September is upon us and things are finally starting to cool down a bit around here. We’re in our homeschool routine now and still have no clue if some our of extracurriculars will happen this fall. I know many of you are in the same limbo we are.
One thing I do know is that despite if we have fall activities or not, my family will want dinner every single night like usual. Hooray for my meal plan and keeping me on track!
With fall starting this month I’ve changed up a couple of my dinner theme nights. September’s themes are as follows:
Sunday – Salads
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 September 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 7 so these meals all serve at least 7. 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: August 30 – September 5
S – Nacho Stuffed Peppers (S) pg. 142 in THM Cookbook
M – Easy Mixed Rice and Beans (E)
T – Low Carb Spaghetti Squash Casserole with broccoli on the side (S)
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 – 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 – Grilled burgers with Melissa’s Amish Broccoli Salad on the side (S) pg. 271 in Trim Healthy Table
Week #2: September 6-12
S – Trim Mac Salad (S) pg. 181 in THM Cookbook
M – Low Carb Beef and Cheese Enchiladas with lettuce and sour cream on the side (S)
T – Slow Cooker Chicken and Quinoa Chili (E)
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 – 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 – Sweet & Spicy Stir-fry over brown rice (E) ***I’m doubling this recipe for my family of 7
Week #3: September 13-19
S – Ranch Hand Taco Salad (E) pg. 200 in Trim Healthy Table
M – Chicken Fajita Rice Bowl (E)
T – Italian Sausage & Squash Soup (S)
W – World’s Laziest Lasagna Skillet with salad (S) pg. 69 in Trim Healthy Table
Th – Trim Zuppa Toscana Soup (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 – Chicken Fried Double Rice (E) pg. 53 in Trim Healthy Table
Week #4: September 20-26
S – Taco Salad Crunch (E)
M – Lovin’ Tex Mex Skillet (E)
T – Totally Dope Chicken with salad (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 – 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 – Cabbage Roll in a Bowl with broccoli on the side (FP) pg. 57 in Trim Healthy Table
Week #5: September 27 – October 3
S – Grilled chicken on top of Colorful Lentil Salad (E)
M – Burrito Bowls – (2) cans of black beans, lettuce and salsa on top of Brown Spanish Rice (E)
T – Paprika Chicken over cauliflower rice and green beans (I’m using canned) on the side (S)
W – Chicken Cacciatore over cauliflower rice with salad (FP)
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 – Chicken Fried Double Rice (E) pg. 53 in Trim Healthy Table
Do you plan out desserts?s