January Meal Plan: Week 4

Week 4! Week 4! Week 4! We did it! We January-ed. Together. With delicious meals and snacks taking up just the right amount of brain space and energy. Maybe a little extra space in our tums though because energy bites and noodles and fries, oh my. Who can stop? All so good. 

And this week won’t be letting you down either. Spicy-sweet, silky peanut tofu bowls, chicken meatballs with roasty peppers and fluffy orzo, sheet pan chicken pitas with big ol’ thwaps of cool tzatziki. Are you excited?! We sure are. 

Also the easiest, cozy most wholesome apple muffins to start or boost your days. Oh week 4, you have our hearts.

Recipes This Week

Meal 1: Chicken Meatballs with Peppers and Orzo

A commenter said, “I rate this a 20 out of 10. WOW. I could drink this sauce. No really, I thought about it!” And to that we say, us too. US TOO! It’s all just so good. And also, why not drink the sauce? Just get this one up in a martini glass, put the meatballs on a fancy toothpick and have at it, girl. The side of orzo might be tricky, but maybe it’s a two drink night?

Meal 2: Sheet Pan Chicken Pitas with Tzatziki

Well, look at this roasty boasty little pan of flavor. All the briney robust Mediterranean greats are coming at you sheet pan style. Marinated baked chicken, feta cheese, roasted red pepps, and all the fresh cukes and olives you desire. Oh, and get your pita boat ready for that tzatziki, friends!

Meal 3: Spicy Peanut Tofu Bowls

This totally easy, spicy-sweet silky sauce is spilling all over some fluffy rice, oven-roasted broccoli and red peppers, and let us please not forget the golden-crisp cubes of perfectly cooked tofu. It’s also super flexible if you want to mix and match just about any part of this, you’ll still come up with an amazing dish in the end. Chicken instead of tofu? Sure! Prefer a different veg blend? Go for it! Quinoa instead of rice? Please do! Just…don’t mess with the peanut sauce. It is perfect. (Okay fine, even then you can sub almond butter if you must.)

Snack / Breakfast: Feel-Good Apple Muffins

An apple a day keeps the doctor away but TWO apples all shredded up with a few other wholesome ingredients keeps you in Apple Muffin business and that is arguably more life-giving. Cozy, dense, warm cinnamony goodness. This snack/breakfast option is going to keep you smiling all week long. Honey butter on that, anyone? Yes please, of course.

Vegetable / Side: Simple Green Salad

You know the drill, you love the drill. Always great with spring greens but drizzle this stuff over some roasted veg this week, maybe add a little rotisserie chicken.

Grocery Lists and 3-2-1 Prep Day

You know the drill – and if you don’t yet, hop to it! Grab a spot on our special email list and we’ll send you a full grocery list and meal prep guide to help you out.

This series includes FREE printable meal plans for every week that not only include what you need to make these delicious meals, but how to make them happen in an easy, fun, and efficient way through the meal planning system I’ve used and loved. It’s real-life tested and real-life approved.

Here’s what’s included:

• A meal plan with the selected recipes for the week;
• A full grocery list;
• A prep guide that outlines a 60 to 90 minute blitz for prepping your meals for the week. THIS TOOL IS CRITICAL and this is what differentiates this resource from just a list of recipe links. I already did the work to pull out the steps that work well to prep ahead, and I made them into a really nice and easy guide for you.

Get started below!

Thanks For Joining Us!

This is our last week of meal planning and we hope this jumpstarted your year in a way that felt manageable and helpful. Maybe you’ll keep at it? 2022 is here to stay and we’re moving through it, in some ways we didn’t expect to, and maybe you are, too. Those 60-90 minutes on a Sunday night, knowing you’re setting yourself up for the week. We’ve been filing it away in the self-care folder which feels just about right for life right now, yeah? 

If you’d be up for it, we’d greatly appreciate your feedback on how meal prepping and planning went for you! You can take our short survey here.

Our somewhat frazzled weeknight-selves are always pretty grateful for our Sunday night-selves when we open the fridges and know exactly what’s about to happen and that in no time at all, we will be sitting down to a warm, wholesome plate full of deliciousness. Heck yes.