Busy Moms – My meal prep for next week

I’m a busy mom, as are many of you probably reading this post. Over the past year there have been many days where I just felt like I was one step behind where I needed to be with the order and organization of my life and the family (well they are pretty much my life 😉 ).

I vowed, toward the end of December when I was brainstorming goals for 2014, to be more organized. I hate that chicken with my head cut off feeling. And the first thing I started to do was prepare my kids lunches for the week on Sundays. Takes a huge load off every morning and calms my craziness of trying to get them to school. And I’m sure they appreciate mom not flipping out!

After I had that one down for a few weeks, I started researching prepping meals in advance and finding some new options. We’ve been kinda burned out lately on the meals I’ve been making. We have a little bit of a limitation with Logan’s allergies, but so do moms with kids being picky, right? We don’t use that as an excuse.

So, what did I do last week to prepare for this week? Three things that will save us some sanity during the other busiest time of the day: dinner.

First, I pre-made the ground turkey taco meat for our taco salad on Monday. Monday we have TKD and don’t get home until 5:30 pm so this will save time and stress and I will be able to focus on finishing homework and getting showers!! YAY!

Second, I pre-made and froze a meal from Happy Money Saver. I made the honey lime chicken. Tuesday we have baseball practice and won’t get home until 5:45 pm. I will pull it out of the freezer Monday night so it will be defrosted for Tuesday nights dinner. I will steam some broccoli and use Trader Joe’s pre-made organic brown rice (3 minutes in the microwave) and viola dinner!!

 

Third, I prepped and froze meat and au jus for the Happy Money Saver French Dip Sandwiches. I will pull this out Tuesday night to pop into the slow cooker Wednesday morning and cook on low most of the day!! Add a side salad or maybe just some carrots and fruit!

I must admit, I’m feeling rather accomplished for this week. Stay tuned for more fun busy mom getting organized ideas and find out if I can keep it up!!! 🙂

If you have some go to meals that are easy to prep in advance, I’d love to get the recipes. If you have dairy and nut free in particular that’s great, but if not post what you have in the comments below. I really appreciate it.