Meal Plan Week 78

Oct 17, 2025

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My Free Meal Plans will help you save time, money, and enjoy wholesome, delicious meals--without the stress! This family-friendly 7-day meal plan features a crazy delicious meatloaf, surprising tacos, and the easiest lasagna you will ever make.

Meal Plan photo with text overlay showing week 78 October 19-25.

Meal Plan 78

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!

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Dinner Recipes

Sunday: Stuffed Meatloaf with Parsley Potatoes
Monday: Grilled Cheese with Instant Pot Tomato Soup or Stove Top Tomato Soup
Tuesday: Sweet Potato Tacos with Spanish Rice
Wednesday: Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken Legs with Roasted Red Potatoes
Thursday: Instant Pot Sweet Potato Chili or stovetop Sweet Potato Chili
Friday: Lasagna with Greek Salad
Saturday: Baked Salmon with Hasselback Sweet Potatoes and Greek Salad

Breakfast Ideas

Lunch Ideas

Leftover Soup with Grilled Cheese
Peanut Butter and Jelly Muffins
Sweet Potato Burritos

Snack & Treats

Tips for this Week's Meal Plan

The meatloaf calls for ½ pound Italian Sausage. I would purchase 1 pound and use the remaining ½ pound in lasagna on Friday night in place of ground beef. You can get away with only ½ pound meat in the lasagna or no meat at all!
Use red potatoes to serve as parsley potatoes with the meatloaf on Sunday and with the chicken on Wednesday.
No recipe for grilled cheese. Just butter bread, layer on your favorite cheese slices, and toast up over medium heat and enjoy with the soup. Serve leftovers for lunch during the week.
This week uses A LOT of sweet potatoes. Tacos, Chili, and for side dishes. I would also prep some baked sweet potatoes to use for the oatmeal and waffles for breakfast--or you could just use a can of pumpkin puree!
On Tuesday, prep extra sweet potato taco filling and use for burritos or tacos for lunch. If you have leftover Spanish rice, stuff that into the burritos as well--YUM!
Friday night's lasagna is the EASIEST way to prep lasagna ever. No pre-cooking the noodles and adding ground meat is optional! Remember to use the leftover Italian sausage if desired.