It may be Christmas week, but I still have to feed my family a healthy dinner each night! I don’t know about you, but I’m so excited for Christmas that it’s hard to think about the normal tasks like making dinner, doing dishes and laundry and all the regular daily to-do’s. So, I had to really buckle down and plan this week in order to have the groceries needed to prepare some healthy meals.
Monday: Flounder was on sale this week, so we’re having a light baked flounder with quinoa and red cabbage. With the cabbage, I just cut it up and cook it with onions, coconut oil, squeezed lemon, salt and pepper. Sometimes I had a chopped apple for sweetness.
Tuesday: My 3-year old has been asking for spaghetti, which I’ve come to realize is more about the meatballs for her. Here’s my favorite spaghetti and meatballs recipe. I add spinach to the sauce to cover our greens for the evening.
Wednesday: Christmas day! We are going to have prime rib, mashed potatoes and kale salad. Can’t wait! This is probably our favorite meal ever!
Thursday: Ah, the day after Christmas and the bit of a let-down you can feel after all that planning… I’ve decided to try something different and make a chicken pot pie with gluten-free crust and roasted butternut squash. I’m going to make a combination of 2 recipes: This Betty Crocker recipe for the crust and this Bon Apetit recipe for the inside mixture of chicken and butternut squash.
Monday: Flounder was on sale this week, so we’re having a light baked flounder with quinoa and red cabbage. With the cabbage, I just cut it up and cook it with onions, coconut oil, squeezed lemon, salt and pepper. Sometimes I had a chopped apple for sweetness.
Tuesday: My 3-year old has been asking for spaghetti, which I’ve come to realize is more about the meatballs for her. Here’s my favorite spaghetti and meatballs recipe. I add spinach to the sauce to cover our greens for the evening.
Wednesday: Christmas day! We are going to have prime rib, mashed potatoes and kale salad. Can’t wait! This is probably our favorite meal ever!
Thursday: Ah, the day after Christmas and the bit of a let-down you can feel after all that planning… I’ve decided to try something different and make a chicken pot pie with gluten-free crust and roasted butternut squash. I’m going to make a combination of 2 recipes: This Betty Crocker recipe for the crust and this Bon Apetit recipe for the inside mixture of chicken and butternut squash.
Thank you! I did get inspired, so I’m going to try the same chicken pot pie recipe tonight! We did a slow cooker chicken on Monday, so I’ll use the leftover chicken from that.
Thank you! I did get inspired, so I’m going to try the same chicken pot pie recipe tonight! We did a slow cooker chicken on Monday, so I’ll use the leftover chicken from that.
Great, Paige! I hope you enjoyed it!
Great, Paige! I hope you enjoyed it!