Happy back to school week! Gearing up for back to school means back to all the things the keep us running (and not even literally)….between work (setting up a new class in a new building, learning new curriculum after being the master of my old ones, and helping the long term sub out who’s covering my old position), two soccer schedules, jiujitsu, a Labor Day Weekend soccer tournament for the big, a birthday party, and my normal marathon training, this is definitely a week that needs easy meals and lots of leftovers. Throw in a handsome hubby who is finishing up a 6-week rotation on days to start his 6-week switch to 12-hour night shift on the night before my first day back….this week is ca-razy!
Here’s what I’m planning to eat this week…subject to change…cough cough Chick-fil-A or Wendy’s drive-thru…
Easy School-Morning Breakfasts
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday – Protein waffles + chicken sausage + fruit
- Wednesday – Overnight protein oats
- Thursday and Saturday – Egg & sausage breakfast sandwiches
- Friday – Protein yogurt + waffles + fruit
Easy Lunches
For me:
- Tuesday – Chicken salad wraps
- Wednesday – Leftover BBQ chicken bowls
- Thursday – Chicken Caesar salad/wraps
- Friday – Leftover salsa chicken tacos
- Saturday we have a soccer tournament and Sunday we have a noon birthday party to attend…so food trucks on Saturday and birthday party food on Sunday, yay!
For the boys:
- Chicken Caesar wraps for the big
- Turkey & cheese sandwiches for the little
- Fruit + pretzels + yogurt on the side
Now, the big says that he does not want to buy school lunch anymore, so I honestly might have him pack his lunch and count his carbs the night before. The little hasn’t said anything about lunch, so we might go the easy route and have him buy school lunch until he says that he wants home lunch.
Dinners
We are officially in full blown sports season. Both boys have soccer on Tuesday nights, in different towns, but luckily at different times. And Mommom said she would take little to soccer and feed him dinner to make it easy for me to take big, since his practice doesn’t get done until 8:30. Then big has soccer again on Wednesday night. Both boys have jiujitsu on Thursday. Little has soccer games scheduled on Saturday morning-noonish. Big has soccer games scheduled on Sunday, anytime. That doesn’t account for the race season starting back up now that the heat of summer is coming to an end.
Monday: Leftovers from Sunday night’s celebration dinner at Crab Shack
Tuesday: Crockpot BBQ chicken + potatoes + green beans (from the garden)
Wednesday: Taco bowls
Thursday: Crockpot salsa chicken tacos
Friday: Burgers + potatoes + salad
Saturday: Soccer tournament = food trucks or packed food + an easy dinner of whatever leftovers we have in the fridge
Sunday: 10-mile run + birthday party = leftovers or doggy bags from the birthday party
The trick this week?
Cook once and eat twice.
BBQ chicken is on the schedule for dinner on Tuesday; I’ll be making extra, because it then comes back out with a second showing for lunches. The same happens with salsa chicken Thursday to Friday. And on the nights when we’re running from school to activity, the crockpot is doing the cooking for me.
Sometimes staying on track with what we’re eating this week doesn’t necessarily mean that we’re making and eating amazing meals every night. **I will 100% miss all of the smoked meat that we were doing this summer on the smoker. Sometimes it’s about having something easy, yummy for everyone, and ready to go when everyone walks through the door after a long day of school and sports.
Wish us luck. To everyone else who has already gone back to school, hope you had amazing first days/weeks! To everyone who is getting ready to go back this week, you’re going to rock this year!
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