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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 of chicken pot pie casserole, carved pumpkin with guacamole, mummy hot dogs, pumpkin chili, Halloween dirt cake, and green chili smothered burritos.

Weekly Meal Plan #258

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.

  • Pull together canned items in your pantry to make super easy Green Chili Smothered Burritos. This flavorful meal comes together in a pinch!
  • A Puking Pumpkin with Guacamole is SO easy to make and tastes delicious. It is perfect for any Halloween celebration!

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 Chili Recipes.

  • Healthy and delicious Pumpkin Chili is filled with meat and veggies. It’s a perfect fall soup recipe that the whole family will love!
  • Sweet buttermilk Cornbread Muffins with honey are fluffy, tender, and ready in under 30 minutes—perfect with soups, chili, or BBQ!

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.

  • This fun Halloween Pizza features homemade crust, flavorful pizza sauce, and a festive jack o’lantern design that’s a family tradition.
  • Our Fall Fruit Salad is bursting with vibrant seasonal fruit dressed in a bright honey, orange, and poppy seed dressing!

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.

  • Chicken Pot Pie Casserole layers creamy chicken and veggies with flaky biscuits on top, easy weeknight comfort that feeds the whole family.
  • Crispy roasted Brussels Sprouts that are seasoned with balsamic vinegar, garlic, and olive oil! These Brussel sprouts are life-changing delicious!

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 Halloween Dinner Ideas.

  • Mummy Hot Dogs are an easy Halloween dinner with hot dogs, cheese, crescent roll bandages, and candy eyes kids love.
  • Quick and easy Halloween Deviled Eggs are deliciously savory with just a hint of creepy cuteness. They make a yummy appetizer or spooky snack!

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.

  • Tender, savory Crock Pot Roast with Potatoes and Carrots takes 15 minutes to prep for easy, go to comfort food and a favorite one pot meal!
  • These Potato Rolls stay soft and airy thanks to mashed potatoes, perfect for dinners, sliders, and holiday spreads, easy enough for weeknights.

Dessert

1 Halloween Dirt Cake Recipe

Halloween Dirt Cake Recipe
Total Time: 3 hours 10 minutes
White chocolate pudding and Oreo Graveyard dirt cake is EASY, festive and perfect for Halloween! It can be on the table in 10 minutes!!
5 from 11 votes
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For More Desserts

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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!

Weekly meal plan printable.

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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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