Weekly Meal Plan 249

Each week, we share a FREE meal plan to help you figure out what’s for dinner! These family meal plans are thoughtfully crafted to give you options for a main dish, and two side dishes for each week day with a special emphasis on meals both kids and adults will enjoy.

Family Meal Plan

Monday

• Main Dish: Juicy Chicken Bites – I shared these on Tuesday and they went VIRAL within hours! It’s a family-friendly recipe that’s incredibly easy to make in as little as 20 minutes! Double the recipe for Wednesday’s meal. Win-win!
• Side Dish:
  • Sautéed Green Beans – Foolproof side dish.
  • A green salad with Homemade Buttermilk Ranch Dressing – This dressing is even good to use as a dipping sauce for your chicken bites.
  • More Dipping Sauce Ideas –
    • Homemade BBQ Sauce
    • Honey Mustard Sauce
    • Best Homemade Blue Cheese Dressing Recipe
    • Yum Yum Sauce

Tuesday

• Main Dish: Southern Pot Roast – This is cooked low and slow over a bed of carrots, potatoes, and onions to create a complete family meal all in one pot.
• Side Dish:
  • Roasted Mashed Cauliflower – If you need a side that is as delicious as it is easy, this is it.
  • Cheddar Bay Biscuits – Life, fluffy and delicious!

Wednesday

• Main Dish: Chicken Fried Rice – Chop up leftover chicken bites from Monday and add them into this rice that takes only 15 minutes!
• Side Dish:
  • Asian Cucumber Salad –  This salad is light and flavor-packed with a ginger soy dressing.
  • Edamame – Serve steamed
  • Yum yum sauce (a Japanese steakhouse favorite!) and it’s so good to dip your chicken fried rice into.

Thursday

• Main Dish: Chicken Taco Casserole – 20 minutes and you’ll have a whole table full of people asking for seconds.  
• Side Dish:
  • Mexican Rice – Your family will think you grabbed rice from the restaurant, but really you whipped this rice up in no time.
  • Chips and salsa or tableside guacamole
  • Mexican Roasted Veggies – These veggies have BIG flavor.

Friday

• Main Dish: Slow Cooker Chicken Pot Pie – Set it and forget it meals are such a lifesaver!
• Side Dish:
  • No Yeast Rolls – You definitely need bread to soak up the creamy leftovers on your plate.
  • Mashed Potatoes – My extra creamy recipe is easy, and perfect for serving a big scoop of creamy, crustless chicken pot pie over.
• Dessert – Butter Cookies with Cinnamon Glaze – These melt in your mouth and have the most wonderful flavor!

Appetizer

• Million Dollar Dip – This appetizer is perfect for football watching this weekend! It is no cook and only takes minutes, yet has the BEST flavor!