Down-to-Earth advice from a Dietitian Mom. Plus easy, healthy recipes for your family.
For you: 26 dinner ideas 🎉
Hey there,
I don't know what the weather's like where you are, but here in Ohio it's getting decidedly...crisp.
Which means bowls of oatmeal are replacing my morning smoothies, and my flannel PJ pants are officially activated for the season.
(Because it's important that you announce "My flannel jammie pants are officially activated!" the first time you wear them.)
It also means our dinners are naturally leaning toward comfort.
I need all the comfort I can get for winter in the Midwest.
So many of you loved my post about ALDI Dinner Ideas for Spring & Summer that I decided to put together a cold-weather edition so we can all have some dinnertime comfort.
At a great price, of course.
That meant that once again, Real Mom team member Cheryll and I dashed around my local ALDI, grabbing items for the meals we'd carefully sketched out.
Then we huddled in the corner to take photos like we were committing some kind of crime.
And bought our own cartloads of ALDI food of course.
Tap the pink button to see all the ideas (even if you don't shop at ALDI, they'll still give you inspiration).
The post has a free downloadable shopping list too.
| See The 26 Dinner Ideas |
Real Mom Menu
Sunday: Early dinner of sandwiches + fruit before seeing "Hamilton" downtown (second time seeing it, love love love)
Monday: Chicken + rice bowls with whatever veggies we have (I'm just winging this one, will either use a jarred teriyaki sauce or this peanut sauce)
Tuesday: Hello Fresh meal: Crispy Buffalo-Spiced Chicken with Blue Cheese Sauce, Scallion Mashed Potatoes & Carrots
Wednesday: Hello Fresh meal: Meatballs with Bulgogi Sauce plus Roasted Green Beans, Ginger Rice & Sriracha Crema
Thursday: Retirement party for a friend--we'll either eat there or grab dinner afterwards
Friday: Birthday dinner for a friend
Saturday: Homemade pizza or scrounge
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Real Mom Recommendations
​Slab Apple Pie w/ Maple Icing I've made this recipe multiple times and am making it for a friend's birthday this weekend. The crust is so flaky, and it's somehow more fun to eat pie in squares (don't skip the icing drizzle!).
Stay well everyone,
Sally
ps: Hundreds of you tapped the link to join my friends' Done Shopping by December Challenge last week. I signed up too! Here it is again in case you missed it.
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