With Octave, you can see all of your week's meals at a glance, including lunches and snacks. The app also lets you adjust the servings based on the number of people at the table, automatically adding the ingredient quantities you need to your grocery list. You can also adapt your weekend meals to your family's activities and whatever you feel like eating, all while keeping things optimally organized for the busier days of the week.

This week's menu

A week built on revisited classics! Our Bolognese meat sauce turns into a topping for homemade pizza, while our seafood shows up in both our pasta and our guédilles (Quebec-style shrimp rolls) the next day. From chicken quesadillas enjoyed hot and then cold, to comforting Sloppy Joes, all the way to an elegant brown butter tilapia: a week that pleases the whole family!

Dinners

1. Monday: Chicken quesadillas
2. Tuesday: Spaghetti with Bolognese sauce
3. Wednesday: Matane shrimp pasta (in French)
4. Thursday: Sloppy Joe buns and Caesar salad
5. Friday: Brown butter and caper tilapia

Additional lunches

1. Monday: Popcorn chicken Caesar salad
2. Tuesday: Cold quesadillas
3. Wednesday: Spaghetti sauce pizzas
4. Thursday: Shrimp guédilles
5. Friday: Sloppy Joe buns

Snacks for the week

• Homemade ham and cheese savoury muffins
• Store-bought pita chips
• Single-serve hummus
• Cubed cheese
• Fresh fruit

Prep strategy for the week

Our plan is built around two key moments:

• Sunday: Prepping the Bolognese sauce and cooking the chicken

• Every evening: Preparing the next day's lunches

Sunday optimization

Sunday prep lets you:

• Have the Bolognese sauce ready for several meals
• Prepare the chicken for the quesadillas and the salad
• Save time on weeknights
• Make morning lunch packing easier

Strategic Sunday prep

Prepping the sauces and meats is strategic because it:

• Saves energy (cooking done in batches)
• Cuts down on dishes
• Prepares the bases for several meals
• Allows for creative transformations during the week

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Detailed prep plan

Sunday – Setup (estimated time: 2 hours)

1. Prepping the bases:

• Bolognese sauce (double batch)
• Cooking the chicken for the quesadillas
• Portioning the sauce for:
• Tuesday's spaghetti
• Wednesday's pizzas
  

2. Snack prep:

• Baking the savoury muffins
• Organizing the snack bin with:
• Pita chips
• Portions of hummus
• Cheese cubes
• Fresh fruit

Sunday evening

• Cook the store-bought popcorn chicken for Monday's Caesar salad
• Make the Caesar salad
• Wrap and refrigerate

Tips for the week

Every evening, prepare the next day's lunches:

• Monday evening:

• Save some quesadillas for a cold lunch

• Tuesday evening:

• Make the mini pizzas

• Wednesday evening:

• Make the shrimp guédilles

• Thursday evening:

• Wrap the Sloppy Joes

• Don't forget:

• Take the tilapia out of the freezer the day before
• Make the homemade Caesar dressing