Weekly Meal Plan 18

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It is chicken week here at Crystal & Co…. for dinner anyway.

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Here is what I am feeding my family this week at Crystal & Co.

Breakfast choices:

Maple and Brown Sugar Oatmeal. Simple. Buy it premade in the little packets (they are microwaveable and easy for a school morning) or make plain oatmeal on the stove (I like to make it with milk) and add a few splashes of maple flavoring (you can buy it over by the vanilla extract) and a few handfuls of brown sugar and it is delish! I also like to add some chopped pecans, walnuts and almonds to mine. Yum! I have enough for oatmeal breakfasts twice this week.

Pioneer Woman Breakfast Burritos– these are amazing. You make a bunch, wrap them in foil and store them in the fridge. Then, you can just warm them up as you go. (Take them out of the foil of course.) You make the Breakfast Potatoes to go with them. These burritos will last us two days for breakfast.

Nutella and Toast- totally the default breakfast!

Lunches:

Garrett and Anthony pack a lunch and it is the same ol‘ same ol‘:

Nutella and Peanut Butter sandwiches

BBQ chips or pretzels

Bottled water with peach tea water flavoring packets- handy for school lunch!

Apple

Lunch for the twins and me:

Mac and cheese

Hot Dogs and tator tot baked in the oven

Pepperoni slices (my twins love them) with string cheese and pretzels

Bean and cheese nachos baked in the oven

Homemade cheese and pepperoni pizza (never got to make this last week)

**I will also make a big salad and store it in the fridge for lunch for myself on days I am not interested in mac and cheese, for example. I like to top it with turkey lunch meat from the deli.

Afternoon snack:

Taco dip and tortilla chips – we TOTALLY LOVE THIS STUFF!

pretzels and string cheese

Baked tator tots with melted cheddar cheese on top- kids love it!

Pizza bites (big kids really love these and they are starving after school)

Chips and salsa

Cheez-It crackers and fruit

Dinners:

Pioneer Woman’s Chicken Spaghetti– yum! Check out the recipe. Baked french bread with butter and garlic salt on top. (I will cook the whole chicken in the crockpot all day long, then debone and carry on with the recipe as instructed.)

Black Bean and Chicken Quesadillas– Never made this last week… not a problem. It is a stand by recipe. As long as there is leftover chicken from one of these recipes this week, Black Bean and Chicken Quesadillas will happen. And since it is chicken week, what do you think?

Here is how you make it. Take a can of black beans (undrained), can of corn (drained), can of rotel (drained), a can of slices olives (drained) and mix well. Slice up leftover chicken. In a flour tortilla, fill with bean mixture, sliced chicken and cheese. Fold in half and cook on both side on low heat griddle. Kids love it! So easy! Great way to use leftover chicken as well.

Crockpot Honey Mustard Lime Drumsticks. Super simple! The definition of simple! I double the recipe. (Should have leftover chicken I can debone and toss into the quesadillas.) Served with steamed rice and steamed buttered broccoli.

Homemade Gourmet Italian Crockpot Chicken– in my freezer preassembled in a ziplock bag. Just thaw and toss it in the crockpot! Served over buttered egg noodles and top off with mozzarella cheese. Green beans on the side. Don’t like Homemade Gourmet, or have access to a consultant, etc? No problem- improvise. Instead of using their spaghetti seasoning, just buy a packet of spaghetti seasoning over on the packet aisle at the grocery store. Or, find a Homemade Gourmet consultant. I love their stuff and it makes meal time so easy!

Leftover Buffet– use them up!



Some awesome desserts you should try this week. Easy ingredient lists for both:

Mardi Gras King Cake– using canned cinnamon rolls.

Cherry Squares

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