We are in a huge food rut and I need help getting out of it. I’m looking for a weekly meal plan with grocery list that is not time consuming to cook and somewhat kid friendly. I’ve tried a few in the past but not been wow-ed by any. Also open to the make ahead plans where you spend more time one day prepping a lot. I generally have less than 30 minutes to get dinner on the table!
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Also I know there are tons of old posts on this topic, but I’m wondering if anything new and amazing had come out in the past few years!
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I haven’t actually used the meal planning part, but I love budget bytes’ recipes and she now offers this. She has a ton of flavorful recipes, for kids you could probably deconstruct some as needed. Maybe worth checking out!
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Check “more momma” on Instagram. She has meal plans u have to pay for but you can get a one week trial free. I’m only doing the trial so far but i like that she repurposes one meal for a different over the week.
Also check easyfamilyrecipes.com weekly meal plan. She’s has a ton of free weekly meal plans that also often repurpose one thing for later in the week. I use her often at least for inspiration but full disclosure we’ve never been wowed buy any of her exact recipes
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I like Cooksmarts.com and you can get a few weeks as a free trial before subscribing.
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Work week lunch
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A few people I follow on Instagram use the Cook Once Eat All Week cookbook. I just received it for Christmas and I’m pretty excited about it.
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Cook Smarts! I love this service so much. It's $8/month and you get a meal plan for the week with 4 different recipes. They're very simple to follow for the most part and have a ton of variety of cuisines. You can customize it for dietary needs (I get vegetarian recipes because my husband is a lifelong veggie). The recipes have some dependencies so you can prep in advance (ie, two dishes that week will involve rice so they'll prompt you to make double one day and use leftovers the next). I've been using it for 3-4 years now and it's completely transformed how we eat. Highly recommend!
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@Mrs. Carrot: wow that sounds awesome. Thanks
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I love the meal plan from kids.eat.in.color on IG. It's 12 full menus and my kids love it. Well worth the money.
ETA. What I like about it is that it is kid friendly and heavy on the veggies. It's also super easy to prepare and has lots of customization option
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Thanks all! Definitely going to do a few free trials of these, and I just ordered the Cook Once Eat All Week book as that concept seems great.
@Pollywog: I just looked her up on IG and love all her posts! Are the dinners in the meal plans things friend up want to eat too? Or is it heavily kid friendly?
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@HappyBaker: it's totally adult friendly. It's not the most exciting food (noodles, burgers, roast meat), but meals take like 10 minutes to prep. I then add in more exciting meals on the weekend
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@HappyBaker: meal lime is a free app I’ve used! The recipes are tasty!
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@Pollywog: I'm looking at kids eat in color now. Do you think the meal plan would be useful for just dinners, and maybe occasional lunches? Or us it geared towards making all the meals each day?
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@Litebrite: I think it would be fine to just pick and choose from!
I should update, we bought the Cook Once Eat All Week cookbook and I’ve been loving it! I spend 1-2 hours on the weekend prepping and then 3 days a week dinner is insanely easy to throw together. The other nights I let each of my kids pick a meal for us. Each week there’s usually one recipe we love and a couple that are good or just ok but everything has been edible and it’s taken so much mental load off me!
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@HappyBaker: ah thanks for the update. I've been struggling to find a system that works for us. Something that's easy, healthy enough, familiar enough for my picky eaters to enjoy, and good enough for adults to eat.
I'll check out that cookbook
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