Good day and good morning; up for chatting about some meals this morning? For me? All the time!
I keep in mind once I used to write down these meal plan posts each week. Right here’s the archive of visible meal plans if you happen to’re ever in want of some dinner inspiration; I take advantage of it very often myself.
They’re pretty straightforward to write down in August when the night mild is fairly and we aren’t loaded down with sports activities practices and lesson commitments but, however maybe I’ll attempt to do these just a little extra typically, like month-to-month or so. It’s enjoyable to see how our meal plans evolve based mostly on the season.
August 2025 Weekly Meal Plan
Monday: Straightforward gradual cooker pot roast with onions and carrots over rice
I like this pot roast recipe as a result of it actually takes two minutes to set it up however I do discover with a thick chuck roast (I believe this one was 4 lbs) that I actually should get it began very first thing within the morning so I can assure it a cook dinner time of 11+ hours.
Enjoyable reality: I lastly determined to get an Prompt Pot, so a decade after the pattern actually took off, right here I’m leaping on board! 😉 I’m excited to do that recipe in Prompt Pot and report again. I additionally received the tempered glass lid so I can use it as a gradual cooker and the steamer basket, too. Ship me your favorites; I’ve a lot to be taught!
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Tuesday: Lemon Dill Salmon with roasted golden potatoes, straightforward inexperienced beans (from the backyard!), and tomatoes (from the backyard!)
We loved the final of my backyard tomatoes and inexperienced beans earlier than I ripped out the crops, as that they had run their course. I’ve a bunch of beans blanched and frozen for soups and have a greater plan for tomatoes subsequent yr now that I do know I want/need each determinant and indeterminant.
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Wednesday: Rooster Fajita Bowls
A meal that by no means will get previous: bone broth rice with sauteed bell peppers and onions, plus hen. For this hen, I used one a seasoning packet for ease. The toppings are what actually makes it! Pico, bitter cream, guacamole, pickled jalapenos (backyard!), and microgreens.
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Thursday: Meatballs and pasta
I actually see this being a weekly staple for us as we head into the autumn exercise season. I’ve tried quite a lot of freezer meatballs and am narrowing it all the way down to my favorites to inventory the freezer with. Add this with some jarred sauce to the gradual cooker for 2-3 hours and blend in a enjoyable formed pasta and everyone seems to be comfortable. I add just a little contemporary basil and pink pepper flakes to mine to jazz it up.
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Friday: Pizza Night time!
Will all the time be my favourite household custom. I made two batches of bread machine pizza dough (utilizing bread flour as an alternative of my traditional all goal and I do suppose it made the crust fluffier) and we performed Ticket to Trip Europe whereas we loved our feast. Our go to toppings: pink sauce, freshly shredded mozzarella (IYKYK), pepperoni, onions, inexperienced peppers, basil.
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Saturday: Smoked wings, carrots & celery with blue cheese, mac and cheese
Truthfully, we type of threw this one collectively nevertheless it labored. We had a late lunch with my bro and niece so nobody was very hungry and this snack-ish dinner match the invoice!
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Sunday: Skillet burgers with caramelized onions on home made buns
Each Sunday I’m making a recipe from Ina’s cookbook and yesterday I hadn’t been to the shop so wanted a recipe with issues I already had available. So I made a decision on her burgers and made some bread machine buns to go together with them. The burgers themselves are quite simple, simply salt, pepper, and dry mustard powder. However all put along with a fresly toasted buttered buns, backyard tomato slice, the caramelized onions, cheese, and a few dill pickle kraut? WOW. So good!
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And that wraps up our eats from the week! What’s the perfect factor you’ve eaten not too long ago?
