5 Delicious Dinners I’m Making This (Busy) Week

We’re having some friends from out of town stay with us this week, so I’m looking for crowd pleasers that won’t keep me in the kitchen all day. Whenever I have friends stay over, I want them to feel at home. I’ve stocked my fridge with fresh-cut fruit and vegetables and popped into Trader Joe’s to get some snacks (our guests are Canadian, and one of my favorite things to do is share all my TJ’s picks with them!).

While I love having guests, it can feel stressful to keep a tidy house, full fridge, happy toddler, and plan a jam-packed itinerary of activities from swimming in the lake to baseball games. Hence the need for easy, crowd-pleasing meals (plus ones that my toddler likes, so less chance of a full-blown meltdown!!). 

These are dishes we can easily eat on the patio or at the dining room table over a game of cards and bottle of wine.