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We’ve refreshed our meal plan categories to make it even easier to find recipes that fit your schedule, cravings, and lifestyle. Feel free to mix and match meals throughout the week to create a plan that works best for your family!

Save yourself some time, money, and stress by using this FREE meal plan that includes six main dish ideas with accompanying side dishes and a dessert to top it all off!

Photo collage featuring Swedish meatballs Naan bread, Easy Chicken Cordon Bleu, Sopa de fideo, brown butter snickerdoodles, and green bean almondine.

Weekly Meal Plan #254

Each week, I share a FREE meal plan that consists of 6 dinner ideas (Monday-Friday plus Sunday Dinner), 6 side dishes, and 1 dessert!

This is meant to help simplify menu planning, shopping, and cooking so you can more easily enjoy meals with your family throughout the week!

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Zero Stress Suppers

Zero Stress Suppers are quick, easy, and flavorful meals perfect for busy weeknights when you need dinner on the table with minimal effort. Click here for more Quick Dinner Ideas.

  • Serve these Buffalo Chicken Taquitos as an easy dinner idea, or as an appetizer at your next party or get together.
  • Tomato Cucumber Avocado Salad is a simple, delicious and quick salad perfect for dinner or for BBQs and get togethers. So many great flavors!

Lil’ Luna Legends

Lil’ Luna Legends are the most loved, tried & true classic recipes that have stood the test of time and earned “legend” status in our kitchen. Click here for more of our favorite Pasta Recipes.

  • Our easy Swedish Meatball Recipe is made with beef and pork meatballs and a rich, sour cream gravy, perfect over noodles or mashed potatoes.
  • Garlic Mashed Potatoes are creamy, buttery, and full of garlic flavor, made with Yukon Gold potatoes, cream cheese, butter, and heavy cream.

No Complaint Dinners

These No Complaint Dinners are so kid-friendly that even picky eaters will happily clean off their plates. See Dinner Ideas for Kids for more favorite recipes.

  • Sopa de Fideo is a cozy Mexican noodle soup with toasted fideo, tomato broth, and melty cheese, ready fast for an easy dinner.
  • This perfect Cheese Quesadilla is crispy, buttery, and filled with melted Colby and Monterey Jack cheese for an easy, family friendly meal.

Chicken Night, Done Right

Chicken Night, Done Right features easy, flavorful chicken recipes the whole family will look forward to every week. Check out our Chicken Recipe page for more ideas.

  • Delicious Coconut Curry Chicken is packed with flavor! Serve with rice or bread for a perfect chicken curry meal.
  • Soft, fluffy homemade Naan with golden bubbles, lightly chewy texture, easy skillet method and a warm garlic butter finish.

Worth the Hype

Worth the Hype is where you’ll find buzzworthy bites, comforting favorites, and recipes that are too good to miss. Click here for more Breakfast for Dinner Recipes.

  • Comforting, from-scratch Tuna Casserole has a rich, creamy sauce, tender noodles, and crispy cracker topping is a classic made even better!
  • Fresh Arugula Salad is loaded with healthy greens, juicy tomatoes, and parmesan shavings with pine nuts and creamy avocado on top!

Sunday Best

These Sunday Best recipes bring everyone together with warm, satisfying meals worthy of your weekend dinner table. Check out this post for more Sunday Dinner Ideas.

  • Easy Chicken Cordon Bleu is crispy, cheesy, and baked to perfection with a creamy Dijon sauce, making a simple family dinner extra special.
  • Crisp green beans meet lemon, garlic, and toasted almonds in this easy, elevated side dish, Green Beans Almondine, ready in just 20 minutes!

Dessert

1 Brown Butter Snickerdoodles Recipe

Brown butter snickerdoodles fresh out of the oven.
Brown Butter Snickerdoodles Recipe
Total Time: 43 minutes
Family favorite brown butter snickerdoodle recipe is easy to make with a soft center, classic tang, and cozy flavor.
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Download Our Fillable Meal Plan!

Click the link below to download a FREE meal plan template! You can add this week’s meals + your own; added bonus: there’s a section for your grocery list and notes.

And remember – if you want to create your own menu, be sure to check out all our recipes and visit our recipe pages, including: Main Dishes, Side Dishes, Desserts, Appetizers and Breakfast!

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About Kristyn

Kristyn Merkley is a published cookbook author, wife, mom of six, and major food enthusiast! For the past 15 years, she has been sharing foolproof, family-friendly recipes—each one tested in her kitchen—that anyone can master. As a seasoned recipe creator, she loves making cooking simple, stress-free, and totally doable for everyone!

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