Use my weekly meal plans to take the stress out of dinnertime! These premade meal plans and grocery shopping lists are the best way to save time and money while feeding your family healthy and nutritious meals. With a daily main course and mix and match sides, dinner just got a whole lot easier!
This week’s meal plan includes: creamy Dijon chicken with roasted brussels and crispy taters, a Tuscan tuna & white bean salad, Thai chicken soup, customizable Buddha bowls, and shrimp pasta with sun-dried tomatoes and an arugula side salad. And a berry tart with lemon curd and berries, because life is short, eat the dessert!
To simplify your grocery shopping list:
- Buy your favorite veggies this week to use in the Thai soup, shrimp pasta, Buddha bowls, tuna salad, and sides. Mix and match onions, carrots, peas, leeks, bell peppers, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, white potatoes, broccoli, Brussels, chives, green onions, and cilantro.
- You can use any leafy green that you like for the tuna salad. The rest of the ingredients are pantry staples (canned tuna and beans) and some simple fresh ingredients like feta, tomato, onion, and olives.
- Lots of pantry/fridge staples in the Thai soup — canned coconut milk, rice, broth, peanut butter, brown sugar, curry paste, and fish sauce.
- For the Buddha bowls you can mix and match the grain, veggies, protein, and toppings to use up whatever you have on hand!
- Use deveined frozen shrimp for the pasta to save time. Frozen shrimp is also less expensive than fresh.
- If you can’t find pancetta, you can use bacon, or even turkey bacon, for the Brussels.
How to Print Shopping List
- Click on the shopping cart icon below.
- Select which meals you would like to include. You may also adjust serving sizes at this time.
- Click on the shopping cart logo again to generate your shopping list.
- Once your shopping list is generated, you can print it out by clicking on the printer icon.
Meal Prep & Leftover Tips
Dijon Chicken: Instead of Dijon, experiment with another type of mustard, such as honey mustard, stone ground, or German mustard. Avoid using yellow mustard from a squeeze bottle, which is very tart and lacks the same nuanced flavor as Dijon.
Tuscan Tuna & White Bean Salad: Use either chunk tuna packed in water or olive oil, or even substitute with canned salmon. Great Northern white beans, white navy beans or Italian cannellini beans are easily interchangeable here. Add or omit any other veggies you would like.
Slow Cooker Thai Chicken Soup: This Thai chicken soup recipe is easily adaptable when it comes to the veggies. Sub in or add carrots, potatoes, or leeks. Or for a purely veg version, change up the chicken broth for vegetable broth and omit the chicken.
Buddha Bowls: The best thing about Buddha bowls is they don’t adhere to a strict recipe. Layer your favorite grain, veggies, protein, and garnishes and sauces!
Sun-Dried Tomato Shrimp Pasta: Feel free to use any other long noodle here, such as linguini or bucatini. Instead of mascarpone cheese you could also use half-and-half, heavy cream, or cream cheese.
Brussels Sprouts with Pancetta: The key to getting these sautéed Brussels sprouts crispy is to let them cook undisturbed in the heavy-bottomed cast-iron skillet cut-side down. This is where the caramelization process begins.
Crispy Oven Roasted Potatoes: Leftover potatoes are amazing for breakfast, just reheat in a skillet and top with a fried egg. You can also use leftover taters in your Buddha bowls.
Arugula Salad: Use salad fixins, any leftover veggies, and Dijon chicken or shrimp for a light and healthy lunch!
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