My Free Meal Plans will help you save time, money, and enjoy wholesome, delicious meals! Week Five's Meal Plan celebrates transforming leftovers to cut back on time spent in the kitchen! You are going to love this one!
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Week Five Meal Plan
Just like all of my weekly meal plans, this week's free meal plan includes 7 delicious dinners, ideas for breakfast, lunch, and snacks, meal-prep ideas and a shopping list. I truly want to help you make home-cooked meals easier!
Download the meal plan complete with meal plan tips and shopping list here or browse inspiration below.
Dinner Recipes
- Sunday: Crockpot Pulled Pork (or Instant Pot Pulled Pork or Instant Pot BBQ Chicken) with Coleslaw and Oven Fries or Air Fryer Fries
- Monday: Instant Pot Baked Potatoes or Air Fryer Baked Potatoes with Leftover Pulled Pork and a Summer Fruit Salad
- Tuesday: Instant Pot Carnitas or Slow Cooker Carnitas with Instant Pot Cilantro Lime Rice
- Wednesday: BBQ Pulled Pork Pizza with Summer Fruit Salad
- Thursday: Use Leftover Carnitas instead of chicken for Salsa Verde Enchiladas and serve with Leftover Rice
- Friday: Air Fryer Shrimp OR Grilled Shrimp and Tossed Greek Salad
- Saturday: White Bean Pasta with Tossed Greek Salad
Breakfast Ideas
Lunch Ideas
- Burrito Bowls Using Leftover Carnitas, Rice, and Cabbage
- Cheese Quesadillas with Leftover BBQ Pork if desired
- Greek Quinoa Salad
Snack/Dessert Ideas
Meal Plan Tips
These tips are designed to help you cut down on food prep and food waste, by using up leftovers.
- Purchase a large 5 to 6-pound pork loin or pork shoulder roast and cut into 2 roasts. OR purchase two 3-pound pork roasts or 6 pounds of boneless, skinless chicken breasts or thighs to use in place of pork--see notes at bottom of these tips for using chicken.
- On Sunday, use half the pork roast to prepare BBQ Pork (or chicken) shred a full head of green cabbage. Use half the cabbage to make homemade coleslaw and the other half reserve to serve with the pork carnitas.
- Serve the BBQ pork as Sandwiches with coleslaw on Sunday night and serve the leftover meat over baked potatoes topped with cheese and a side fruit salad on Monday and to make a BBQ Pork Pizza on Wednesday.
- On Tuesday, use the remaining half of the pork (or chicken) to make Carnitas and use leftover cabbage for Mexican Slaw. Make extra rice if desired to make burrito bowls for quick lunches.
- On Friday, make a large Greek salad and use it to serve with the pasta on Saturday as well. I recommend using extra olives, spinach, tomatoes, etc. to make a Greek Quinoa Salad for hearty lunches throughout the week.
- To Use Chicken Instead of Pork:
- For BBQ Chicken: Using my recipe for Instant Pot BBQ Chicken, double the recipe and follow the instructions as written. Alternatively, use the same ingredients as the Instant Pot recipe and cook on low in the crockpot high for 3-4 hours or on low for 4-6 hours.
- For Chicken “Carnitas”: Instead of using pork loin, use boneless skinless chicken breasts or thighs and the same seasoning/liquid as the carnitas recipes use. For the Instant Pot, cook on high pressure for 8 minutes (11 minutes if chicken frozen) with a full natural pressure release. Or cook on low in the crockpot high for 3-4 hours or on low for 4-6 hours.
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∗ How to Use Meal Plans∗
Each meal plan includes a printable guide complete with a shopping list and tips to cut back on prep and minimize food waste. I also base each meal plan based on seasonal produce.
Keep in mind the following tips when using these meal plans.
- Print the meal plan to hang on your fridge and print each recipe to make your grocery list and prepare dinner! You can hit the name of each recipe on the meal plan and it will take you directly to that recipe!
- Right-click each link and hit open in a new tab so you have all the recipes open at once. Hit the jump to recipe and print off recipes. There is a check box to check off ingredients you already have. This will make shopping a bit easier.
- Be sure review meal plan for time-saving tips and key grocery lists. Keep in mind I only create the grocery lists based on dinner and assuming your spice cabinet is stocked with common spices.
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