It’s almost April and that means it’s time for another delicious month of dinner meals. I’m trying a couple of new meals this month and having many of our old faithful meals that my family really enjoys. I love it when my kids request specific THM meals to be put on the meal rotation. It makes my mama heart happy to know they’re eating nutritious meals.
If you’ve followed any of my dinner meal plans 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. While the calendar says it’s springtime, I’m not quite ready to give up soups on the meal plan but more than likely I’ll replace the soup for salads next month. April’s categories are:
Sunday – Asian
Monday – Mexican
Tuesday – Instant Pot or Slow Cooker
Wednesday – Italian
Thursday – Soups
Friday – Pizza
Saturday – Hodgepodge
For the month of April, I’ll be using three cookbooks – Trim Healthy Future, Trim Healthy Table , 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. I try to make life on Trim Healthy Mama as simple as possible for my readers.
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.
Printable Week by Week Meal Plan
Printable Week by Week Shopping List
Week #1: March 27 – April 2
S – Chicken Fried Double Rice (E) pg. 53 in Trim Healthy Table
M – Wicked White Chili (E) pg. 37 in THM Cookbook
T – Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken in a lettuce wrap (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 – Italian White Bean and Spinach Soup (E)
F – Easy Pizza Casserole (S) pg. 126 in Trim Healthy Table
Sat – Creamy Garlic Spinach Spaghetti Squash Casserole with a side salad (S) pg. 135 in Trim Healthy Table
Week #2: April 3-9
S – Great Wall Skillet in lettuce wraps (S) pg. 134 in Trim Healthy Future
M – Lovin’ Tex Mex Skillet with lettuce on the side (E)
T – Hearty Lentil, Chicken Sausage and Spinach Soup (E) pg. 85 in Trim Healthy Table
W – Save Your Waistline Crockpot Lasagna with a side salad (S) pg. 86 in Trim Healthy Table
Th – Jalapeno Chicken Bacon Chowder (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 – Quinoa Goes Cajun (E) pg. 69 in THM Cookbook
Week #3: April 10-16
S – Sweet & Spicy Stir-fry over brown rice (E) ***I’m doubling this recipe for my family size.
M – Burrito Bowls – Chili Lime Black Beans , Brown Spanish Rice and topped with lettuce and salsa (E)
T – Stew of Love (S) pg. 101 in Trim Healthy Table
W – World’s Laziest Lasagna Skillet with side 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 – Zesty Salsa Chicken and Black Bean Casserole (E)
Week #4: April 17-23
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 – Paprika Chicken over cauli rice and green beans on the side (S)
W – Tuscan Cream Chicken over cauli rice with a side salad (S) pg. 72 in Trim Healthy Table
Th – Slow Cooker Chicken and Quinoa 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 – Cabbage Roll in a Bowl over cauli rice (FP) pg. 57 in Trim Healthy Table
Week #5: April 24-30
S – Egg Roll in a Bowl over cauli rice (FP) pg. 62 in THM Cookbook
M – Taco Chicken Chili (E) pg. 186 in Trim Healthy Future
T – Totally Dope Chicken in a lettuce wrap with fresh veggies (bell pepper and cucumbers) and broccoli on the side (S) pg. 104 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 – Italian White Bean and Spinach Soup (E)
F – Easy Pizza Casserole (S) pg. 126 in Trim Healthy Table
Sat – Company Casserole with a side salad (S) pg. 158 in Trim Healthy Future
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