Easy Weeknight Meals

​​Quick and Easy

• ​Bachelor(ette) Pasta
  • chop the bacon and onions beforehand
• Miso soup
• Red Lentil Soup with Lemon
  • chop the veggies beforehand
• Minnesota Wild Rice Soup
  • chop bacon and veggies beforehand
  • Rewarm frozen Clover rolls in the oven while the soup simmers
• Salad
  • get a plastic bin of prewashed greens
  • chop up all the veggies
  • toast the nuts
  • assemble individual portions when needed
• Sheet Pan Chicken Tikka
  • marinate the chicken overnight
  • prep all veggies but the potatoes the night before
  • prep potatoes, assemble and cook in the evening
• Roast Chicken & Sweet Potatoes
  • prep veggies in the morning (except potatoes)
• Chicken and Broccoli Stir-Fry
  • prep the chicken and brocolli and sauce the night before/morning of
• Roast Chicken with Dijon Sauce
• Miso-Marinated Salmon
  • prep salmon night before/morning of
• Frozen tortellini/ravioli and frozen tomato sauce
  • serve with salad
• Spaghetti alla Carbonara
• Fluffy White Rice for Two
• Basic Polenta
• Fast Buttery Peas for Two
• Modern Succotash
  • prep veggies night before/morning of
• The Best Way to Cook Broccoli
• My Normal Brussels Sprouts
  • prep and par-cook sprouts night before/morning of
• Unstuffed Shells with Butternut Squash and Leeks
  • prep ricotta mixture morning of
  • prepare veggies night before/morning of
  • prep cream and water as veggies cook
• crispy tortellini with peas and prosciutto
• Sausages and quick veggies
• Easy Citrus Chicken and quick veggies
• Creamy Lemon Pasta and a salad
• Corn Bacon and Parmesan Pasta
• Ally Tacos
• Warm Spinach Salad with Bacon, Onions and Egg
  

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Make Ahead

• sweet potato and sausage soup
  • set up in the morning
  • make and freeze portions
• Hearty Butternut Squash Soup
  • make and freeze portions
• Lamb and Lentil Stew
  • prep ingredients the night before
• Slow-Cooker French Onion Soup
  • cook onions overnight, then store in fridge in the morning
  • finish soup in the evening
• Slow Cooker Split Pea Soup
  • prep ingredients the night before
• Slow Cooker Vegetarian Chili
  • prep ingredients the night before
• Egg Salad Sandwiches
  
  • Hard boiled eggs keep in the fridge for a week
  • Egg salad is good in the fridge for four days
• Steak and Onion Salad
  • prepare the steak and the onions, then keep in the fridge for a day or two
• Best Ground Beef Chili
  • make and freeze portions
  • flour and corn tortillas can be frozen as well
• Lasagna Bolognese
  • prep lasagna in three disposable loaf pan tins. Double wrap in foil and freeze. 
• Most any breads can be frozen
  • reheat for 15-20 mins in a 350° oven, wrapped in foil​