This week is a crazily busy week for me! Report Card writing, Kindy dress up day, an extra day of work at school, so I am taking the easy way out! This week I am using as many “box” meals as I can! My theory is….Sunday prepare all the fillings, cheese, carrot, lettuce, tomato, capsicum, onion, cucumber and salsa. Then each day just serve the dinner according to the instructions on the box! It is just so easy to vary these recipes for little ones as well! Most of these recipes require sour cream or yoghurt and by using similar recipes over the week none of these ingredients go to waste!
Monday – Lamb Wraps – ALDI Box. – $3.99
These are delicious and a family favourite. We serve the kids meal with rice on the side and some yummy carrot sticks to dip in tzatziki sauce! Of for something different use the boxes contents to create some yummy lamb skewers and serve them like the image above!
Tuesday – Beef Tacos – ALDI Box – $3.99
The kids love using the taco shells to scoop up the mince! This is a messy one so be prepared.
Wednesday – Chicken Burritos – ALDI Box – $3.99
I steam some broccoli and green beans and serve the chicken with rice and vegies for the kids!
Thursday – Beef Fajitas – Woolworths – $4.99
Using up the last of the sour cream for this one! This has aways been a family favourite!
Friday – Fast Food Friday!!! Taking this one from Mummy Smiles!!!
These meals are cheap, quick and easy. They all use similar ingredients which really helped our grocery budget as we weren’t buying a hundred different ingredients for each weekly meal. Most importantly they are all so easy to adapt to feed the kids, its all about simplicity at our place!
So do you eat meals “out of the box”?
All images taken from our favourite food website taste.com
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I really want some tzatziki now, lol, yum!!!
Sounds yummy Larissa!!! Can’t wait to get Master D report card they do a memory book of photos and artwork from the kids as well!
They all look awesome and I think I need to plan them in this week as well. Yummo! N x
I can’t remember the last time we had a box meal, but some of the ones you’ve listed sound delicious Larissa! We’re more likely to buy a prepacked salad, but I could definitely incorporate salad with the meals above.
Sounds like a really good idea, Larissa. I’m not working outside of the home like you, but being this sick is making it harder and harder to stand up at night and prepare a meal. Maybe this would be a way go to. Get everything prepared on a Sunday with Joel, then each night just throw it together.
Really, really want the Souvlaki now.
Yum! We love doing tacos and wraps. Nice and easy
My family love tacos and burritos, I’m not a fan myself but if its easy and everyone will eat it I’m happy!
I am going to try those Aldi souvlaki wraps after having heard mixed reports I think I need to try myself. I am all for using these easy meals when you need to. I love how you have put a health spin on them too.
I’ve never tried any out of the box meals before but have been wondering if it’s good or not. Might have to go that route one day as I get inundated with work.