I’m going to try getting back to cooking several nights’ worth of dinners on Sunday so we don’t run so short of time to make dinner during the week.
Here you see: Grilled pork chops and chicken legs, grilled foil packet potatoes (like these except with sliced Idaho potatoes instead of fingerlings), crock pot salsa chicken (2-3 lbs boneless skinless chicken breast, packet of taco seasoning, jar of salsa, cook on low for 10 hours, shred, stir in a generous dollop of sour cream if you aren’t dairy free, serve with taco fixings), and a big pot of soup — and this is what’s left after tonight’s dinner. Which means… I don’t have to cook tomorrow! 
What’s for dinner at your house?
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I made a lovely pot roast (bought at Target with my spend %50 get $10 coupon) in my fantastic new enamel cast iron dutch oven (by Food Network) that I ordered from Kohl’s on bf weekend. I think after Kohls cash, the sale, and the rebate, I paid $20 for the dutch oven? Thanks Rachel!
Oh, and I bought the veggies at Aldi. But that sausage and spinach soup is looking really yummy and might be the next thing I try.
We are heading out of town on Saturday so I am trying to use up as much as I can before we go, so it is an exercise in creativity. We had chilaquiles for breakfast this morning to use up some leftovers from taco night and tonight we had rigatoni with ham and peas in a tomato cream sauce to use up some leftover ham, tomato sauce, and pecorino cheese. We also had a salad, chipping away at the produce we have left.
I do this almost every week and it is great. Last Sunday I made country fried steak, chicken tacos and bacon cheddar meatloaf. We had a huge early Christmas family breakfast on Saturday so we will be eating those leftovers this week.
I do it occasionally and really should get back into the habit of doing it every week — it makes weeknights so much easier! I have some salad and can steam up some veggies etc. for easy sides, which is no problem when the rest is done
Like Jessica, I do this every week, too. It not only saves time making dinner every night it also saves clean up time. I started this when the kids were little and discovered quickly what a timesaver it is during the week. This week I made a pot of chili, stuffed chicken breasts, and beef and potatoes in the crock pot.
When you cook for that upcoming week, do you only refrigerate the food? I have only done some shepherds pies and pot pies that I have frozen for later (several weeks later).
Right — this will all get eaten in the next few days (I’m already planning on more soup for lunch, yum) so no need to freeze. I haven’t really gotten into the freezer cooking
OK thanks for the info
I need to do more planning for the weeks menu.
Making me hungry!