Happy Tuesday! I hope y'all are having a great week so far! It's been a while since I've written a blog post, and I thought that this would be a great one to kick off the new year. Charlie and I tend to be creatures of habit, and that includes our dinner meals throughout the week as well. I have to admit that I'm not the greatest cook either, so it helps to have a rotation of meals I know I can whip up easily and not mess up! ;)
I tried to take pictures of the meals after each was made, but they didn't really turn out quite so *pretty*, so I'll spare you those. Haha! But here we go...
Sunday evenings can range from Charlie grilling chicken or burgers to this super easily buffalo chicken roll recipe. We usually pair it with some sweet potatoes, asparagus or kale salad to round out the meal. It makes a great appetizer too if you're ever hosting for a game, shower or party. The buffalo rolls are one of my personal favorites!
Sunday evenings can range from Charlie grilling chicken or burgers to this super easily buffalo chicken roll recipe. We usually pair it with some sweet potatoes, asparagus or kale salad to round out the meal. It makes a great appetizer too if you're ever hosting for a game, shower or party. The buffalo rolls are one of my personal favorites!
On Monday evenings we do baked chicken fajitas. These are super easy and a crowd pleaser as well! It's plenty of food to not need a side, but we always have chips and salsa on hand around here for a little app when needed.
On Tuesdays we do a chicken sausage sheet pan bake. I usually cut sweet potatoes into cubes with some cinnamon, salt, pepper, olive oil and cajun seasoning on it, slice the chicken sausage pretty thinly and sprinkle cajun seasoning, olive oil and garlic powder on them, and then add some Brussel sprouts tossed in a little kerrygold butter, olive oil, salt, garlic powder and pepper. I throw that all on two different pans and put them in the over on 425 degrees for about 35-45 minutes. I usually put the sweet potatoes in there first to cook about ten minutes longer so they come out crispier when everything else is done.
On Wednesdays we have oven baked salmon. We use seafood magic seasoning, garlic salt, garlic powder and black pepper, a dash of soy sauce and olive oil. Then I throw it in the oven at 425 degrees for about 8-12 minutes depending on the thickness of the meat. We will make either brown rice, cauliflower rice, broccoli or our favorite kale salad based off of this recipe (with a few slight changes to make it a side salad instead of an entree salad). We like to add cut up grapes to sub for the raisins, and I buy Tessemae's lemon dressing instead of making my own. [Tip: I bought this vegetable chopper to chop the kale really finely, and it's been a life saver. I'm sure there are fancier ones out there, but this one has worked great for me for the price.] It's definitely one of the meals we really look forward to during the week!
Thursdays and Fridays are either leftover nights or we'll whip up some chili or tacos if we don't want to have left overs. Never anything too difficult since we're all exhausted by that time of the week.
Most of the meals I try to prep while the boys nap or are in school so that it can just be thrown in the oven that evening. Let me know if y'all try any of these recipes, I would love to know what you think! We can always use some new (easy) meals to add into our rotation if you have any to share too.
Most of the meals I try to prep while the boys nap or are in school so that it can just be thrown in the oven that evening. Let me know if y'all try any of these recipes, I would love to know what you think! We can always use some new (easy) meals to add into our rotation if you have any to share too.
xoxo, Ashley
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