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Using a weekly Family Meal Plan takes the drama out of midweek dinners. Stay balanced, save money and save your sanity!
This is the 9th weekly meal plan I will be sharing on Instagram, Facebook and TikTok, and so many of you asked for all of the info in one place, so here it is. Watch out for the videos of each recipe coming each night this week, so you can cook along.
For reference, I shopped for this Meal Plan in June 2022 at Aldi and it cost £32.03.
Why use a weekly food planner?
⭐️ Knowing exactly what food to buy for avoids food waste, saving you money.
⭐️ Having a plan for dinner avoids the mental load of “what’s for dinner?” question every night.
The printable shopping list can be found here.
You can find more of my Weekly Meal Plans here:
Meal Plan 8 – £30 from Aldi
Meal Plan 7 – £30 from Aldi
Meal Plan 6 – £35 from Aldi
Some tips for using a family meal planner:
➡️ Check for any items on the shopping list that you already have in your cupboard.
➡️ Maybe think about doubling up and freezing a recipe or two where the recipes are suitable, so save cooking another day or for the weekend.
➡️ 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.
➡️ All of the recipes are to serve 4, so if you’re cooking for 2, simply halve the ingredients.
Weekly Meal Ideas: The Recipes
Dinner 1
⭐️ £1.32 per portion
⭐️ Serve with the tortillas (I like to carefully toast them over an open gas flame for a couple of seconds), Greek yoghurt, the salsa and about 100g of the grated cheddar.
⭐️ I used red onion here instead of white onion.
Halloumi Fajitas {15 Minute Meal}
Dinner 2
⭐️ £1.16 per portion
⭐️ I used red onion here in place of white onion.
⭐️ You will have some leftover bacon in the pack – bacon sandwiches for breakfast later in the week?
Chicken and Bacon Pasta Bake {SO EASY!}
Dinner 3
⭐️ £1.63 per portion
⭐️ Serve with cooked rice and boiled green beans dressed with a little olive oil.
Beef Stifado {Slow Cooker or Oven}
Dinner 4
⭐️ £1.08 per portion
⭐️ Make a salad with the sweetcorn, a pepper and a red onion, 100g yoghurt, juice of 1 lime and 1tsp honey to dress it.
⭐️ You will have half a pack of pepperoni left. You could use this for snacks or sandwiches or another meal.
Naan Bread Pizza
Dinner 5
⭐️ £1.18 per portion
⭐️ Serve with cooked rice and boiled green beans dressed with a little olive oil and lime juice.
Honey BBQ Salmon
Quick reminder, the printable shopping list can be found here.
If you’ve found this useful, let’s be friends on Instagram @tamingtwins
This post was originally published on July 10, 2022 and updated later to make improvements.
Where have you been my whole family life? I LOVE it, I can’t thank you enough! You have saved my life and possibly my 40 year marriage as well, God bless you ma’am.
Absolutely love these recipes, hard to find meal plans which the whole family love every single recipe for the week but these have nailed it! So excited to follow for weekly meals, also love how much time in the week it saves me from doing my weekly planning and shopping list!
The halloumi fajitas went down a storm. I made large fresh salsa with chopped cherry toms, red onion, lime juice, coriander and dried mint to have in place of the usual lettuce and tomatoes I’d have in a meat fajita.
This meal plan looks delicious!! Perfect meals for this hot weather too. Shall be trying these out on our 2.5 year old twins, they are massive food critics, haha!!