Meal Plan: February Week Three
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I’m always hearing from friends and other moms that there is a constant struggle to come up with family-friendly meal ideas and breaking the cycle of having the same thing over and over. I’ve even seen several posts lately on TikTok of moms tapping their head and chanting “come on brain, think of things… come on brain, be so smart.” It’s hilarious, but the struggle is real. It can be hard to find inspiration for new meal ideas every week!
Maybe I’m crazy, but I actually LOVE planning out our meals in advance. I even created several posts with my meal planning tips, an entire year of meal ideas, and how I use Trello for meal planning. So this year, I thought I would try to consistently post the meals that my husband and I have on the menu for the week, to continue to give inspiration to you all! We usually plan four main meals for the week, and it can vary which nights get those meals, depending on our schedule - and then other nights of the week are leftovers, takeout or super-easy no-planning-needed meals using food that we know we already have in the freezer or fridge or pantry. Hope these weekly posts bring you lots of meal inspiration and make your life a bit easier!
Meal Plan for February 2022 - Week Three
It’s Valentine’s Day today! So I’m kicking off our meal plan for this week with some heart-shaped pizza - we love this meal for Valentine’s Day and is a fun tradition for our family. Tonight, we’ll be making some homemade pizza crust and shaping our own heart-shaped pizzas for our 2-year-old to have a little “dinner date” with his auntie this evening while my husband and I go to Bible Study. The rest of our meals this week will be simple menu items that won’t take too much time to make so that we can take it easy, especially since my husband will be getting his booster vaccine at the end of this week and we will want to keep it super simple this weekend!
on the menu
Here are the meals that we have on our family’s menu this week! Join us and make all of the same meals or pick one or two as inspiration to add to your own meal planning this week or sometime this month!
Heart-Shaped Pizza
I’m kicking off our meal plan for this week with some heart-shaped pizza - we love this meal for Valentine’s Day and is a fun tradition for our family. Tonight, we’ll be making some homemade pizza crust (but you can buy it pre-made) and shaping our own heart-shaped pizzas for our 2-year-old to have a little “dinner date” with his auntie this evening while my husband and I go to Bible Study.
Grilled Chicken w/ Rice & Broccoli
We already have plenty of chicken in the freezer and rice in the pantry, so this will be a super simple meal to whip up this week.
Beef Stroganoff w/ Noodles
Another really simple meal for this week - we’re going to cook up some beef tips (and probably leave out the mushrooms or keep them on the side for my husband ‘cuz I’m not a fan) and eat them over buttered noodles.
Chicken Noodle Soup
Honestly, I will likely be pulling a container of this soup of the freezer for our family this week - but it’s super simple to make if you’re in the mood for a hearty filling soup this weekend!
grocery list
Each week, I’m going to share a pre-made grocery list that you can download if you want to make these meals as well! Just cross out any ingredients that you already have in your pantry or fridge/freezer and add any other groceries that you still need! The only thing that I am not adding to the grocery list each week are any spices (so make sure you add the ones you don’t already have!), and main staples like salt & pepper, and olive oil.
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