Using a weekly meal plan is the best way to cook healthier for your family, save money, and time! This week’s menu includes our popular pot roast, sheet pan pesto chicken and vegetables, corn chowder, shrimp alfredo, and calzones.

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Monday: Pot Roast $24.84

Tuesday: Corn Chowder $8.67

Wednesday: One Pan Pesto Chicken & Vegetables $11.29

Thursday: Shrimp Alfredo $18.00

Friday: Calzones $5.63

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We’ve been sharing 5 day weekly meal plans for many years now and we love the feedback we get from those of you who found our meal plans and who are using them regularly.

Each meal plan has 5 dinner recipes that will serve approximately 4 adults. We’ve tried to be thoughtful about including recipes that the whole family will love as well as varying the recipes to include a variety of different meals so that you’re not having chicken every night

Why Meal Plan?

If you’re reading this, you probably already have your own ideas about why meal planning is a good idea for your family, but here’s what we think:

1. Save Money:

We’ve included the estimated cost per recipe and cost for the entire meal plan, making it even easier to budget and see exactly how much you’re saving when you cook from scratch and use a meal plan!  You’ll also save money by dining out less often, avoiding impulse purchases, and wasting less food!

*note that recipe costs are an estimate based on ingredient prices at my local grocer.  They will likely vary depending on where you live.

2. Eat Healthier:

Cooking from scratch is a great way to manage your health goals.  Both take-out and pre-made meals from your local grocer are going to have more fat, sugar, and sodium than the same foods cooked at home.

3. Save time:

The hardest part of meal planning is finding the ideas and creating a shopping list, and we’ve done that for you!  Our Shopping lists include categories like “pantry staples”, and “spices,” and hopefully those are items you already have on hand so you can cross them off of the list. Then you can use the categories to help you find what you need quickly and easily.

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**NOTE: You’ll notice the shopping list includes categories like “pantry staples”, and “spices”. Hopefully, those are items you already have on hand, and you can cross them off of the list.

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Welcome! I’m Lauren, a mom of four and lover of good food. Here you’ll find easy recipes and weeknight meal ideas made with real ingredients, with step-by-step photos and videos.

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  1. Thank you so much for this WONDERFUL site. Having the recipes, which have all been DELICIOUS thus far btw, and the grocery list together , has saved me hours per week of planning and shopping. I also find that having everything at one time allows me to prep the entire week on Sunday, making it possible to serve a tasty meal even on my most hectic of weeknights. Thanks so much for your help!!!

  2. I’ve made a couple of your recipes and absolutely love them. I even gave some recipes to my brother who does not cook to try and be was amazed at how easy the recipes were. Look forward to more healthy meals. Thank you💗💖

  3. Hi Lauren,

    I have followed your website for several years now and LOVE it. I, too, have 4 kids (12 years-18 years old … my oldest is graduating high school this year!) and your recipes, tips, meal-planning, etc. have been a life-saver!! I try to cook the majority of our meals at home and even when I am not sure who will even be home to eat them, they at least always have an option of eating something homemade and most of the time, warm! Whenever I get weary of planning yet another week of food for my family, your website is always the first I go to! And it always gives me exactly the resources I need!
    So from one mom of a full house, to another …
    THANK YOU!!!