Here’s another big round up of meal ideas for you. In this post I have over 25 breakfast, lunch, and supper ideas to give your meal planning some inspiration.
Supper can be chaotic and stressful at times. Right now Paul is still in a busy sports officiating season, so I’m on solo parenting supper duty a couple times a week. I balance those crazy meals with a few “fancy” meals for myself during the school day.
It’s nice to enjoy a beautifully plated, quiet meal while the food is still hot. 🙂 Sometimes I fix a fancy breakfast after I drop the kiddos off at school, and sometimes I do a fancy lunch.
Here’s a big list of the things that have been eaten and enjoyed by (almost) everyone in our family.
On The Menu
Breakfast:
- Cereal
- Waffles and Scrambled Eggs
- Easter Sunday Breakfast: Bunny Cinnamon Rolls, Scrambled Eggs, Sausage Links
- Pioneer Woman’s Tater Tot Breakfast Casserole – I used leftover Easter ham instead of sausage and it was delish!
Lunch:
- School Lunches: Pepperoni Rolls, PB&J, Mini Corn Dog Muffins
- My Lunch at Home: Salads with Blackened Chicken, Fancy Avocado Toast, Scrambled Eggs with Fruit and Toast, Leftovers
- Weekend Lunches at Home: Chicken Nuggets, Mac and Cheese, Homemade Pizza, Hot Dogs, Tacos
Supper:
- Creamy Ranch Chicken with Smashed Red Potatoes
- Italian Pot Roast with Parmesan Risotto
- BBQ Chicken Quesadillas
- Salads with Chicken
- BBQ Pork Roast with Crash Hot Potatoes
- Make Your Own Tacos: I set out taco meat and all the toppings with their choice of hard shell, tortilla, tostada, or tortilla chips
- Countryside Chicken Bake
- Chicken Bacon Ranch Sliders
- Taco Mac and Cheese
- Easy Oven Burgers
- Sheet Pan Chicken Fajitas
Above: my salad // Below: “deconstructed salad” for a kiddo 🙂
Need more easy recipes? Visit my Pinterest boards for all kinds of meal inspiration.
No matter what your situation is (stay at home mom, work from home mom, empty nester, single, etc.), I definitely recommend a “fancy lunch” from time to time. Give it a try! 🙂
Come Home For Comfort 
I’m with you – a fancy breakfast or lunch that’s just what I want to eat is a wonderful treat! Your deconstructed salad plate looks familiar. We do that with salads and tacos. Everyone builds their own plates and that means they’re usually all happy to eat that. Mom win for sure 🙂
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It’s funny how much the element of perceived control impacts a kids’ willingness to eat something! Ha! 🙂
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