Weekly Meal Plan Week 16 – 10 great bloggers bringing you a full week of recipes including dinner, sides dishes, and desserts!
Who loves meal planning? Go ahead and raise your hand. I know you love it as much as I do. It makes life so much easier. Plan ahead and it’s less eating out and less leftovers.
I really would like to start sharing more leftover recipes here on the blog. Does everyone else struggle with ways to use up leftovers? I know I’m always looking for ideas.
Personally I like to revamp leftovers. There’s very few things that taste good on day. Things like Lasagna, or Soup are always better on day two, or three.
However most things don’t taste as good reheated. So I like to mix it up and turn those into new meals. One of my favourite things to jazz up on day two is roast. You can turn it into a Stir Fry.
I love chicken for leftovers too. You can whip up fajitas, tacos, stir fry, enchiladas, panini’s, wraps, pizza, and so many other things. Leftover chicken is just about the best thing ever.
I also love making pulled pork, then I use the leftovers for everything from pizza, to sandwiches, to wraps, or casseroles. I think pulled pork is one of the most versatile recipes in the world.
Did you know you can also turn leftover ribs into something absolutely amazing? I make a double batch every time I whip up ribs, then I turn the leftovers into Mini Rib Sliders. Amazing!
Whatever your stance on leftovers I think we can all agree that meal planning makes life so much simpler. Browse all these amazing blogger recipes for tons of inspiration.
Pin ’em all while you’re at it! That way you can pull up all your ideas easily. Make a meal planning pinterest board like mine.
Taco Sloppy Joes – Lemons for Lulu
Porcupine Meatballs with Cous Cous – Sweet C’s Designs
Best Steaks Ever – I Wash…You Dry
Lemon Chicken Fettuccini – Diethood
Kitchen is CLOSED – Enjoy the night off!
Oven “Fried” Homemade Chicken Nuggets and Boneless Buffalo Wings – Foodie with Family
Eggs Benedict Casserole – Roxana’s Home Baking
Balsamic Roasted Baby Carrots – Cravings of a Lunatic
Israeli Couscous – Barefeet in the Kitchen
Pumpkin Caramel Layer Bars – Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts
Apple Pie Taco Bites – The Cookie Rookie
In loving memory of Joan from Chocolate, Chocolate and More – Chocolate Brownie Pudding
This week’s meal plan was brought you to by:
Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts | Barefeet in the Kitchen | Foodie with Family
Roxana’s Home Baking | I Wash…You Dry | Lemons for Lulu | Sweet C’s Designs
The Cookie Rookie | Cravings of a Lunatic | Diethood
Pin this to your meal planning board for easy access all week long!
Be sure to get your pen and paper out to make your meal plan for next week!
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Toodles! xx
The Food Hunter says
I’ve got my eye on that lemon chicken fettuccine.
Angie says
What a great collection of recipes to meal plan with. I really like using leftover ingredients to and revamping them into something new. It’s fun!
Isabelle @ Crumb says
I am so with you on the whole leftovers thing! My husband always pokes fun at me, because he’d happily eat reheated leftovers every day for a week if he was left to his own devices, but I’m easily bored and don’t like to eat the same thing twice. The only thing I make an exception for is chili… because, well, CHILI.
Loving all the dishes you picked this week. Pretty sure most of them would be happily eaten up the first night. No leftovers to worry about. 🙂
Kimberly @ The Daring Gourmet says
Dang, you come up with such delicious meal plans! If this is what’s going on in your kitchen each week, I want to invite myself over! 🙂
Angie | Big Bear's Wife says
Literally the perfect group of ideas for Thanksgiving! I need to get better about meal planning! Love the Lemon Chicken Fettuccini!
Kirsten/ComfortablyDomestic says
It’s a rare day that even half of my kids will easy leftovers in the same form that they devoured them in the night before. Weirdos. So I am all about repurposing leftovers into something new.
Paula - bell'alimento says
There’s not one thing on that list that I wouldn’t devour ; )
Anita says
Love these meal plans you create! I want them all but the chicken fettuccine and the apple pie taco boats are standouts to me!
Nutmeg Nanny says
Oh my goodness that pasta dish! I’m heading over to your house for dinner 😉
Colleen (Souffle Bombay) says
Yes…soup and lasagna are always better the next 1-2 days! Those carrots are OMG!! Gorgeous!
Kim Beaulieu says
I concur, I purposely leave mine for the next day. It’s so good that way, the flavours just build.
I know right, I about passed out when I saw that photo.