This month’s meal plan is filled with a lot of my family’s favorite dishes. All fuel types are represented 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. December’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 Future, Trim Healthy Table , Trim Healthy Mama Cookbook. I also have quite a few online recipes mixed in as well.
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 8 so these meals all serve at least 8. 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: November 27 – December 3
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 – Wicked White Chili (E) pg. 37 in THM Cookbook
W – Slow Cooker Italian Beef & Cabbage with broccoli on the side (S)
Th – Trim Zuppa Toscana Soup (S) pg. 86 in THM Cookbook
F – Easy Pizza Casserole (S) pg. 126 in Trim Healthy Table
Sat – Egg Roll in a Bowl Part Deux (FP) pg. 63 in Trim Healthy Table
Week #2: December 4-10
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 Future
Week #3: December 11-17
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 Future
Week #4: December 18-24
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 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 Future
Week #5: December 25-31
S – Ham, mashed potatoes and green beans (XO)
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
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