The Busy Bee Weekly Menu: April 9
The question of “what’s for dinner?” can feel like such a chore day in and day out, so I’ve started sharing our own real-life weekly menu filled with simple, weeknight dinner ideas in this regular series. I’m also including kid-friendly alternatives / serving recommendations this week for the little ones when we make accommodations for them (let us know what you think!). And, just like the other menus, I’m sharing videos from these dishes over on our Instagram if you’d like to see how they look in real-life.
I cooked a total of TWO times this week but there are still lots of good ideas for your dinner menu as you meal plan for the week ahead.
For reference, this weekly menu fed Shannon’s family of 4 (3 adults + 1 toddler).
SUNDAY
Pulled Pork, Baked Beans & Potato Salad
- Mimi and Papa invited the whole crew over to celebrate our cousin’s 16th birthday with a barbecue and cake!
MONDAY
Leftovers
- In an effort to waste less food this year, we had too many leftovers to pass up on. I appreciated another night off from cooking.
TUESDAY
Tacos & Fresh Guacamole
- This week I was craving traditional tacos. Sometime last year I stopped buying taco seasoning packets and started making https://foodbabe.com/ recipe because it doesn’t contain processed ingredients, and it’s really good! I triple the recipe when I make it so I have enough for two other taco nights. The remaining two thirds also fits perfectly in my spice jars (linked on the blog). Papito made the guac!
- These are similar to the spice jars I love (and these are the labels I use)
WEDNESDAY
Sausage & Peppers over Penne
- Mimi must have read my mind because I had sausage and peppers on the menu for this night and sun-dried tomato pasta on the menu for Thursday. We all really enjoyed her home-coked meal though!
THURSDAY
Parmesan Dijon Chicken, Green Beans & Roasted Red Potatoes
- I switched things up after our spontaneous dinner at Mimi’s. This is a recipe I used to make all the time when Bobby and I first started living together, however, I couldn’t tell you the last time I made it. I used extra thin chicken cutlets but any chicken works, and it always turns out super tender! Here is the recipe:
Parmesan Dijon Chicken
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp dijon mustard
- Italian bread crumbs
- parmesan cheese
- extra thin chicken cutlets
Instructions
- Melt butter and dijon mustard in bowl and mix.
- In a separate bowl mix Italian bread crumbs and grated parmesan cheese.
- Pat chicken dry and dip in butter-dijon mixture. Coat both sides with bread crumb-parmesan mixture.
- Place in baking pan and bake at 375* for at least 20 minutes (turning over halfway) until chicken is cooked through.
FRIDAY
- Chick-fil-A–our usual weekly family date.
SATURDAY
Dinner at the Bowling Alley
- Papito had the best idea recently to start doing some fun family nights out. Max has been wanting to go bowling ever since we let him play a game on the Wii and we had the best time. We all had something different – wings, chicken tenders and burgers.
