I used to be tempted to make myself one other bowl of my excessive protein oat bran for dinner nad name it an evening. Buuut, I knew I had a bag of chopped salad on its final leg within the fridge and since I hate losing meals, it served as the proper motivation to make a dinner for myself that truly included greens. I marinated the hen in teriyaki sauce after which air fried them earlier than tossing them into the pre-made chopped salad combine. Straightforward peasy!
On the children’ plates: Applegate natural hen nuggets with ketchup, carrots with ranch or hummus (relying on the child), strawberries
The flavors of hen sous-chef are the last word consolation meals for me. Tacky, buttery, barely tangy — ugh I find it irresistible a lot. This casserole from Jo Cooks was a slam dunk (for me and Ryan — the children couldn’t have been much less ) and I beloved it simply as a lot on Thursday night time as I did for Friday’s leftover lunch! The one change I made was to omit the Panko breadcrumbs from the highest of the casserole solely as a result of we didn’t have any available however we didn’t miss them. I additionally made a batch of Greek yogurt biscuits for on the facet (yep, identical as Tuesday!) however all of us demolished them nicely earlier than the casserole was finished so I don’t have any pics of them!
On the children’ plates: Quesadillas, Greek yogurt biscuits, uncooked broccoli dipped in ranch and strawberries
Scorching dang this lasagna soup took me longer than anticipated to make however we favored it so I suppose it was price it!? I don’t know why it took me so lengthy to make (a number of chopping + serving to the boys with numerous issues as I used to be attempting to make dinner, perhaps?) however it was a journey! I made the soup as detailed right here solely I swapped one of many kilos of floor beef for decent Italian hen sausage. We additionally didn’t have any lasagna noodles available so we used fettuccine noodles they usually labored simply positive. (For this recipe, you put together the pasta individually — that is additionally a tip I realized from my in-laws to assist forestall the pasta in soups from getting soggy, particularly if you’ll have leftovers.)
The recipe made a LOT of soup, so I froze a few of it in my favourite silicone 2-cup Souper Cubes containers to have available after we want a straightforward reheat-and-eat meal. Future Julie is already grateful!
And the Funfetti cake you see within the background served as dessert! Rhett and I made it collectively simply because on Friday, although he ended up saying the cake was in honor of his 1/2 birthday as soon as we realized he formally turned 5 1/5 on Sunday! It served as a pleasant Friday night time dessert!
On the children’ plates: Grilled cheese + carrot slices + apple slices + Funfetti cake
QUESTION OF THE DAY
Have you ever made any dinners currently that proved to be large hits in your home? Please share!
