Excited to share a new series where I’ll share my weekly family meal plan (along with a free template for you to print and fill out for yourself at home).
Whether you use the same meals I am planning to use, or do something else – my hope is this series can just encourage you in your journey! Also, be sure to check the end of this email for a free weekly meal planning template.
So here’s my plan of things I want to make this week: my focus will be breakfast and dinner, since these are the areas I usually am tend to just make the same thing over and over. I’m going to not worry about cooking lunch, since we usually just do leftovers of whatever we have in the fridge.
// Monday
Breakfast: Pumpkin Muffins (link) with eggs and sausage, then collagen and half/half creamer in coffee.
Lunch: leftovers
Dinner: Herby Chicken Pot Pie (link)
// Tuesday
Breakfast: Sourdough Discard Pancakes (link) topped with greek yogurt, strawberries and honey, , then collagen and half/half creamer in coffee.
Lunch: leftovers
Dinner: Slow Cooker Creamy Chicken Enchiladas (link) (I’m gonna sub beef for chicken)
// Wednesday
Breakfast: Pumpkin Muffins (link) with eggs and sausage
Lunch: leftovers
Dinner: Pumpkin Pasta with Spinach and Walnuts (link) and grilled chicken
// Thursday
Breakfast: Leftover Sourdough Discard Pancakes (link) topped with greek yogurt, strawberries and honey , then collagen and half/half creamer in coffee.
Lunch: leftovers
Dinner: Slow Cooker Italian Beef (link)
// Friday
Breakfast: Turkey, Egg and Spinach bfast Casserole (link) , then collagen and half/half creamer in coffee.
Lunch: leftovers
Dinner: Fridays are pizza night! I love making homemade sourdough discard pizza (here’s the dough recipe). I’m actually heading out of town this day so I’ll probably have the boys grab pizza from our favorite local place to keep up the tradition!
// Saturday & Sunday
I’ll be out of town for the weekend with my daughter, so the boys will be on their own! In the past I’ve planned out meals for them, but personally I’ve found what’s most helpful is just to make sure the fridge is stocked with our basics, and that there’s a few leftovers (though not too many) for my husband to much on. He’s hung with our toddler solo before and knows his favorites, so we’re not too stressed about this time apart.
If it would be helpful to share more about our rhythms when we can’t be together, let me know and I’d be happy to craft a post to share.
And that’s our plan for the week!
I personally am not going to stress if we miss something or change things up! I encourage you to not stress about it either.
The purpose of meal planning is to help REDUCE stress, not add to it. So don’t let it become that!
I’m excited to meal plan on Fridays (something I haven’t previously done) as this will help me know what I need to do to prep/prepare over the weekend! Plus on Saturday mornings we like to visit our local farmers market to try and buy/support local (and get seasonal goods) so this will be extra helpful for me personally!
I’d love to hear – do you meal plan? What does your rhythm look like? Have any fave recipes you’re super excited to try? I’d love to hear and hope you will share below!
If you wanna save this printable to print out and use for yourself, just right click + save!
