This isn’t so much a blog post as a list of favorite meals (with recipe links)! It’s a jumping off point for my family’s meal plans and my goodness is there a lot of chicken! Some of these meals require a bit of a description, so I’ll plan to post about each meal in the coming months with photos and a bit more information! I got the idea for this list from The Lazy Genius — these mostly work as “brainless crowd pleasers” for our family & I would very much call this our cold weather meal queue!
Many of the recipes without links come from Carla Snyder’s One Pan, Two Plates: Vegetarian Suppers and One Pan, Whole Family. They are truly my favorite cookbooks because everything is 45 minutes or less, balanced and each recipe comes with ideas for simple sides of folks are extra hungry and beverage pairings!
So here goes!
Soups & Stews
◦ Chili
◦ Coconut red curry chicken soup
◦ Chicken noodle soup
Rice Meals
◦ Burrito bowl
◦ Baked chicken with rice and green beans
◦ Baked chicken & rice casserole with veggies
◦ One-Pan Chicken Drumsticks with Rice and Beans
◦ Risotto
Pasta & Noodle Meals
◦ Spaghetti and meatballs
◦ Butternut squash and sausage pasta
◦ Peanut butter soba noodles with broccoli
Sheet pan/oven meals
◦ Chicken, broccoli and oven fries
◦ Roasted whole chicken with baguette and salad
◦ Sheet pan sausage, veggies and potatoes
◦ Baked chicken breast
◦ Sheet pan veggies and beans over grains with a sauce
◦ Pork loin with farro and kale
◦ Chicken pot pie
◦ Meatloaf, potatoes and green beans
Fun Meals
◦ Mezze night
◦ Party dinner
◦ Cauliflower wings
◦ Green zucchini Fritters
◦ Nachos
◦ Tostadas
◦ Pizza and salad
◦ Kielbasa and pierogis
◦ Bratwurst “hot dogs” night
Jessica A. Zelenak, MPA 
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