Mini Ep: Meal Plans and Ideas for Summer Cooking

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Megan and Wendy share their meal plans and ideas for summer cooking in this mini episode. Listen in as they share their go-to dinner ideas, weekday grilling tips, easy summer salads, putting together a meal with pantry staples and more.

Share your favorite summer meal plan or go-to recipes! Email us at meganandwendy@gmail.com.

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Mentioned in this Episode

• Episode 13: Easy Trader Joe’s Dinner – six easy and delicious dinners with everything from Trader Joe’s.
• 77 Quick Dinner Recipes via Good Housekeeping
• Okayest Moms Summer Salad Series on Instagram

Summer Meal Plan Ideas

• Wendy’s summer meal ideas
  • Grilled chicken
    • use on top of Caesar or Cobb salads, in chicken and rice bowls, chicken sliders with BBQ sauce, coleslaw and Hawaiian rolls. Perfect alone (change up your sauces, seasonings) served with grilled corn on the cob, fresh summer fruit, canned baked beans, Trader Joe’s frozen Mac & Cheese.
  • Homemade pizza and flatbread
    • Trader Joe’s pizza dough, Pillsbury pizza dough or Naan flat bread
      • BBQ chicken pizza, veggie flatbread with pesto, tomatoes, and goat cheese, BLT flatbread, pizza crust/flatbread topped with salad.
    • Over 35 flatbread ideas from Delish.com
  • Simple Mexican-style dishes
    • Ground turkey, ground beef, or slow cooker salsa chicken for tacos, taco salad, tostadas, enchiladas, nachos.
    • 2-ingredient slow cooker salsa chicken recipe
• Megan’s summer meal plan
  • Use your Instant Pot and Slow Cooker
    • Instant Pot Chicken Shawarma for Sandwiches
    • Crock Pot Pineapple Chicken
  • Grilling Basics: Protein + Roasted Veggie/Salad/Fruit
  • Summer Pasta
    • BLT Pasta Salad
    • Pasta Pomodoro
    • Sesame Noodles
  • Sandwiches
    • Chicken Pesto Panini

Summer 2022 Podcast Calendar

Real talk: summer months are really hard for us. You’ve heard us talk for weeks about the few summers we have left with our kids. Our time really isn’t ours during the summer months. But, we want to always bring our listeners the best content we can offer. Here’s what to expect the next few months from us.

• June 7th: Pop Culture Club for May
• June 14th: Summer Mini Episode: Meal Planning
• June 21st: Fan Favorite Encore: Conversations with Friends – Jennie Canzoneri
• June 28th: Summer Mini Episode: Summer Drinks
• July 5th: Pop Culture Club for June
• July 12th: Summer Mini Episode: Favorite Ways to Spend a Summer Day
• July 19th: Fan Favorite Encore: Hot Old Dudes – A Deep Dive
• July 26th: Summer Mini Episode: Summer Snacks
• August 2nd: Pop Culture Club July
• August 9th: Fan Favorite Encore: Trader Joe’s Beauty Products
• August 16th: No Episode
• August 23rd: Episode 71 – Brand New Episode!