New! Easy Meal Lists, & Birthday Girl in the House!

This week, we have some recipes left over to make from last week, as well a family birthday on Wednesday.  Today will be a big prep day to make meals very easy to throw together this week.  It's all a bit wonky, so pardon the repeats from last week!

The 'Big 7' for this spunky kid!

I am excited to bring back jar salads this week, and have also created a couple of meal lists (works in progress) for quick reference:

Make It Yourself Meals - Build Your Own Meal Ideas
Quick, Healthy, Cheap Meals - The 'Don't want to follow a recipe' dinner list.

Looking forward to a crisp, beautiful October!

Xoxo,
Meg








WEEK OF MEALS -

(If you see a link, click for the recipe... if not, scroll down for mine):

• Sunday Soup Night - Vietnamese Bbq Pork & Noodle Salad
• Monday -  Crockpot - Easiest Red Beans & Rice
  
• Tackle the Tuesday - Mexican Rice Bowl
My baby is 7 Wednesday - Smoked Salmon Chowder, Olive oil sauteed rustic bread & Tomato/Avocado platter
• Thursday - Dinner on the go - Tuna Sandwiches, Veggies & Kettle Chips
  
• Friday- Salmon fish packets - Asian style
  

RECIPES/NOTES -

• Miss Av's 7th Family birthday dinner... Birthday girl picks the meal, and she chose our chowder once again. I've added the tomato/avocado salad, those are a couple of her favorite veggies.  She has also requested Apple Pie for her birthday dessert... since we have a plethora of apples, I can definitely do that!

PREP DAY -
(My key sanity saver and essential to our family eating on the healthier side)

• Clean & Chop weekly veggie picks - Carrots, broccoli, bell peppers, Mushrooms - Chop for snacks and the no-whining before dinner bowl, as well as any other veggies needed for the week.  (Except onions... only chop your onions before making a meal)
• Grill or Roast Chicken (Olive Oil, sea salt, bbq until lovely) - Chop after cooled - Using for dinners during the week. *Seasoning chicken for Mexican Salad and Rice Bowls
• Quinoa  - Cook 2 cups of  quinoa (bulk @ Winco) in chicken or veggie broth.   - Use it in jar salads, heat up for breakfast.. .eat with salsa & fried or hardboiled egg / or chop up an avocado with fried egg & quinoa... 
• Rice - Cooking Rice for Mexican Rice Bowl night
• Jar Salad- Mexican - Romaine, Spinach, Quinoa, Black Beans, Tomatoes, Corn, Red Onion, creamy lime dressing
• Other -  Creamy Cilantro Lime Dressing  / Hard boiling some eggs