A Busy Moms Guide to Family Pleasing Meals

45 Weeknight Dinner Solutions for Busy Moms

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Even if you have ample money and ample time, everyone needs less stress in their life. When you choose to meal plan, you free up so much mental space. No more last minutes scrambles to get dinner on the table. Pick a main genre and then pick 7 sub categories one for each day of the week. Meat-Based — chicken, hamburger, seafood, red meat, pork… you get the idea. Grain-Based — rice, pasta, bread, corn, potatoes, beans, lentils. This is what I personally do. Write all 7 of those genres on a piece of paper and write down all the meals that you can think that fits the category.

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These are the lists that I use most often and any hyperlinks in the lists will take you to recipes on my blog. Fajitas Meat enchiladas Sweet potato and black bean enchiladas Traditional ground beef tacos Slow cooker pork tacos Smothered burritos Taco salad with chili Quinoa stuffed bell peppers Tamale pie.

Spaghetti with meatballs Slow cooker veggie lasagna Easy baked pasta Creamy bacon pasta with tomatoes Ravioli Butternut squash lasagna roll-ups. Stir-fry Peanut noodles Green curry Red curry Fried rice.

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Oven sandwiches Egg sandwiches Baked potatoes Stovetop mac-n-cheese Grilled cheese and tomato soup store-bought soup Quesadillas. This is what makes it easy too! You can make lists for your favorite slow cooker meals, meatless meals, or anything else that you think you might want. This is your master list.

How to plan dinner:

I recommend saving it on your computer under a very easy title so you can look it up. Lucky for you, I have a free monthly calendar for you to download! It even has a space under each day of the week for you to write in the category that you are going to use. I also have free weekly calendar for you in addition to my monthly plan to have more room to write. This is a great tool for writing your shopping list. Sign up below to download both files and print them out!

You can unsubscribe at any time. Put one genre at the top of each day of the week. This might vary from month to month depending on your schedule and the season. Now use the lists you just brainstormed for each category and fill in the calendar with what sounds good and what you want to make. Tuesdays are always really busy with music lessons and Scouts, so I plan on really easy, fast, or slow cooker meals for that night.

This is also a great time to specify trying a new recipe. One day a week I like to do this on Saturday or Sunday , sit down with your monthly meal plan and a blank weekly meal plan. Fill in your week and make note of any sides you might want to add or plan on making.

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Make a shopping list for the week and plan your shopping day. When you get home from your shopping trip I shop Monday mornings , you can plan to do a bit of meal prep to make your nights even easier more on that coming soon. Then all that is left is to use your plan and love it! No more digging around the cupboards trying to put dinner together. You can make a few months worth of monthly meal plans and then just cycle through them.

If you only have energy for planning one meal a day, I find planning dinner the most helpful. I have a list of my go-tos inside one of my cabinets for an easy reminder. Those few ideas are quick, easy, and I generally have everything for most of them. I love cold cereal on the weekend because the kids can get it for themselves and I can stay in bed an extra minute or two. You can plan out your snacks or you can keep a list of things that you can eat inside your cupboard with your list of easy lunch ideas.

Beef is a versatile meat and one that makes great family favourites including casseroles, pies, stir fries and barbecues. Packed full of protein and iron, try these nutritious recipes including slow cooked beef, beef stroganoff and easy beef casserole. Slow cooker Rogan Josh. Beef and feta koftas. Slow cooker beer stew. Keep abreast of the latest, tastiest chicken dinner ideas with this collection including quick chicken casserole, best ever roast chicken and chicken meatballs.

Winner, winner, chicken dinner! Slow cooker teriyaki chicken. Oh, and kids love it!

Chicken and chorizo meatballs. Baked potato with mince. Pasta is a great base for a budget-friendly, healthy family meal. Prawn and spinach spaghetti. One pan lemon chicken fettucini. Choose quality sausages to make the most of recipes including creamy curried sausages, sausage hotpot and sausage pie. Italian sausage and rocket penne.

Sausage wheel with easy chutney. Sausage and spinach lasagne. Find vegetarian recipes for the whole family that are cheap, quick and healthy. Risotto is one of those dishes that sounds much harder to make than it is - but once you have the basics mastered, risotto is easy to make and extremely versatile. So give it a try now! Kid-friendly chicken and mushroom risotto. Tomato and basil risotto. Oven-baked salmon and pea risotto.

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