I can’t believe that another month has gone by and that it is time for another dinner meal plan! I’m continuing to choose Trim Healthy Mama meals that are budget-friendly, utilize pantry and freezer ingredients, and that I know will stretch and have leftovers for lunch the next day. I’m also making sure that I plan on at least one meatless meal per week. This really helps stretch the grocery budget!
Life with seven kids has been incredibly FULL as of late. I of course wouldn’t change a thing, but I’m feeling the need to keep meals more simple. Anything to help keep my life a little more sane!
For the month of May, 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.
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 9 (but one is a baby) 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: April 28 – May 4
S – Spaghetti with 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.
M – Lovin’ TexMex Skillet with lettuce on the side (E)
T – Little Sweet Little Spicy Drumsticks with broccoli and a side salad (S) pg. 221 in Trim Healthy Table
W – Italian White Bean and Spinach Soup (E)
Th – Taco Salad – ground beef over lettuce and topped with cheddar cheese, salsa and sour cream (S)
F – Chicken Fried Double Rice (E) pg. 53 in Trim Healthy Table
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: May 5-11
S – Smoked Sausage Salad (S) pg. 203 in Trim Healthy Table
M – Cabbage Roll in a Bowl with broccoli on the side (FP) pg. 57 in Trim Healthy Table
T – Zesty Salsa Black Bean Casserole (E) ***I’m omitting the chicken and adding an extra can of black beans
W – Chicken Bacon Rice Casserole with green beans on the side (S) pg. 140 in Trim Healthy Table ***I’m using canned green beans
Th – Award Winning Chili Pie with a side salad (S) pg. 142 in Trim Healthy Table
F – Refried Bean Burritos with fresh veggies and strawberries on the side (E)
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: May 12-18
S – Hearty Lentil, Chicken Sausage and Spinach Soup (S) pg. 85 in Trim Healthy Table
M – Cowboy Grub (E) pg. 59 in THM Cookbook
T – Cabb & Saus Skillet with broccoli (S) pg. 58 in THM Cookbook
W – Sweet & Spicy Stir-fry over brown rice (E) ***I’ll be using frozen broccoli instead of fresh.
Th – Taco Salad – ground beef over lettuce and topped with cheddar cheese, salsa and sour cream (S)
F – Save My Sanity Chili (E) pg. 81 in Trim Healthy Table ***I’m omitting the meat and adding one can extra of each type of bean.
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: May 19-25
S – Quinoa Goes Cajun (E) pg. 69 in THM Cookbook
M – Paprika Chicken over cauliflower rice and green beans on the side (S)
T – Zesty Salsa Black Bean Casserole (E) ***I’m omitting the chicken and adding an extra can of black beans
W – Cheddar, Bacon and Veggie Frittata with a side salad (S)
Th – Smoked Sausage Salad (S) pg. 203 in Trim Healthy Table
F – Refried Bean Burritos with fresh veggies and strawberries on the side (E)
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: May 26 – June 1
S – Trim Mac Salad (S) pg. 181 in THM Cookbook
M – Burrito Bowls – (2) cans of black beans with Spanish Brown Rice, lettuce and salsa (E)
T – Cabb & Saus Skillet with broccoli (S) pg. 58 in THM Cookbook
W – Slow Cooker Chicken and Quinoa Chili (E)
Th – Taco Salad – ground beef over lettuce and topped with cheddar cheese, salsa and sour cream (S)
F – Chicken Fried Double Rice (E) pg. 53 in Trim Healthy Table
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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