What a normal week of easy dinners looks like for our family of seven!

7 easy and budget friendly family meals we had last week:
1. Breakfast for dinner
2. Mexican shredded chicken casserole - / 171488698306840615
3. Spaghetti with meat sauce
4. Crockpot basil chicken - / 171488698305558465
5. Caprese salad (and bunless burgers) - / 171488698307236882
6. Leftovers
7. Frozen pizza :)
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  • @TheTexMexMom
    @TheTexMexMom16 күн бұрын

    Clearly I can't count because in the video I say I'm sharing 6 dinners but I actually share 7, oops! :)

  • @jonathanandhannahsmith7009
    @jonathanandhannahsmith70098 күн бұрын

    That pasta caprese salad looks soo light and refreshing!

  • @TheTexMexMom

    @TheTexMexMom

    8 күн бұрын

    It was really yummy! The mozzarella pearls made it seem a little fancier too :)

  • @StephanieGiese
    @StephanieGiese14 күн бұрын

    These look great! We are a family of eight. My kids' favorite weeknight meal is shrimp pasta. I cook a bag of frozen, peeled shrimp in a stick of melted butter with about a tablespoon of Old Bay seasoning. As the shrimp thaws and cooks, the water from the frozen shrimp acts like a seafood stock mixed with the butter and seasoning to make a sauce. Then once the shrimp is done (only takes about ten minutes to go from frozen to cooked) we just put that over any kind of cooked pasta. If I have fresh spinach, I add a few handfuls of that at the end to make it a complete meal. I love that it's done in the same amount of time the pasta cooks and I don't have to remember to defrost anything. It's even faster if the shrimp is already cooked. If I have pre-cooked shrimp, I make the pasta in the Instant Pot and then add the butter, seasoning, and shimp after the pasta is done so I don't have to stand over the stove.

  • @TheTexMexMom

    @TheTexMexMom

    14 күн бұрын

    Ooh that sounds amazing!! And easy! I’ll have to introduce my kids to shrimp, they’ve never had it but I love it. 😋

  • @StephanieGiese

    @StephanieGiese

    13 күн бұрын

    @@TheTexMexMom I love it, too. One of our local stores has the frozen bags on sale for $5 often. Just be careful when introducing a possible allergen like shellfish to younger kiddos. My brother has a peanut allergy, so I'm extra cautious about that now.

  • @TheTexMexMom

    @TheTexMexMom

    13 күн бұрын

    @@StephanieGiese👍🏻 That’s a great tip, thanks!!

  • @Stacey_95
    @Stacey_9515 күн бұрын

    Everything looked great! I might have added some fruit in with breakfast for dinner but that’s just us.

  • @TheTexMexMom

    @TheTexMexMom

    15 күн бұрын

    Ooh yes that definitely would’ve added to our meal. I hadn’t done my weekly grocery order yet so most of our fresh fruit was long gone 😅

  • @deanna6483
    @deanna648316 күн бұрын

    Loved these ideas! Can't wait to try in my menu plans! 😊

  • @TheTexMexMom

    @TheTexMexMom

    16 күн бұрын

    Thanks Deanna!