Check out the third addition of my family’s healthy weekly meal plan including dinner, lunch, breakfast and snack ideas. Everything is simple and less than 30 minutes or prep time because who wants to spend the summer in the kitchen!?
This week’s meal plan is a bit more “normal” in terms of not having any parties or holidays during the week. As you’ll see I kept it very simple, as usual, and often make enough roasted vegetables to last a few days. Also purchasing a larger quantity of raw vegetables at the beginning of the week ensures we have enough to last most of the week. Just don’t cut up any vegetables until a day before you’d like to use them to keep them as fresh as possible.
Monday (10 minutes)
- Hard shell tacos: ground beef with homemade taco seasoning, shredded cheese, salsa
- Roasted Mixed Vegetables
- Kids had Cheerios, Kix and skim milk — this is probably the first time they have had cereal for dinner and it won’t be the last!
Tuesday (35 minutes)
- Baked Corned Beef and Swiss Sliders
- Roasted Mixed Vegetables (leftovers)
Wednesday (4-6 hours in slow cooker)
- Slow Cooker Shredded Mexican Chicken
- Raw vegetables and hummus
Thursday (15 minutes)
- Frozen Fish – I buy frozen tilapia and salmon (with seasoning)
- Baked Sweet Potato Fries – typically store bought
- Roasted Broccoli – yes this is very common on our menu since it’s so simple to make, it’s nutritious and ALL the kids will eat it 🙂
Friday (5 minutes)
- Pizza night!
- Fresh veggies (pre-cut bell peppers ahead of time), cherry tomatoes
Saturday (30 minutes)
- Baked Chicken Tenders
- Leftover vegetables
Sunday (10 minutes)
- Chicken sausage on whole wheat hot dog buns
- Baked beans
- Coleslaw (cabbage mix + store bought light coleslaw dressing)
Breakfast this week
- BelVita biscuits
- Homemade granola with Greek yogurt or skim milk: I double this batch and it lasts about a week
- Peanut Butter and Honey Oatmeal (yes my kids still love oatmeal in the summer)
- Cereal: Quaker Squares, Cheerios with skim milk
- Frozen waffles – yes even I buy frozen waffles for a 3 minute breakfast. I typically purchase the Kellogg’s Eggo brand since they have contain some whole grains.
Lunch this week
As you may notice, lunches are pretty simple around here. And that’s exactly how I like it (and of course the do kids too!).
- turkey and ham, cheddar cheese sandwiches
- Yogurt – Greek and regular
- tomatoes, raw vegetables/hummus
- leftover pizza
- Whole wheat crackers with cheese slices and turkey/ham
- All served with raw vegetables/hummus and fresh fruit
Snacks this week
- Fresh veggies (pre-cut bell peppers ahead of time), cherry tomatoes
- Fresh fruit: watermelon, bananas, honeydew, cantaloupe, raspberries
- Granola bars (typically BelVita)
Hope you’re enjoying summer as much as we are!
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