Weekly Meal Plan #8
A free 5-dinner meal plan for the week, plus a combined shopping list.
Here is this week’s dinner plan. Five meals, one for each weeknight, and a shopping list at the bottom you can take straight to the store.
Nothing here needs a special trip or a long ingredient list. Swap any night for another, it still works.
This week at a glance
Monday: Italian Wedding Soup with Mini Meatballs
Get the Italian Wedding Soup with Mini Meatballs recipe
Tuesday: Easy Crockpot Salsa Verde Chicken
Get the Easy Crockpot Salsa Verde Chicken recipe
Wednesday: Cheesy Chicken Alfredo Bake
Get the Cheesy Chicken Alfredo Bake recipe
Thursday: Old-Fashioned Ham and Bean Soup Recipe
Get the Old-Fashioned Ham and Bean Soup Recipe recipe
Friday: Brunswick Stew with Pork and Chicken
Get the Brunswick Stew with Pork and Chicken recipe
Shopping list for the week
Everything the five dinners need, grouped by where you find it. Check your pantry first, you probably have half of it.
Meat & seafood
- boneless, skinless chicken breasts (2 lbs)
- chicken breasts (1 1/2 lbs)
- diced cooked ham (2 cups)
- ground beef (8 oz)
- ground pork (8 oz)
- meaty ham bone (1)
- pulled cooked pork (2 cups)
- shredded cooked chicken (2 cups)
Dairy & eggs
- butter (6 tbsp)
- egg (1 large)
- grated parmesan (1/2 cup + 1 1/2 cups)
- heavy cream (1 1/2 cups)
- shredded mozzarella (2 cups)
- whole milk (2 cups)
Produce
- baby spinach (6 oz)
- carrots (2 medium + 3 medium)
- celery (2 ribs + 3 ribs)
- chopped fresh parsley (2 tbsp)
- diced tomatoes (1 (28 oz) can)
- fresh parsley (1/4 cup + 2 tbsp)
- garlic (2 cloves + 4 cloves + 4 cloves + 4 cloves + 3 cloves)
- lime (1)
- yellow onion (1 medium + 1 large + 1 large)
- Yukon Gold potatoes (1 lb)
Freezer
- frozen corn kernels (2 cups)
- frozen lima beans (2 cups)
Pantry
- acini di pepe pasta (1 cup)
- all-purpose flour (1/4 cup)
- apple cider vinegar (1 tbsp)
- barbecue sauce (1 cup)
- bay leaves (2)
- black pepper (1/4 tsp + 1/2 tsp + 1/4 tsp + 1/2 tsp + 1/2 tsp + 1/2 tsp)
- cayenne pepper (1/4 tsp)
- chicken broth (8 cups + 3 cups)
- crushed red pepper flakes (1/4 tsp)
- dried navy beans (1 lb)
- dried thyme (1 tsp)
- garlic powder (1 tsp + 1 tsp)
- ground cumin (1 tsp)
- ground nutmeg (1/4 tsp)
- Italian seasoning (1 tsp + 1 tsp)
- light brown sugar (1 tbsp)
- low-sodium chicken broth (10 cups)
- olive oil (2 tbsp + 2 tbsp + 1 tbsp + 1 tbsp)
- onion powder (1/2 tsp)
- panko breadcrumbs (1/2 cup)
- penne pasta (1 lb)
- salsa verde (16 oz)
- salt (1/2 tsp + 1 tsp + 1/2 tsp + 1 tsp + 1 tsp)
- smoked paprika (1/2 tsp)
- tomato paste (2 tbsp)
- Worcestershire sauce (2 tbsp)
That is the week. If you want the next one in your inbox, the plan goes out every Friday.
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