A Meal Planner is a part of my weekly routine – and I am determined to make it part of yours. It will save your time and money by planning ahead for the week’s dinners. Welcome to Week 4 of the Weekly Meal Planner – scroll down to download the free printable!
Each week I will be sharing one Weekly Meal Planner each Sunday to help you get a jump start on your meal planning. I also want to provide you with the blank version of the Meal Planner so that you can make your own menu using other recipes (egads!) than those from my cookbook! Maybe even incorporate some of the free recipes I provide right here on this blog
Hopefully by now you have purchased your copy of the Homemade on a Weeknight Cookbook – if you haven’t you can get it as a Paperback or an eBook on Amazon! All of the full recipes for these meals are found in the cookbook. As mentioned in the cookbook, you can easily create weekly mean plans by simply selecting a recipe from each of the five categories in the book:
Here is the free printable Blank Homemade on a Weeknight Meal Planner (pdf):
And here is this week’s Meal Plan!
This Week’s Meal Planner
Cheddar Fried Chicken
Individual Beef Wellingtons
Creamy Red Enchiladas (get the recipe here!)
Ricotta Grilled Cheese with Tomato Soup
Baked Shrimp “Boil”
Tips for Meal Planning
Some people shy away from meal planning because they think it makes things too scheduled. But here’s the deal – you have to eat every day! If you take the time to plan ahead what you will eat, you will actually eat healthier more complete meals. So here are some tips when picking out what you are going to put on your plan:
- Ask for real opinions about the meals – if you family always tells you they love it, they might not be being truthful. And that could lead to you making a meal over and over that they just don’t actually like.
- Try out some of the suggest variations on the recipes in cookbook
- Remember to take a break from cooking every once in a while and plan for a night out or ordering in.