3 dinners, 3 lunches = 6 meals! I love having leftovers for lunch, and I rarely buy lunch foods at the grocery store knowing I’ll have leftovers to spare. I always buy salad greens and a nice cheese, though, because I like to turn leftover proteins and veggies into a salad! Here are a few of the meals we had this week in both dinner and lunch form.
Baked BBQ tofu with sweet potato fries and roasted zucchini and mushrooms. I used Dinosaur BBQ sauce, which was quite spicy on the tofu! I baked it for about 30 minutes.
I prepared a plate for lunch the next day so I just had to heat that up when I was ready. I added a little sour cream that was calling my name too!
Another night we had Greek baked cod, based on this recipe. I subbed the tomato sauce out and added sun-dried tomatoes and tons of feta! Plus green beans for an all-in-one dish. Pita chips on the side!
This was SO GOOD for lunch the next day : ) With crackers this time.
We have made this Blue Apron meatloaf 3 or 4 times now. It’s the best! It has a spicy kick from the chipotle peppers and a sweetness from raisins and cinnamon. Definitely my all-time favorite Blue Apron recipe. The crispy potatoes are great too! Kale Caesar salad on the side.
And for lunch, I heated up the meatloaf and served it with heirloom tomatoes, more feta (can you tell I’m on a feta kick?!), and Caesar dressing. I had some blue corn chips while I made this too.
Not all my meals were homemade this week — on Wednesday we went to the pool and I got Mazen a quesadilla and fries and ended up eating about 1/3 of them with him. I spoiled my appetite for dinner so much that I wasn’t hungry when I got home and called it a day. Oops!!
What was the best meal you made this week?
Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog says
I love having leftovers too, it’s perfect for the lazy day. Plus, some (most!) food tastes better on the second day, especially Chinese cuisine!
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Linda @ the Fitty says
I’ve actually never heard of the fact that leftovers taste better than the meal freshly cooked the day of! Especially with Chinese cuisine.
Jill Barlow says
Im with you. Not everything is good the second day and its rare that itbtastes better. Cold pizza? Yuck! But spaghetti or lazagna does tastes better once it has set a day or 2.
elle says
My favorite this week was a Hello Fresh meal. I’ve started to get the vegetarian ones (although I will sometimes add salmon to them.) It was orecchiette with feta, pan fried cherry tomatoes and then topped with avocado that had been cut in half and seared in the frying pan also. It looked so simple on the page, but it tasted so good!
I am now on a feta kick as well.
KathEats says
I was gonna say – I bet the feta made it : ) The good stuff in liquid and not the pre-crumbled – that’s the best kind!
Linda @ the Fitty says
May I ask why you choose to subscribe to a subscription meal? Is it due to lack of time?
Denise Vermillion says
OMG that sounds amazing! I’ve roasted an avocado, but never seared. I’ll be trying that soon!
Katie says
Yum! As a single gal cooking for one, I basically prep the same meal for lunches for the whole work week and then the same meal for dinners for the whole work week. The weekend is then about leftovers or finding creative ways of using whatever other random foods may be in the pantry. This week was fairly low-key, taco salads for lunch and eggs, sautéed kale, and potatoes for dinner. The kale may have been my favorite because I haven’t made it in awhile and I LOVE kale sautéed in coconut oil with pink sea salt. SO good!
KathEats says
Yum!! I also love taco salads!!
Kori says
All of your meals sound amazing! I love leftovers. I don’t see how there are people who won’t touch them. Last night, I prepped our ribeye for Matt to cook. I seasoned it with Worcestershire, freshly roasted and mashed garlic, s&p. We enjoyed it with some prepare horseradish on top, brown rice, and roasted cauliflower/broccoli/onion. 🙂
KathEats says
That sounds amazing! (Minus the onion 😉 )
Kori says
Thanks! Yes, hold the onions for you! =D
Katie D. says
We had the first week in our new house, so it was pretty hit and miss (where are the pots again????), but the best meal was probably the peppers, onions and smoked sausage with roasted potatoes and broc slaw.
KathEats says
Sounds like a win!
Liz says
I snagged an Instant Pot on Prime Day and have challenged myself to make as many of our dinners in it as possible – it’s been fun and really revitalized home cooking for me again. This week the best dinner was meatloaf with Yukon gold potatoes and carrots, all cooked together using the pot-in-pot method in the Instant Pot. It was sooo delicious and the best part (other than leftovers for meatloaf sandwiches!) was that there was hardly any clean up!
KathEats says
I have been so tempted to get one of those, but I am trying to resist because I guess I don’t really need one!
Aimee says
Made an awesome quiche with ham,spinach and white cheddar. Chop it all up, toss in a pie crust (store bought due to lack of time for homemade) whisk together 4eggs and about 3/4 c milk pour over pie bake at 400 for about 45 minutes ( I like mine really cooked)
So good!
KathEats says
Yum!!!
Jolene (www.everydayfoodie.ca) says
We were on vacation this past week, so I didn’t do any cooking, but tonight we’re making fried chicken, baked beans, and a bourbon bacon coleslaw. We also made homemade bagels last night from 10:00 p.m.-3:00 a.m. Needless to say, I am wiped today!