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It’s the final week of our Summer Family Meal Plan series, each packed with FREE recipes for 15 minute meals and a full shopping list to go with it. 

We hope they’ve helped save your sanity over the school holidays! We’re going out with a bang with 5 quick, easy and delicious recipes for you to try this week.

A poster for the Taming Twins 15 minute meals summer meal plan series, week 4.

The summer holiday juggle is REAL, but hopefully by now you’ve been taking advantage of our Summer Family Meal Plan series (find more inspiration in our Week 1, Week 2 and Week 3 instalments).

In our final edition of 15 minute meals or under, we bring you 5 more super speedy, zero fuss dinners for the week ahead.

For reference, I shopped for this Meal Plan in June 2024 at Aldi and it cost £27.16

Why use a meal plan?

⭐️ Knowing exactly what food to buy for avoids food waste, saving you money.

⭐️ Having a plan for dinner each night avoids the mental load of “what’s for dinner?” questions every night.

The printable shopping list can be found here.

More sanity saving meal plans…


Some tips:

➡️ Check for any items on the shopping list that you already have in your cupboard.

➡️ There are no side dishes in this meal plan to keep things quick and simple, but you can add anything you like, remembering to add them to your shopping list!

➡️ Remove ingredients for any meals that you don’t want to cook.

➡️ The shopping list includes the cheapest version of each ingredient. Obviously if you want to buy lower fat mince or free range etc, that’s personal choice.

➡️ Please note that there is a section in the shopping list titled ‘store cupboard‘. These are not in the main list but if you don’t have these ingredients already in, you’ll need to add them on to your shop.


Recipes for 15 Minute Meals (Or Less)

Dinner 1

⭐️ We have added long-life dried tortellini pasta to the shopping list as its so handy to have in the cupboard and is a more cost effective choice than the fresh version, however you can choose whichever type, in any flavour you prefer.

A pan full of fresh tortellini lasagne - a simple 10 minute meal.
5 from 32 votes

Spinach and Ricotta Baked Tortellini Lasagne {10 Minute Meal}

Some days just call for a quick, delicious, budget-friendly, cheat's recipe, and that's just what this 10 minute Baked Tortellini pasta dish is.
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Dinner 2

⭐️ This recipe calls for cooked chicken. It’s better value to buy uncooked chicken, so this is what we added to the shopping list (you’ll obviously need to cook it! You can do this in your air fryer, or oven, depending on how much time you have), but it’s up to you what you go for.

Quartered chicken quesadillas on a baking tray with dips.
5 from 7 votes

Chicken Quesadillas {15 Minute Meal}

These easy 15-minute Chicken Quesadillas are perfect for a quick meal or snack for the whole family. Full of flavour, melted cheese and a golden brown crunch, they are totally satisfying and delicious.
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Dinner 3

⭐️ We bought 25% beef mince because it’s better value, however, you can buy whichever you prefer.

Sticky Mince Beef Stir Fry with green beans in a bowl with rice.
4.98 from 247 votes

Sticky Beef Mince Stir Fry

With low cost ingredients, a delicious sticky sauce and a cooking time of 15 minutes, this Beef Mince Stir Fry is an ideal midweek beef mince recipe.
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Dinner 4

⭐️ The microwave rice in the shopping list is there for convenience, however if you’d rather just cook your own, that’s OK too – just allow the extra time for this.

A bowl filled with falafel, tomatoes, cucumber, rice, feta and hummus.
5 from 7 votes

Easy Hummus Bowl {10 Minute Meal}

This super simple 10 minute light meal includes Middle Eastern flavour and Mediterranean freshness. Throw all the ingredients in together for a delicious bowl of goodness.
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Dinner 5

⭐️ We’ve added the plain 2-pack naan to the shopping list, but choose your favourite kind.

Delicious and easy naan bread pizzas topped with cheese and pepperoni.
5 from 18 votes

Naan Bread Pizza

A quick and easy prep followed by 10 minutes in the oven, you'll be turning to this delicious cheat's homemade Naan Bread Pizza recipe time and time again.
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Quick reminder, the printable shopping list can be found here.

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Featuring 100 delicious recipes that can be cooked in one pot, you can open any page in this book and find something that will give you not only a meal that the whole family will eat and enjoy, but also one that makes your life a little simpler in the process.

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Sarah Rossi founder of TamingTwins.com and author of 'What's for Dinner?' books.

Welcome!

Hi, I'm Sarah. I help busy people decide 'What's for Dinner?' Find hundreds of recipes here, and also in my bestselling recipe book. Hope my recipes make your life easier ❤️

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