What's For Dinner {Catch Up 2020}

There's a meme going around the social media world that cracks me up.  It says, "Who knew the hardest part of being an adult is figuring out what to cook every night for the rest of your life until you die."  Let's all just stop right here and laugh out loud right where you are.  Now let's breathe and soak in the sometimes overwhelming reality of how true that statement is! 

It has been awhile, but every month or so I try to do a post where I highlight some of the delicious recipes that I tried out over the course of the previous month.  I love trying new recipes and I am so thankful for Pinterest and all the delicious recipes that catch my eye as well as food bloggers and instagram.  I am constantly looking for new inspiration and trying out new recipes.  It makes cooking fun and not a redundant chore and sometimes I get to try something new!  The best part is that my kids are starting to really love food and trying new things.  One is not picky about anything and one is slowly growing out of his pickiness. 

So here is where I share some sweet yumminess with you. 

Thai Chicken Peanut Ramen

This winter I just craved ramen, but not that gross stuff you can get for crazy cheap at the store.  I wanted some good, wholesome, flavorful noodle soup.  I also love thai peanut noodles so when this recipe combined the two of them I couldn't resist.  I've made this twice over the last 2 months and I hope to make it again sometime soon.  It really is amazing.  This also was a recipe I was able to substitute soy sauce for coconut aminos and it became Weston friendly.  I used some ramen noodles from Sprouts made of millet and wonderful! 

Here's the link to the recipe.

Pumpkin Chili
I may have mentioned that I was really into soups this winter.  There was just something warm and cozy about it.  When Bri McKoy posted on instagram her pumpkin chili I could not wait!  I immediately added it to our menu and we just happened to have all the ingredients (I may be the kind of person who keeps canned pumpkin stocked in my pantry year round.  It was really good! 

You can find the recipe and her super fun post about it here.

Honey Sriracha Glazed Meatballs

One thing that we started doing this year was meal prepping lunch options for Jon and I.  More so for Jon, but as it turns out, I love having the option of a quick healthy meal that isn't necessarily a salad.  A few weeks ago, our local grocery store was having a really good sale on ground turkey so I grabbed two and doubled this recipe for the meatballs and froze half of them for a future week.  I cooked up some cauliflower rice and some roasted broccoli and this recipe was amazing.  The perfect lunch for a busy day!  Plus, none of us felt the urge to go and get take out! 

You can find the recipe here.

Bang Bang Shrimp

One of my favorite newly found recipes has been something I've been eating at lunch quite often.  It's easy enough to do on a slow day and so delicious and filling!  I keep frozen, uncooked shrimp in the freezer (I find that Costco has the best price) and cook this up along with some cauliflower rice.  If the sauce didn't have mayo in it, I might have been able to get my husband to try it out. . . except he doesn't care for shrimp all that much.  So for now, it's just something I eat at lunch.

You can find the recipe here.

We also cooked up some Simple Sesame noodles by Pioneer Woman. . . we sub the soy sauce for coconut aminos and Weston loves them!  It's one of my favorite easy dinners that everyone eats up very quickly! 


And that's some of my favorite things we have eaten so far in 2020.  What are you eating?