Is anyone else still in a Thanksgiving food coma-induced stupor?

Or maybe it’s just that I’m trying to “sleep train” my child out of our bed and into her own bed so my sleep the past few days has not exactly been what you’d call high quality. Hmm.

Either way, my meal planning mojo is a tad bit subpar so I’m more thankful than usual to have these meal plans at my fingertips. I know I say this every week, but this week is SUCH A GOOD ONE. So many deliciously healthy options to get us back on track after eating pie for breakfast all weekend (<– don’t judge me). I hope you enjoy it!

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Happy weekend, you guys! It’s been a low key one over here, which I am SO thankful for. We definitely needed it given last week’s combination of interview + election + election aftermath. And, of course by LOW KEY, I mean filled with lots of cooking! I made some lentil meatballs in a curry sauce that I am super excited to share with you guys this week (also, Remy LOVED the sauce, so it’s even kid-approved!) and I’m hoping to bake a pie today.

As far as baby feeding goes, we started giving Remy two meals a day this week, usually oatmeal with a sweeter puree in the morning (cinnamon sweet potatoes, butternut squash, applesauce) and a savory puree at lunch. This week’s new puree was a spinach/white bean/lemon/parmesan combo and it was a BIG hit. We also tend to do more baby led weaning-style eating at dinner time, just giving her little bites of stuff off our plate and letting her go to town with it.

This week’s meal plan is a doozy, kicking off the week with a truly luscious creamy wild rice mushroom soup and then going on to include meals with a wide variety of ethnic flavors: Mexican, Greek, Thai, and a couscous salad with some Middle Eastern flair. It’s gonna be a good one!

Happy cooking!

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Real life? I’m done with medical school rotations until FEBRUARY.

Buuuuuttttt that means it’s time for residency interview season to begin!!

Like, Remy, my mom, and I are flying to my first interview locale TODAY and we are going to need a helluva lot of luck. Me: with the interview itself and also FLYING WITH A SIX MONTH OLD. Yikes.

My mom: with handling Remy’s mood swings for three days.

Remy: blissfully ignorant to the whole situation. Thankfully.

I have had no time to cook/menu plan this week, which means things are going to be INSANE when I get back on Tuesday. Thankfully, this week’s meal plan is full of so many of my favorite things that I am set. I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I do!

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