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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 Ideas for March 2022 - Week Four

Well… it’s possible that it could be baby week! Or she could wait until next week. So the plan for this week is to be as prepared as possible and not put too much on our calendar. For meals, it’s our goal to continue to keep it simple and make meals that will do well as frozen leftovers for meals once the baby arrives.

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!

Balsamic Steak & Zucchinii Recipe — Balsamic Steak & Zucchini

We still have some steaks in the fridge, and this is one of the easiest recipes for cooking up some steak and a veggie. I’ll probably ask my husband to hold off on some of the garlic to save me some heartburn this week, but the balsamic on the steak is such a delicious combo!

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Baked Ravioli Recipe — Baked Ravioli

I’m not sure if we will go with this baked version of ravioli or just choose to heat up some ravioli with sauce that we still have in the fridge, but either way, we’ve got ravioli on the menu!

SEE THE RECIPE

Chicken & Rice Casserole

This chicken and rice casserole is another great option for being able to freeze some leftovers to keep on hand for after the baby arrives. Most chicken and rice casserole recipes call for cream of mushroom soup, which isn’t my favorite (but I don’t hate), so sometimes we will swap out the cream of mushroom for some cream of chicken.

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Sheet Pan Chicken Quesadillas Recipe — Sheet Pan Chicken Quesadillas

We have plenty of chicken to use up this week, so I thought that quesadillas would be a great and easy option for later in the week or over the weekend. Not sure yet if we will try this sheet pan recipe or just make some traditional quesadillas, but the ingredients will be the same!

see the recipe

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.

Click on the image to download the Grocery List PDF!