Meal Plan 35

Dec 13, 2024

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My Free Meal Plans will help you save time, money, and enjoy wholesome, delicious meals! This week's meal plan features warming soups, delicious Barbacoa, and creative leftovers. Shopping list included.

Week 35 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: Beef Barbacoa with Instant Pot Cilantro Lime Rice or Pineapple Lime Rice
Monday: Potato Corn Chowder or Instant Pot Potato Corn Chowder with Homemade Biscuits and Kale Salad
Tuesday: Burrito Bowls made with leftover Beef and Rice and Tropical Kale Smoothie
Wednesday: Vegetarian Curry with noodles or rice
Thursday: Kale Pasta with Kale Salad
Friday: Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana with Kale Salad
Saturday: Honey Lemon Chicken with Roasted Potatoes and Roasted Asparagus

Breakfast Ideas

Lunch Ideas

Avocado Chickpea Sandwiches
Burritos with Leftover Beef Barbacoa
Turkey Club Wrap

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.

On Sunday, prepare a Mexican Barbacoa. If you don't have an instant pot, cook the beef in a slow cooker for 8-10 hours on low. Serve the beef over tortillas or rice as desired and then serve the remaining meat on Tuesday (and for lunches) in burrito bowls.
To make the Zuppa Toscano soup on the stove, sauté the bacon, sausage, and onions as directed in a large heavy-bottomed soup pan. Add the wine, broth, potatoes, kale, and seasonings and bring to a boil. Simmer, covered, for 15-20 minutes, or until the potatoes are tender-be sure to stir every lit. Add cream and simmer for another 5-10 minutes with the lid off until thickened.
Use red potatoes for potato corn chowder, roasted red potatoes, and Zuppa Toscano soup.
You will only need a small bit of bacon for the Zuppa Toscano soup. I suggest using the rest for Egg Bites and turkey club wraps for lunch. You can also omit the bacon if you desire or freeze the remaining bacon for later use.
You will also only need ½ pound of Italian sausage for the soup as well. Freeze the other half to use another night.
Purchase a large bag of chopped kale and use it for Curry, Kale Pasta, Zuppa Toscana, Kale Smoothie, and Kale Salad.

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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

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