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: grilled cilantro lime chicken with a Southwest quinoa salad and coconut margaritas, hamburger stroganoff with green beans, juicy turkey burgers with grilled potato salad, Korean beef bowls, and vegetarian Mediterranean pizza with a Greek salad.
To simplify your grocery shopping list:
- I used skinless chicken thighs for the cilantro lime chicken because I just love their flavor and they don’t tend to dry out as quickly as chicken breasts, but use any other part (or all) of the chicken that you desire.
- For the Southwest salad, I used both plain and red quinoa for some visual texture, but you can use whatever you’ve got. If you’d like, you can substitute chopped fresh bell peppers for the pickled version.
- Cilantro and lime used for the grilled chicken marinade and the Southwest salad dressing. Lime also used for the margaritas.
- There’s just something about ground beef that screams comfort food to me, but feel free to use ground turkey or chicken in the hamburger stroganoff. Sub the sour cream for créme fraîche or even full-fat Greek yogurt if you wish.
- Avoid extra-lean ground turkey or you’ll end up with a flavorless, dry burger. Instead, look for ground turkey that is at least 85 lean and 15% fat.
- I used Yukon Golds for the potato salad. Avoid using starchy potatoes like Russets, which tend to fall apart on the grill.
- The pizza is made using a pizza dough kit, but you can also buy pre-made dough.
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
Grilled Cilantro Lime Chicken: The marinade doubles as a basting sauce! To use for basting and drizzling over the grilled chicken before serving, reserve ⅓ cup or more of this marinade. Remember, to avoid cross-contamination, never re-use the marinade that has been in contact with the raw chicken.
Southwest Quinoa Salad: I’ve got a full tutorial on how to grill corn in its husk (which steams the kernels and prevents them from drying out). Grilling the corn will take roughly 10 minutes, so get the quinoa cooking in the meantime.
Hamburger Stroganoff: Don’t mince the ground beef too fine; keep it chunky so you can really taste it. If it gets too fine, it’ll be more like taco meat, which you don’t want here.
Green Beans Almondine: To cut down on some prep work, you can trim and rinse the green beans ahead of time and let them chill out in your fridge until you’re ready to use them.
Super Juicy Turkey Burgers: Before cooking, freeze the burgers for about 30 minutes so the leaner protein holds together while cooking and flips without falling apart.
Grilled Potato Salad: Potato salad always tastes best after it’s had time to rest. I typically assemble this potato salad an hour or so before serving it so the potatoes have time to absorb some of the tangy vinaigrette and lets the flavors blend.
Korean Ground Beef Bowls: The Korean beef and rice can be reheated for 30-second intervals in the microwave without issue, but try to keep the kimchi, cucumber, and lettuce cold in their own container until you’re ready to top your bowl and eat.
Mediterranean Pizza: Make the dough ahead of time. You can make this dough right before baking it or refrigerate it for up to 3 days. Bring it to room temperature before shaping it into a pizza pie.
Greek Quinoa Salad: this salad will last for up to 4 days in the fridge. The veggies will soften and the dressing might pool in the bottom of your storage container, so give the salad a good toss before serving. Top leftovers with some rotisserie chicken for a quick, filling, nutritious lunch.
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