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Well my friends, we have one ‘normal’ week left before our week full of fun and adventure with the Ehle family for Christmas.
That’s right – Kyle’s entire immediate family is driving down from Indiana to spend Christmas in Dallas this year. 🙂 I’m SO EXCITED! My sisters are also staying in Dallas this year, so it’s going to be a VERY Merry Christmas.
Now if we could only get some snow on the ground during these 60 degree Dallas December days…
Yea, don’t worry – your eyes are not deceiving you! I asked for snow… a little snow on Christmas is always the best. And then it can all melt the day after Christmas until the next year. 🙂
We are checking off a whooole bunch of items on our final to-do list before the family comes down. Today is our last chance to get a lot of them finished. Then I’m doing some decorating crafts this afternoon! So, I’m gonna keep this short and sweet because I’ve got chores and food prepping to do!
Weekly Meal Plan
Breakfast
- Scrambled eggs
Lunches – will make 8 total
- Healthy Sloppy Joes
- Green Beans
- Jasmine Rice
Dinners
Monday
- Spaghetti and meatballs with homemade tomato sauce
Tuesday Wednesday
- Mini spinach meatloaves using my spinach stuffed turkey meatball recipe
- Pureed cauliflower
- Side salad
Thursday/Friday
We ended up not making this last week because we had leftovers, and went out one night because a friend came to town!
- Chicken Fried Rice
- Side salad
Snacks
- Shakeology – will bring to work
- Daisy 2% cottage cheese – will bring to work
- Veggies
- Creamy Garlic Hummus
- Crockpot applesauce
Weekend
Family is in town on Saturday, so it’s kinda up in the air what we will end up doing. Some nights we want to go out, others we will do some easy meals! I will likely plan to have some crockpot dishes ready, but I still have to coordinate with the fam to see what we want to have made.
What I’m Prepping Today
- Chop bell peppers, mushrooms and onions for scrambles
- Healthy Sloppy Joes
- Boil green beans
- Jasmine rice in rice cooker for lunches and Chicken Fried Rice
- Mini spinach meatloaves using my spinach stuffed turkey meatball recipe
- Creamy Garlic Hummus
- Chop cucumbers and carrots
Recipes in this meal plan
We too didn’t get around to eating the chicken fried rice I had planned for last week either. Which is why it’s on our meal plan yet again. Ha!
Yep, I do that sometimes, too! I overcook other meals and have more leftovers than expected!!
So much good FOOD…I haven’t made a good sloppy joe recipe in a while…I love how it’s one of those versatile meals that you can throw on top of anything and the leftovers just get better and better. This week I am all about cleaning out the fridge, before I head home over the weekend!
We ended up kinda doing that this weekend! Sloppy joes are really awesome…I’ve been making them so much lately! Though I haven’t actually eaten one as a sandwich yet, haha
Nice work! Very organized. I stick to very similar meals throughout the week, which makes prep a breeze. I put together a few overnight oats in the fridge for breakfasts, and cook up the rest of my meals quickly, which include sweet potatoes, eggs, spaghetti squash, fish, etc. Good luck with the family visitors:)
Your meal plan for the week looks delicious! Those meatballs…..yes please! I don’t know about snow, but Dallas is definitely much colder today : )
Have a great day,
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It is!!! I noticed when I took my dogs out this morning. Had to grab a coat! 🙂