January 2021 Trim Healthy Mama Dinner Meal Plan

 

 

I’m back! I’m excited to be back to a routine and meal planning after a month off. It was nice to have a break, but it made me realize all the more how much I really do need a meal plan to stay on track.

For those of you who didn’t hear, we had a sweet baby boy on December 2nd. His name is Seth Richard and he weighed in at 10 lbs 3 oz and was 22″ long. He was a BIG boy! He is so sweet and is already starting to smile which is of course making all of our hearts melt. We both have recovered well and I’m ready to be back in the swing of things. Thanks for your patience as I adjusted to becoming a mom of 6. 

 

 

This month’s meal plan is filled with a lot of my family’s favorite dishes as well as some new recipes from Trim Healthy Future that I’m excited to try as well. All fuel types are represented (minus crossovers) so that I can ensure that my family and I are getting in a great variety of foods.

If you’ve followed any of my dinner meal plans recently I’m sure you’ve noticed that I break down each day into a food category. This helps me immensely with planning and looking for specific types of recipes. January’s categories are:

Sunday – Asian

Monday – Mexican

Tuesday – Instant Pot or Slow Cooker

Wednesday – Italian

Thursday – Soups

Friday – Pizza

Saturday – Hodgepodge

 

If you’re wanting to create your own meal plan, give this method a try. It really helped me to organize my thoughts and options better. It also helped me to repeat meals less and have more variety. My family is excited about that!

 

 

For the month of January, I’ll be using three cookbooks – Trim Healthy FutureTrim Healthy Future, Trim Healthy Table , Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook. I also have quite a few online recipes mixed in as well. Trim Healthy Future is not currently for sale on the THM website, but as soon as it is available again (should be around the first of the year) I will post a link. It is an excellent cookbook that I’m very excited about trying many recipes from. 

 

 

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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.

***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 Shopping List

 

Week #1: January 3-9

S – Chicken Fried Double Rice (E) pg. 53 in Trim Healthy Table

M – Low Carb Beef and Cheese Enchiladas with lettuce and sour cream on the side (S)

T – Curried Chicken and Brown Rice with broccoli on the side (E)

W – Spaghetti meat sauce over cauli rice and with a side salad (S) ***My family will eat their spaghetti over regular pasta. This is NOT reflected on the shopping list.

Th – Italian White Bean and Spinach Soup (E)

F – 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.

Sat – Cabb & Saus Skillet with green beans on the side (S) pg. 58 in THM Cookbook

 

Week #2: January 10-16

S – Sweet & Spicy Stir-fry over brown rice (E) ***I’m doubling this recipe for my family size.

M – Burrito Bowls – (2) cans of black beans, lettuce and salsa on top of Brown Spanish Rice (E)

T – Chicken and Chickpea Stew (E)

W – World’s Laziest Lasagna Skillet with salad (S) pg. 69 in Trim Healthy Table

Th – Creamy Taco Soup (S)

F – 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.

Sat – Shepherd’s Pie Skillet (S) pg. 132 in Trim Healthy FutureTrim Healthy Future

 

Week #3: January 17-23

S – Teriyaki Beef & Broccoli over cauliflower rice (S) pg. 82 in Trim Healthy Table

M – Fiesta Quinoa Chicken Skillet with lettuce on the side (E)

T – Paprika Chicken over cauliflower rice and green beans (I’m using canned) on the side (S)

W – Slow Cooker Italian Beef & Cabbage with broccoli on the side (S)

Th – Hearty Two Bean and Lentil Chili (E)

F – 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.

Sat – Cancun Chicken over cauli rice (FP) pg. 117 Trim Healthy FutureTrim Healthy Future

 

Week #4: January 24-30

S – Black Pepper Chicken over cauliflower rice (FP) pg. 68 in Trim Healthy Table

M – Lovin’ Tex Mex Skillet with lettuce on the side (E)

T – Crockpot Buffalo Chicken over salad (S) pg. 92 in Trim Healthy Table

W – Spaghetti meat sauce over cauli rice and with a side salad (S) ***My family will eat their spaghetti over regular pasta. This is NOT reflected on the shopping list.

Th – Flexible Fajita Soup (E) pg. 180 in Trim Healthy FutureTrim Healthy Future

F – 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.

Sat – Company Casserole with green beans on the side (S) pg. 158 in Trim Healthy FutureTrim Healthy Future

 

Week #5: January 31 – February 6

S  – Great Wall Skillet in lettuce wraps (S) pg. 134 in Trim Healthy FutureTrim Healthy Future

M – Taco Salad – ground beef, lettuce, cheddar cheese, sour cream and salsa (S)

T – Slow Cooker Chicken and Quinoa Chili (E)

W – Chicken Florentine over Zoodles with broccoli on the side (S) pg. 46 in THM Cookbook

Th – Trim Zuppa Toscana (S) pg. 86 in THM Cookbook

F – 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.

Sat – Cowboy Grub (E) pg. 59 in THM Cookbook