Meal Plan 28

Oct 25, 2024

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My Free Meal Plans will help you save time, money, and enjoy wholesome, delicious meals! Week 28's Meal Plan includes a festive and fun Halloween-themed dinner.

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Week 28 Meal Plan

This 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! This week's plan not a fit? Browse my full collection of meal plans to find one right for you.

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Dinner Recipes

Sunday: Instant Pot Pot Roast OR Crockpot Pot Roast
Monday: Butternut Squash Chili with Butternut Squash Salad
Tuesday: Blackened Chicken with Smashed Red Potatoes
Wednesday: Cowboy Chicken with Rice (Instant Pot Brown Rice, Instant Pot Jasmine Rice, stove-top rice)
Thursday: English Muffin Mummy Pizzas with Apple Monsters
Friday: Burritos using Leftover Cowboy Chicken and Rice & Pina Colada Smoothie
Saturday: Instant Pot Hamburger Helper OR Stove-top Hamburger Helper with Steamed Veggies and/or Fruit

Breakfast Ideas

Lunch Ideas

Leftover Pot Roast-make pot roast sandwiches if desired
Veggie Wraps
Quick and Easy Ramen

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.

Use baby red potatoes for the pot roast dinner on Sunday and a side on Tuesday night.
For Monday's Butternut Squash Chili, purchase a large butternut squash. Use 3 cups of cubed for the chili and any remaining squash roast for the side salad.
Purchase a large pack of chicken breast or thighs and use them for blackened chicken and a Cowboy chicken.
If needed, double the Cowboy Chicken and rice and enjoy leftovers by chopping the leftover baked chicken into bite-sized pieces and serve with rice in tortillas. Simple and tasty! I find one recipe is enough to have a small amount of leftovers for burritos Friday night.
On Thursday, have a little festive fun with dinner and make it Halloween Themed. Let the kids get involved.(Or enjoy homemade cheese pizza instead.)

∗ 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.

Printable Meal Plan

DOWNLOAD THE MEAL PLAN WITH SHOPPING LIST HERE OR BY CLICKING THE PHOTO. Click HERE if you want a meal plan without photos and that is ADA accessible.