Your Week Just Got Easier: 5 Dinners Planned for You ✓


Your Weekly Menu Plan!

Below is a weekly menu plan with:

  • 5 main dish dinner recipes
  • 2 side dish suggestions for each dinner
  • 1 dessert recipe
  • 1 snack recipe

I hope this is helpful for you to start the week out with at least an organized plan for what to feed the family (even if nothing else is organized!)

Dinners (Main Dish)

Slow Cooker Taco Soup is easy to put together and tastes flavorful and delicious. Perfect for cold, winter days.

Perfect sides:

Try this super simple fake out-take out Sesame Chicken recipe, a quick and easy weeknight skillet meal that your family will love. Add a big bag of frozen stir-fry veggies for a complete meal!

Perfect sides:

A decadent and rich one-pot meal, full of melty cheese and bites of sausage, and perfect for an easy meal at home when you don’t want a lot of cleanup!

Perfect sides:

Ravioli Lasagna is just the meal you need for busy nights. It’s fast, kid approved, and tastes like you spent all day in the kitchen.

Perfect sides:

  • Easy Breadsticks
  • Basic green salad or cut up any veggies you have in the fridge

These hearty, nutritious waffles combine ripe bananas and wholesome oats for a delicious breakfast-for-supper meal that’s both kid-approved and mom-friendly. Easy to make ahead and freeze for busy weekday mornings or snacks!

Perfect sides:

Dessert

Thick and creamy homemade Chocolate Mousse made with just 4 simple ingredients, whipped into a perfectly fluffy chocolate dessert. Make extra for Valentine's Day!

Snack

Quick, easy, super cute, and makes a big batch. This is the perfect thing to bring to a party, make for your kids to enjoy after school, or divvy it up into those fun little cellophane bags to surprise your neighbors.

👩‍🍳 Find more help for planning meals plus printables on the Bless This Mess blog.

Bless this Mess

Looking for easy family recipes, sourdough recipe, meal plans, and kids snacks? You're in the right place!

Read more from Bless this Mess

Your Weekly Menu Plan! Below is a weekly menu plan with: 5 main dish dinner recipes 2 side dish suggestions for each dinner 1 dessert recipe 1 snack recipe I hope this is helpful for you to start the week out with at least an organized plan for what to feed the family (even if nothing else is organized!) Dinners (Main Dish) Loaded with Italian sausage, tender pasta, robust marinara, and three creamy cheeses, it’s perfect for busy weeknights! Perfect sides: Garlic & Parmesan Breadsticks...

make ahead meatballs.

Hi, Reader, Sometimes I feel like the world is a bit topsy turvy so I focus on the things I can do here and now to do my part in my own little corner. And that often has me heading to the kitchen—this week with some batch cooking to love on my future self. These batch-cook dinners are all about building a stash of prepped proteins, sauces, and base meals that you can mix and match all week long. Cook on Sunday, and you’re set. The trick with batch cooking is to think of these recipes as...

best freezer foods.

Hi, Reader, So it's been a couple days of roughing it without water, my husband trying to deal with the same at the apartment building, and the kids being out of school. But you know we still have to eat (even if we can't wash dishes easily—melting snow like the Ingalls family! 😂) Since I've been able to use food out of the freezer to get food on the table quickly and easily with minimal cleanup, I thought it's a perfect time to share the tip that honestly makes the biggest difference on our...