We’ve made it (almost) to February! Does January seem like 3 months to anyone else? Good gracious! Where I live is EXTREMELY cloudy and gray during January (really the whole winter) so it just seems to drag on. But getting to February means one month closer to Spring!
I’ve gotten so many sweet messages over the last month telling me how much you all love these meal plans and the meals I choose. I just wanted to let you all know how encouraging and special that is to receive those kinds of notes. Sometimes as a blogger, you have no idea if what you post is helping anyone, so this is very heartwarming to me. Thank you!
This month’s meal plan is full of meals that are family-friendly and I know that my kids will (mostly) eat without complaint. I try to only repeat a meal once within the month with the exception of pizza because that is a weekly staple in my house. I also have repeat taco salad this month because my kids LOVE tacos.
This month I have planned for at least one meatless dinner meal per week. This really helps with savings on my grocery budget.
I budget $450/month for my family of 7. If you’ve ever wondered how I can feed my family frugally, but still stay on THM, then you’ll want to read this article. It is doable, it just takes a bit of creativity.
For the month of February, I’ll be using two cookbooks – Trim Healthy Table and the Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook. I also have quite a few online recipes mixed in as well.
In addition to this month of dinner meals, each Monday I come out with a full meal plan for the week. By full meal plan, I mean that I plan out all meals, snacks and drinks.
All of these meal plans are FREE, printable and come with a printable shopping list too. If you’d like to see some samples of my full meal plans, you can find them here. To ensure that you never miss a post you can sign-up to be on my e-mail subscriber list too. See the picture below on how to find out where to subscribe.
As always, a shopping list is included with these dinner meal plans. My goal is to make it as easy as possible for you and your family to stay on plan.
This meal plan covers five weeks. I find that it helps me to have five full weeks planned out, that way if I don’t get my meal plan done before the first of the month I have a couple of days of leeway in there. Although having a blog is usually the motivation I need to get it done on time. 
***I have a family of 7 so these meals all serve at least 7. Many of the meals leave leftovers even for my size family.***
Week by Week Printable Meal Plan
Week by Week Printable Shopping List
Week #1: February 2-8
S – Black Pepper Chicken over brown rice (E) pg. 68 in Trim Healthy Table
M – Trim Zuppa Toscana (S) pg. 86 in THM Cookbook
T – Smothered Pork Chops with Bacon and Caramelized Onions over cauli rice and a side salad (S) ***I’m doubling the pork chop recipe.
W – Quinoa, Kale & White Bean Soup (E)
Th – Taco Salad – ground beef over lettuce and topped with cheddar cheese, salsa and sour cream (S)
F – Sweet & Spicy Stir-fry over brown rice (E) ***I’m doubling this recipe.
Sat – Fathead Pizza (S) ***I double the recipe for my family to make 2 pizzas. I use pepperoni, mozzarella, onion and green pepper for the toppings.
Week #2: February 9-15
S – Burrito Bowls – (2) cans of black beans with Spanish Brown Rice, lettuce and salsa (E)
M – Chicken Thighs with Tomato Spinach Sauce over cauliflower rice and green beans on the side (S) ***I’m using tomato sauce instead of marinara sauce, oil in place of the butter and serving with two cans of green beans.
T – Italian White Bean and Spinach Soup (E)
W – Spaghetti with meat sauce over cauli rice (S) ***My family will eat their spaghetti over regular pasta. This is NOT reflected on the shopping list.
Th – Chicken Fried Double Rice (E) pg. 53 in Trim Healthy Table
F – Creamy Taco Soup (S)
Sat – Fathead Pizza (S) ***I double the recipe for my family to make 2 pizzas. I use pepperoni, mozzarella, onion and green pepper for the toppings.
Week #3: February 16-22
S – Zesty Salsa Black Bean Casserole (E)
M – Crockpot Buffalo Chicken in a lettuce wrap with fresh veggies on the side (S) pg. 92 in Trim Healthy Table
T – Hearty Two Bean and Lentil Chili (E)
W – Taco Salad – ground beef over lettuce and topped with cheddar cheese, salsa and sour cream (S)
Th – Slow Cooker Italian Beef & Cabbage (S)
F – Trim Zuppa Toscana (S) pg. 86 in THM Cookbook
Sat – Fathead Pizza (S) ***I double the recipe for my family to make 2 pizzas. I use pepperoni, mozzarella, onion and green pepper for the toppings.
Week #4: February 23-29
S – Lovin’ Tex Mex Skillet (E)
M – Award-Winning Chili Pie with a side salad (S) pg. 142 in Trim Healthy Table
T – Italian White Bean and Spinach Soup (E)
W – Spaghetti with meat sauce over cauli rice (S) ***My family will eat their spaghetti over regular pasta. This is NOT reflected on the shopping list.
Th – Chicken Fried Double Rice (E) pg. 53 in Trim Healthy Table
F – Cheddar, Bacon and Veggie Frittata (S)
Sat – Fathead Pizza (S) ***I double the recipe for my family to make 2 pizzas. I use pepperoni, mozzarella, onion and green pepper for the toppings.
Week #5: March 1-7
S – Creamy Taco Soup (S)
M – Dreamy Chicken Lazone over cauli rice with green beans on the side (S) pg. 50 in Trim Healthy Table
T – Cabbage Roll in a Bowl with broccoli on the side (FP) pg. 57 in Trim Healthy Table
W – Hearty Two Bean and Lentil Chili (E)
Th – Taco Salad – ground beef over lettuce and topped with cheddar cheese, salsa and sour cream (S)
F – Sweet & Spicy Stir-fry over brown rice (E) ***I’m doubling this recipe.
Sat – Fathead Pizza (S) ***I double the recipe for my family to make 2 pizzas. I use pepperoni, mozzarella, onion and green pepper for the toppings.
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