Weekend Meal Prep 08/06

I had hoped we would have an easy weekend. But, other plans occurred. :) I was supposed to get a massage on Saturday morning. I had been looking forward to that massage for a while, but Friday night one child came to me crying because her ear hurt. SO I had to cancel my massage and take her to the doctor.  Its good I did because one ear was just swimmers ear but the other was also infected. Since school started today, I am very glad that I went ahead and took her to the doctor because now she is feeling so much better!!

When I made the meal plan, I did not realize just how easy meal prep would be this week.

I started as always with putting my rice in the instant pot and letting it go. :) Seriously, if you are on  the fence about an instant pot, DON'T BE! Go get one now!

I decided to make the Pizza Casserole first.  I started with browning my ground turkey with spices.  As this was browning I chopped up my veggies. These were the onions, peppers, and mushrooms.  Once the turkey was browned, I removed the meat and set it aside.



I then, cooked my veggies.  Once these were soft enough I added spaghetti sauce and most of the pepperoni.  I then added this to the meat mixture.



I sprinkled the cheese on top and placed a few more pepperoni on top.



And baked until bubbly! This was really, really simple. I believe I may make this for our next potluck!



This would be served with a side salad.  For the kids I am going to serve with some noodles.  You could also do brown rice.  This seriously tastes just like pizza without the crust.

I then moved onto the taco salad bowls.  I browned my ground turkey. Then added the taco seasoning and water and let it simmer. And done.



To serve for the week I will make a salad with tomatoes and lettuce and add the meat on top.  For a healthy salad dressing I will use salsa.  For taco salad its perfect. If you want it a bit creamy, add sour cream to your salsa and mix.


It was our anniversary weekend, so we needed a nice meal to celebrate. And to us, what is better than steak!  So I first prepped all my veggies. I had some extra bell peppers, zucchini, and asparagus.  I cleaned and chopped all the veggies and topped with a bit of olive oil, salt, pepper, and garlic powder.



I tossed to coat evenly then placed them on the grill.  I turned them every 3-5 minutes and cooked it to my desired doneness. Meaning, we like our veggies a bit burned on the grill, others may not. :)



After this I placed all the meat on the grill and again cooked to desired doneness.

And done!

Recap
1. Pizza casserole (Serve with a salad)



2. Taco salad (Serve with lettuce and tomatoes)



3.  Steak and grilled veggies (Served here on our Fine China.)



Hope everyone has a great week!


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