The 2-Week Rhythm Meal Plan

If 5 PM is the hardest hour in your house, this one's for you.

There was a season I was reinventing meals every week, and we were still ordering takeout. What changed it was simplifying: giving each night a theme so the question goes from "what's for dinner?" to "which taco night?"

This is two full weeks of that rhythm, built for a family with little ones and grown-ups at the same table.

Inside:

• Themed nights: sheet pan Monday, taco Tuesday, slow cooker Wednesday, and more

• Every meal, every day: breakfast, lunch, an after-school snack and dinner

• Recipes for all 14 dinners, plus easy breakfasts and snacks you'll make on repeat

• Lunch is last night's dinner: leftovers built right into the plan

• Our favorite recipes and sauces, including the avocado cream sauce we put on everything

• Tips for the littlest ones at the table

• Bonus: my saved meal-planning prompt. Tap it, type in your family's ages and allergies, and get a plan built around your people in about two minutes.

Decide once a week, not every day at 5 PM.

Lauren