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: chicken Parmesan meatballs, fish taco bowls with cilantro lime rice, slow cooker balsamic chicken and Caesar salad, cabbage and potsticker stir fry, my grandma’s meatloaf and mashed potatoes, and irresistible tiramisu.
To simplify your grocery shopping list:
- Swap the ground chicken for ground turkey in the Parmesan meatballs. Or feel free to add in some Italian sausage.
- Toss some more veggies into your fish taco bowl—bell pepper, onion, or green onion would all be yummy.
- Swap the cilantro lime rice for brown rice, or quinoa, or even cauliflower rice. If you’re short on time, grab some microwavable rice bags.
- You can always buy premade mashed potatoes and salad kits if you don’t have time to make everything from scratch.
- For a lighter meatloaf, feel free to use a combination of ground chicken or turkey.
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
Chicken Parmesan Meatballs: Panko breadcrumbs create a lighter meatball. While you could also use Italian seasoned breadcrumbs in the meatball mixture, Japanese panko are much lighter and airier and prevents the baked meatballs from tasting dense or dry.
Fish Taco Bowl: I like using cod or halibut for my fish tacos because ideally, you want flaky, mild white fish. I don’t recommend using tilapia or salmon—tilapia isn’t great quality, and salmon is a bit too overpowering.
Slow Cooker Balsamic Chicken: Use chicken thighs for maximum flavor and tenderness. Dark meat, like chicken thighs, can withstand hours of slow cooking better than chicken breasts, which tend to dry out or become tough.
Cabbage and Potsticker Stir-Fry: Use a large skillet for this recipe so the potstickers can cook in a single layer (this helps with browning). If your skillet doesn’t have a lid, set another skillet or a large plate on top of it to steam the dumplings.
Grandma’s Meatloaf: Because the onion and garlic are used raw in this recipe, chop, mince, or even grate them finely so they easily incorporate into the mixture, and cook evenly with the beef. Personally, I like tasting the bits of onion in my meatloaf, so I cut my onion in between a fine chop and a mince.
Tiramisu: Plan on making this recipe the day ahead of serving it, or at least 8 hours before. I’ve let it sit in the fridge for up to 48 hours before serving and it has only gotten better with time.
Caesar Salad: You can omit the anchovies and sub in 1 teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce and 1 teaspoon of lemon juice. If you’re vegan, omit the Worcestershire and try adding some minced capers.
Mashed Potatoes: For a meal prep option, you can just make my mashed potato casserole, which has specifically been created as a make-ahead option for prepping mashed potatoes for a crowd.
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