Up on the menu this week…
Monday… Asian Pork Chops
Tuesday… Crockpot Chicken Tacos
Wednesday… Teriyaki Honey Mustard Chicken
Thursday… Ham & Cheese Sliders
Friday… Birthday Dinner
Saturday… Pizza Night
Oh my, I am so enjoying the cooler weather these last few days! The scorcher days are just killers! I’m doing my best to beat the heat in the kitchen this week. I am attempting to go as oven-LESS as possible. We’ll only be using the oven twice! Wahoo!
The Chicken Tacos are crock pot style and I can’t wait to try them. You cook the chicken all day with the salsa! It just sounds so tasty… hoping it will deliver. To prep this ahead, I combined all the ingredients {chicken, jar of salsa, cumin, onion, & garlic} in a gallon sized ziploc bag and put in the fridge. On Tuesday morning, I will pour the bag into the crockpot and wala… dinner is cookin’!
Another meal I’m anxious to try is the Ham & Cheese Sliders.
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Oh.My. Do these look divine or what? I only hope mine will look and taste half as scrumptious. :) It’s a crazy twist on plain old ham and cheese. You actually pour your melted butter & poppy seed mixture OVER your rolls and BAKE! Mmmmmmm!
To prep this one ahead, I assembled the rolls on a cookie sheet and covered with foil. I mixed up the butter/poppy seed mixture and put in a quart size ziploc bag. On Thursday, I will warm the butter mix in the micro, snip the corner off the bag and pour over the rolls before sliding them in the oven. Easy Peasy!
I found these two meals via the amazing Pinterest! If you haven’t checked it out, you seriously just gotta.
Only 49 minutes to prep FOUR meals this week!
Click for more info on my meal prep plan if you wanna take a stab at a stress free dinnertime. {Did I mention I ♥ them?}
Summer time is the perfect time to give it a try!
…. and here for more Monday Menu Inspiration from orgjunkie!
I love your cooking style! It would make life so much easier. The chicken tacos sound great!
I'm so inspired by your meal prep idea, I might just have to try it next week and see how it goes. We're expecting our 2nd baby boy any time now and I think it would save me so much time to not have to worry about what's for dinner every night. Thanks!
We just made a similar chicken taco recipe last night I used Salsa verde anda whole chicken and then shreded the meat off the bone! Froze the remainder of the meat and then prepared chicken enchilada stack and froze it!
I love once a week cooking! I'll be bookmarking these! Hope you have a great week, thanks for sharing ;)
Ally @ Tiny Wallet Style
I've seen the chicken tacos in a few places this week — maybe I'll have to give them a try. Thanks for linking up with MPM.
The honey mustard chicken sounds wonderful. Great menu plan.
for the sliders – did you just buy deli ham or what? I usually want "real" ham :) like you get at Thanksgiving, etc. for that. Maybe it is time to pull one out of the freezer and bake it for company and then save the leftovers for sliders! :)
I have them saved on pinterest too and can't wait to try them! and Thanksgiving is way too far away! ;)
Here from HoH and am so excited to find your menu plans! Must say I might just copy verbatim until I get a better hang of it myself. Thanks and looking forward to following your blog!
I just stumbled on your blog for the first time through HOH… I'm hooked! lol already have you linked on my page cause I just love your ideas! Especially this prep work for weekly food. Thanks so much for sharing!! I'll for sure be trying some of this recipes!
visiting from HoH! I need to get better at meal planning and I love your make ahead prep! Will definitely be giving it a try!
@Christina, Yeah, I did deli ham though the recipe did call for the "real" ham. I could've bought one of those $5 smithfield hams but figured this would be cheaper, easier and still yummy! :)
Thanks to everyone for stopping by!
Saw you on HOH and love all your great meals! You are tempting me to try them! Great job! I too, love Pinterest! Come check mine out: http://pinterest.com/organizemadefun/
Becky B.
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Ok, I made teriyaki chicken…yum! And those ham and cheese sliders are next on the list! You're such an inspiration! With my work/school schedule these meal preps saved my life. :)