What we’re eating this week

Are you flummoxed by how to feed your family while attending baseball/ballet/ four nights a week? Me too, friends, me too. I figure by the time I get ahold of it, baseball will be over and there will be new challenges to face. I did get back to meal planning, and that’s the first step. So here’s what we will be eating (and I’ll go ahead and tell you what changes will be made to each day so children are placated):

Monday: chicken ramen (for children I’ll fish the chicken and the noodles out of the broth and serve them sans egg or veggies) (baseball day, I’ll make everything minus cooking the noodles and throw it all together while the kids are in showers.)

Tuesday: Asian turkey burgers and mini tater tots – these are usually made with pork but I have some excellent ground turkey in the freezer so I’m going to use that. I use this recipe from Blue Apron that we all adore.  I might not be home until dinner time so C will need to make dinner. No changes are necessary except Henry doesn’t eat buns so his is cut up and Spencer doesn’t have cucumbers or cilantro on his burger.

Wednesday: slow cooker carnitas this recipe, and I’m printing it out so C can make it while I’m at work. Baseball day and ALSO school testing day (sigh) which means kids need to eat BEFORE baseball so they get to bed at a reasonable time. They’ll probably get a pile of meat with grapes and yogurt.

Thursday: tinkerbell quesadilla w/ lime crema and eggs This is also a Blue Apron recipe that I adore. I use those little sweet peppers to remake this recipe and it’s delicious and easy. Kids will get either egg and cheese in a tortilla or scrambled eggs and cheese quesadillas. It’s possible this is also a baseball day and no one has told me yet, so thankfully this is a very easy recipe. I’ll make the veggies before baseball and throw it together during showers.

Friday: homemade pizzas. TBH, I usually buy a ball of pizza dough from Publix to make homemade pizza, but I think this week I’ll make Pioneer Woman’s pizza dough, which is pretty easy. I’ll make it earlier in the week so it’s a quick meal when we are ready to go, and everyone can add their own toppings. I’m thinking mushroom and black olive for me, pepperoni for S, plain cheese for H and all of the above for C. I grill it as long as the propane is full up.

Saturday: THIS COUPLE will have been MARRIED FOR TEN YEARS! To celebrate, after a full day of baseball games, they are shipping the kids off to the grandparents and eating at Edison food + drink lab. Color me super excited!