Pinterest Foodie

Now that the hubs and I are able to have a sit down dinner (most nights), we decided it is easiest to plan out our dinners and shop for those specific meals weekly. We used to grocery shop for two weeks, but we ended up throwing a lot of stuff away since nothing was really planned out and found ourselves eating-out or ordering-in more. Our weekly dinner plan looks a little something like this:

Monday - Fish
Tuesday - Pork, steak, or beef
Wednesday - Pasta
Thursday - Chicken
Friday - Pizza and wine
Saturday & Sunday - We'll probably grab lunch or dinner somewhere on Saturday just to get out and about & eat leftovers, and Sunday we'll grill or make finger foods for easy all-day-long snacking :)

Instead of doing the same dish on the same day each week, we only do the same protein (except for Tuesday - that tends to switch up) and figure out which meal we want to do with that protein. This allows for us to still have a plan, but with some variety. So, before we head out to the grocery store, we figure out what meals we want with which protein. Easy-peasy!

I've turned to Pinterest for some (OK, a lot of...) help on new, creative dinner ideas since I don't cook - I just provide the menu. ;)

Most recently, we made these french dip crescents (with horseradish sauce) on Sunday, which were surprisingly really tasting given how easy they were. The hubs actually liked them "a little bit more" than my pizza balls! Monday night (a.k.a. fish night) the hubs made this pesto salmon and Italian veggies (with asparagus & mushroom rice), and omgdelicious!! And just as a plus, the clean-up was super easy because everything is cooked together - minus the rice - in foil.

There are quite a few recipes we've found via Pinterest - not going to share them all, but if you want to check out my Delish Dishes & Such board for some ideas, be sure to follow me - that were all so good, and we now try to incorporate them into our dinner plans!

I'm always on the lookout for something new to try to help spruce up our weekly dinner plan. Share your favorite Pinterest recipes with me!