Reserve-Based Meal Planning for When Life is Too Damn Much
It’s hot. You’re tired. The idea of cooking three meals a day is laughable. That’s why this plan exists — to give you food that actually works when your spoons are low and your executive function has left the chat.
This is Weeks 11–12 of my reserve-based system. We cook three times a week, stretch leftovers like magic, and leave room for takeout without guilt. Because healing takes energy — and not all of that energy should be spent in the kitchen.
🍗 This Round’s Sunday Stars:
- Week 1: Maple Garlic Glazed Chicken
- Week 2: Crockpot Ranch Chicken & Rice
- (because if my crockpot could earn a paycheck, it would absolutely be the breadwinner)
🗓️ THE PLAN:
WEEK 1
- Sunday: Maple Garlic Glazed Chicken – Proof that you can be sweet and salty and still wildly lovable.
- Monday: Leftovers
- Tuesday: Chicken Tacos (fajita-style) – Because “chicken tacos” are easier to say than “accidentally delicious fajitas.”
- Wednesday: Leftovers
- Thursday: Bacon Tomato Pasta – The holy trinity: bacon, tomatoes, and carbs. Amen.
- Friday: Reserves
- Saturday: Leftovers or takeout
WEEK 2
- Sunday: Crockpot Ranch Chicken and Rice – This one says “I care” but also “I’ve been horizontal most of the day.”
- Monday: Leftovers
- Tuesday: Pesto Chicken Flatbreads –We eat flatbread now. We’re fancy like that.
- Wednesday: Leftovers
- Thursday: Bacon Fried Rice – It’s “clean out the fridge” night but with a glow-up.
- Friday: Reserves
- Saturday: Leftovers or takeout
🧊 Reserve Meals to Keep You Sane:
- Taco Pizzas
- Chicken Flatbreads
- Peanut Butter & Bacon Sandwiches
- Eggs
- Quesadillas with Whatever’s Left I am BRAND NEW to bacon quesadillas, where have they been all my life? I’m disappointed in myself that my stoner ass didnt put this combo together years ago.
Ok guys, scroll down and click to get the recipes and grocery list and until next time gang, take care of yourselves, and each other.
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Rename suggestion… Bougie flatbread. That’s what I’d call them if I had the wit to do so. Maybe I’ll try that myself, though I’ll admit Aldi has darn good pizza dough in the deli section. I try to make a homemade white pizza once a week.
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