Double Duty Dinners: This Week’s Meal Plan
It’s Meal Plan Monday! This week is all about Double Duty Dinners: pot roast one night, and the next night those leftovers get reimagined into tacos.
Here’s my little secret: it doesn’t feel like leftovers when you turn them into something totally new. You cook once, eat twice, and nobody at the table complains about having “the same thing again.”
I love weeks like this where I get to play in my kitchen, even if it’s just a quick 30-minute meal!
This week at a glance
- Monday: Zuppa Toscana
- Tuesday: Mississippi Pot Roast
- Wednesday: Birria Tacos (made with Tuesday’s pot roast!)
- Thursday: Korean Beef Bowls
- Friday: Scallops
- Saturday: Sausage + Wild Rice Stuffed Squash
- Sunday: Smash Burgers
The Double Duty Dinner: Pot Roast → Birria Tacos
Tuesday: Mississippi Pot Roast
Tender, savory, and so easy. Make a full roast on Tuesday, and set aside the leftovers (and some of that cooking liquid!) for Wednesday.
Wednesday: Birria Tacos
This is where the magic happens. That leftover pot roast gets shredded, tucked into tortillas, and crisped up into birria-style tacos. Same roast, brand new dinner, and half the work is already done.
The rest of the week
Monday: Zuppa Toscana
A cozy, hearty soup to kick off a chilly fall week.
Thursday: Korean Beef Bowls
A quick, flavor-packed bowl that’s perfect for a busy weeknight.
Friday: Scallops
A little Friday treat! People always ask how we fit scallops into the budget. Honestly, we don’t eat out much, so our grocery bill has a little more wiggle room, especially now that we’re mostly cooking for two. And this batch was a bonus: I got them free as a promo with an order from Wild Alaskan Company.
Saturday: Sausage + Wild Rice Stuffed Squash
Fall in a dish, with a little bit of up north flavor thanks to the wild rice.
Sunday: Smash Burgers
An easy, crowd-pleasing way to wrap up the week.
Cooking for two (and sometimes more)
With both of our girls in college, most nights it’s just the two of us now. I make smaller portions these days, and we don’t mind eating leftovers for lunch. But when one of the girls comes home for a few days, I need more food than usual. That’s why Double Duty Dinners are so handy: they stretch for a crowd, or become tomorrow’s lunch.
Now I want to hear from you: Do you freeze your leftovers? How do you plan meals for two? Tell me in the comments!
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