My weekly family meal plans are the actual menus I have used for our family dinners. I hope you find them helpful. Feel free to borrow our menu or use these ideas as inspiration for your own meal planning.

I’ve included links to pictures and recipes where I have them, but a lot of my cooking is just figuring it out as I go, based on many years of cooking experience. If you ever have a question about anything you see here, please reach out (lots of ways to contact me below).

The menu for the week:

I don’t usually make totally separate dinners for adults and kids, but were planning for guests and the timing was going to be challenging so I needed to be flexible.

• Monday: Gumbo

• Tuesday: Ground beef tacos (are we calling these white people tacos now??)

• Wednesday: Leftovers

• Thursday: chicken & tofu stir fry

• Friday: frozen pizza for kids, Costco street taco kit for adults

• Saturday: Costco chicken pot pie for kids, dinner out for adults

• Sunday: Salmon, rice, green salad with berries & lemon vinaigrette.

• Monday: Chicken thighs with basil & garlic, zucchini patties, sliced tomatoes, white pasta.

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– Lisa