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Meal planning secret: weeknight theme meals
Pick a theme, any theme, for each night of the week
Kristina Todini, RDN
April 12, 2024
Your weeknight dinners need some structure.
Until you build the skill of knowing how to plan your meals around your schedule, it can be overwhelming to plan out an entire week when you’re used to eating whatever is around at the moment (or worse, resorting to takeout).
That’s why I always suggest to newbies to start with a framework: weeknight theme meals.
Having theme nights for each day of the week helps reduce the overwhelm of all the possible things you could eat, and gives you guardrails for what you actually should eat.
Knowing that Monday night is always a Big Bowl of Pasta night means you can play around and get creative each week with different pasta recipes. Or deciding that Wednesday nights are always busy in your home means you can make Simple Sandwich and Vegetables night in the limited time you do have.
Setting up a framework of theme nights – ones that work for you and your family – helps you to narrow down exactly what to plan, shop for, and cook each day of the week.
🍕 + 🌮,
Kristina
theme night trailblazer
Can you guess the themes for each day of the week? 👇
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Ok, I only have two of this type of recipe on my site (how is this possible), but if you know anything about me then you know Fridays are reserved for this dish.
DID YOU KNOW? 🧐
Wyoming-based fast food restaurant Taco John's was granted a trademark for "Taco Tuesday" in 1989, and defended against other restaurants using that phrase. In May 2023, Taco Bell petitioned, asking that the trademark be cancelled and arguing that the phrase "should be freely available to all who make, sell, eat and celebrate tacos". On July 18, 2023, Taco John's CEO announced that they would abandon the "Taco Tuesday" trademark, leaving New Jersey as the only state where the phrase remains trademarked. (source)
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