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Week 21 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: Pizza Meatloaf with Mashed Potatoes
- Monday: Easy Baked Rotini with Copycat Olive Garden Salad
- Tuesday: Chicken Al Pastor with Instant Pot Cilantro Lime Rice
- Wednesday: Instant Pot Zuppa Toscana Soup with leftover Olive Garden Salad
- Thursday: Burrito Bowls using leftovers from Tuesday
- Friday: London Broil with Roasted Potatoes and Carrots
- Saturday: Southwest Salad
Breakfast Ideas
Lunch Ideas
- Leftovers-- Rotini, Rice Bowls, or Soup
- Asian Noodle Salad
- Healthier Cheese Quesadilla
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.
- The meatloaf only calls for using ½ pound of Italian sausage. Use the other half for the Zuppa Toscana (it will be delicious using only ½ pound of sausage.)
- Use Yukon gold potatoes for the mashed potatoes, roasted potatoes, and Zuppa Toscana Soup.
- On Monday, make a large tossed salad and save half for Wednesday night’s dinner.
- On Tuesday make DOUBLE the rice and chicken al pastor to enjoy as tacos and a side for dinner and then as rice bowls on Thursday.
- On Wednesday, freeze any remaining bacon OR bake the bacon and use it for the Egg McMuffins.
- For the Southwest Salad, use any leftover chicken al pastor meat or leftover London broil. Alternatively, use additional boneless, skinless chicken thighs to make the seasoned chicken per the instructions.
- No Instant Pot?
- To Prepare Stove Top Zuppa Toscana Soup: Saute the bacon, sausage, and onions as the recipe directs, using a large stock pan, over medium-high heat. Deglaze the inner pot with wine, or stock, add the chicken stock, potatoes, salt, pepper, chili flakes, and kale and gently stir to combine. Bring to a boil, lower heat to a simmer, cover and simmer for 20-25 minutes, or until the potatoes are fork-tender and the kale is tender. Remove the lid, add in the cream and continue to simmer, with the lid off for 3-5 minutes, or until warmed through. Top with the reserved crumbled bacon.
- To Prepare Cilantro Lime Rice on the Stove: Cook 4 cups of white or brown rice in a large stock pan according to package directions. Once cooked through, add in 2 teaspoons of salt, the zest and juice of 2 large limes and ½ cup minced cilantro and fluff with a fork.
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- 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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