Weekly Meal Plan #5
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 | One-Pot Chili Mac |
| Tuesday | Tangy Crockpot Sweet and Sour Chicken |
| Wednesday | Creamy Shrimp Alfredo |
| Thursday | Old-Fashioned Porcupine Meatballs |
| Friday | Lemon Herb Greek Chicken Bowl |
Monday: One-Pot Chili Mac
Get the One-Pot Chili Mac recipe
Tuesday: Tangy Crockpot Sweet and Sour Chicken
Get the Tangy Crockpot Sweet and Sour Chicken recipe
Wednesday: Creamy Shrimp Alfredo
Get the Creamy Shrimp Alfredo recipe
Thursday: Old-Fashioned Porcupine Meatballs
Get the Old-Fashioned Porcupine Meatballs recipe
Friday: Lemon Herb Greek Chicken Bowl
Get the Lemon Herb Greek Chicken Bowl 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)
- ground beef (1 lb + 1 1/2 lbs)
- large shrimp (1 1/2 lbs)
Dairy & eggs
- butter (6 tbsp + 1 tbsp)
- crumbled feta cheese (3/4 cup)
- egg (1 large)
- freshly grated parmesan (1 1/2 cups)
- heavy cream (1 1/2 cups)
- plain whole-milk Greek yogurt (1 cup)
- shredded sharp cheddar (1 1/2 cups)
Produce
- bell pepper (1)
- cherry tomatoes (2 cups)
- crushed tomatoes (1 (14.5 oz) can)
- diced tomatoes (1 (14.5 oz) can)
- fresh cilantro (2 tbsp)
- fresh lemon juice (6 tbsp)
- fresh parsley (2 tbsp + 2 tbsp + 2 tbsp)
- garlic (3 cloves + 3 cloves + 4 cloves + 3 cloves + 5 cloves)
- green bell pepper (1)
- lemon (1 + 1)
- red onion (1/2)
- yellow onion (1 + 1 small)
Pantry
- beef broth (3 1/2 cups + 1 cup)
- black pepper (1/2 tsp + 1/2 tsp + 1/2 tsp + 1/4 tsp + 1/2 tsp)
- brown sugar (1/4 cup + 2 tbsp)
- chicken broth (3 cups)
- chili powder (2 tbsp)
- cornstarch (2 tbsp)
- dried dill (1 tsp)
- dried oregano (1 tsp + 2 1/2 tsp)
- elbow macaroni (10 oz)
- English cucumber (1)
- fettuccine (1 lb)
- fresh dill (2 tbsp)
- garlic powder (1/2 tsp + 1/2 tsp)
- ground cumin (2 tsp)
- ground nutmeg (1/4 tsp)
- Italian seasoning (1 tsp)
- ketchup (1/3 cup)
- kidney beans (1 (15 oz) can)
- long-grain white rice (1 1/2 cups)
- low-sodium soy sauce (2 tbsp)
- olive oil (1 tbsp + 1 tbsp + 4 tbsp)
- pineapple chunks (20 oz)
- pitted kalamata olives (1/2 cup)
- rice vinegar (3 tbsp)
- salt (1 tsp + 1 tsp + 1 1/2 tsp + 1 3/4 tsp)
- smoked paprika (1 tsp)
- tomato paste (2 tbsp)
- tomato sauce (1 (8 oz) can + 1 (15 oz) can)
- uncooked long grain white rice (1/2 cup)
- water (2 tbsp)
- Worcestershire sauce (1 tbsp)
That is the week. If you want the next one in your inbox, the plan goes out every Friday.
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