If you’re looking for an easy, practical and organized meal plan to help you plan out your meals for the week, these weekly meal plans are perfect for you. They include a meal for every day of the week plus one breakfast idea and one snack or dessert idea that you can make any day of the week.
Each meal plan includes a breakdown of the recipes for the week so that you don’t have to search through recipe sites, screenshots and bookmarks to plan your week. By using a weekly meal plan, you can save time and money at the grocery store and kitchen, while keeping your meals fresh and healthy.
This week’s meal plan includes 5 dinner recipes for each day of the week: Browned Butter Honey Chicken Thighs, Salmon Lettuce Wraps, Creamy Cashew Tomato Pasta, Peach Salad, and Chicken Teriyaki Bowl, along with two bonus recipes to prep for breakfast: Scrambled Oats and a dessert/snack recipe: Mini Banana Muffins. Hope you enjoy them.
If you’re looking for more, check out all the meal plans here.
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Why Meal Plan
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Save Time: By deciding what you’ll eat in advance, you can streamline your grocery shopping, cooking, and meal prep. This reduces the need for last-minute trips to the store or ordering takeout. Planning also makes it easier to batch cook, prepare meals in advance and freeze them for future use, which can also save you time.
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Save Money: Having a list of recipes and a grocery list for making these recipes in advance will allow you to be more mindful at the grocery store to avoid too many impulse purchases or wishful items you may or may not decide to prep later. You’re also a lot less likely to get take-out and eat out at restaurants which will also save you money. Additionally, meal planning helps you make the most of ingredients by using them in multiple dishes.
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Improve Nutrition: Planning your meals for the week allows you to make more conscious choices that better fit your health or lifestyle goals. When you plan your meals in advance, you have better control over your ingredients and portion sizes. This makes it easier to incorporate a variety of nutritious foods like vegetables, lean proteins, and whole grains into your meals and avoid too many pre-packaged foods.
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Reduce Food Waste: When you plan your meals, you can portion out the right quantities of perishable items and incorporate leftovers into future meals. I also try to provide you with recipes that may have some overlap in ingredients to encourage you to use the same ingredient in multiple ways. It also helps you become more aware of what’s in your pantry and fridge, so you’re less likely to forget about items that may expire.
How to Use this Meal Plan
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Click on each of the recipes, click on the print button in the recipe card and print the recipe. Be sure to check out any substitution ideas and the Frequently Asked Questions so you’re better prepared for the recipe.
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Pring the grocery list or copy/paste into checkbox list.
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Check your fridge, freezer and pantry to cross off any ingredients you may already have.
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Go grocery shopping and don’t forget your list! And don’t forget to stick to your list.
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Make the recipe and share your experience on the site. My other readers love seeing any tweaks your make to the recipes and it encourages them to try it, too!
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I sign up to receive weekly meal plans?
Click here to sign up to receive my Weekly Meal Plans straight to your email inbox every Friday.
What if I don’t like one of the recipes?
If you don’t like one of the recipes, you can skip it and make one of your family favorites or browse the site for other inspirations. The dinner entree category has over 300 recipes in there.
What if I want to make a substitution?
If you see something in any of the recipes that you want to substitute, check the recipe post in the substitution section for ideas on how to substitute it. Most of the time, I offer many ideas for making something vegetarian-friendly, vegan-friendly, or gluten-free.
Enjoy this week’s meal plan and happy cooking!
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This article originally appeared on FeelGoodFoodiecom and was syndicated by MediaFeed.org.
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5 tips for waste-free meal planning
Sometimes food waste starts before we even pick up a carrot or set foot in the store. A lot of times, we waste food simply because we don’t have a plan (or at least a realistic plan) for all of the things that we buy.
A smarter meal plan can help you stretch your grocery dollars further and help the planet by using everything we bring into our kitchens. In honor of #NewYearNoWaste, here are our top 5 tips for waste-free meal planning:
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Before you go to the store and before you even make your shopping list, take a lap of your kitchen and peek inside your fridge and pantry. Anything perishable you spot now should become the star of your upcoming meals.
Think of what you’re about to buy as the supporting cast for the ingredients you already own. If you’ll be attempting new recipes that require ambitious condiments or spices, check and see if you have them now so you don’t double buy!
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A really useful exercise for meal planning is to try writing down the dishes that you and your friends/family like cooking and eating the most. By making a note of what you’re most excited to cook you’ll be able to shop for these fan favorites with less time, effort, and waste.
Aim to buy “hero” ingredients that can be used in several of your favorites and avoid ingredients that can only be used in one recipe, especially if they’re perishable. You’ll also see the type of recipes and cuisines that you aren’t cooking but might want to learn more about later.
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Not only will this prevent you double booking happy hour over your kickball game (the ultimate 1st world problem), but looking at your calendar before you go into shopping mode will remind you how often you’ll actually be home with time to cook in the weeks ahead.
It seems simple, but noticing that you’ve got a dinner date with a friend scheduled, or a catered lunch at work will prevent you from ambitiously shopping for meals that you don’t have time to make or guiltily forgetting about leftovers that you don’t have time to eat.
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Things like pizza, pasta, curries, and stir-fries are great ways to incorporate that half an onion, stray beet or jalapeño on its last legs that you have in your kitchen.
The mark of a good leftover recipe its ability to take a bunch of somewhat random parts and knit them together into a coherent and delicious whole. Practicing them is a good way to master one type of dish or experiment with new spices/sauces too!
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Instead of trying to cook something different every night a week, give yourself a break and designate one night as your “use up the leftovers” night. Make it a party and invite some friends or family over for dinner!
They won’t have tasted round one and will appreciate the generosity, while you’ll get extra help finishing up your food and some awesome company. When we think about using up food as a communal joy instead of a solitary chore it gets a lot easier!
This article originally appeared on ImperfectProduce.com and was syndicated by MediaFeed.org.
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