Earlier this year, I started a new feature here on Family Food on the Table with my January meal plan and February meal plan followed by the March meal plan and April meal plan, each one giving you an entire month’s worth of recipe ideas for easy, healthy family dinners. I myself love to menu plan and schedule out our meals. It does not feel like a chore at all, and I really do enjoy it. I think it’s the type A scheduler in me coming out in full force. If you’re interested, I’ve got a whole post of my official guide to meal planning, with all my tips and tricks. And previously, I’ve shared a list of 30 easy healthy family dinner ideas that could work for any month of the year. But today, I’m trying to make it easy on YOU by giving you another full month’s worth of ideas for healthy family dinner ideas. This will carry you through the entire month of May. I’ve included the photo of the meal plan here if you want to pin it, but there’s a free printable PDF link at the bottom as well, so you can easily save and print. So let’s dive right in.
May Meal Plan Notes:
Each day has its own recipe idea, complete with sides if needed to make a full meal. (Some things like tacos are more all-inclusive, though you could add sides if you like.) You can make easy swaps to suit your family’s tastes. Use whatever vegetables are your favorite to steam, make mashed potatoes instead of baked potatoes, choose white or brown rice, etc. Customize to your heart’s content. Saturdays are blank. This is intentional and meant to be reserved for either using up any leftovers from the week or ordering dinner in or going out to eat. Cause we all need a break!
Speaking of, you can totally use some cheater swaps. See how lasagna is on the menu? You can absolutely pick up a frozen pan of lasagna at the store. Same goes for any of the sides - get them from your deli section of the grocery store or use a frozen blend you just need to heat up. It’s all about what works for you. Also, the calendar and meal plan are ideas for prompts to get you started. If you also need specific recipes, I’ve got some included below. You can also grab recipes from your own collection, your favorite cookbooks, or from Pinterest or Google. (Many of the recipes below are from my site, but I’ve also included recipes from others.) Oh, and I included these ideas in order from May 1 on the calendar to May 31, with the date listed too, which will hopefully make things easier to find throughout the month.
May Recipes:
1 - Classic turkey meatloaf 2 - Sheet pan honey mustard chicken with potatoes and broccoli 5 - Easy slow cooker mole chicken 6 - One pot vegetarian spaghetti 7 - Veggie lovers quiche 8 - Crunchy baked chicken tenders 9 - Honey dijon salmon 10 - Beef burgers 13 - Cajun shrimp pasta 14 - Turkey tacos (and homemade taco seasoning) 15 - Skillet pork chops with gravy 16 - Ham and cheese sliders 17 - Grilled lemon chicken and Caprese pasta salad 19 - Classic lasagna 20 - Quick and easy vegetarian curry 21 - 15-minute honey mustard chicken 22 - Ground beef and pasta skillet 23 - Slow cooker Mediterranean chicken 24 - Balsamic thyme pork tenderloin 26 - Classic spaghetti or Instant Pot spaghetti 27 - 40+ Memorial Day recipes 28 - Loaded chicken nachos 29 - Sausage and potato skillet 30 - White chicken chili 31 - Grilled fish in foil packets OK then, hopefully are you all set now! Last thing, I would really appreciate your feedback. If this monthly meal plan is helpful, please leave me a comment below. Or if there’s things you wish I would change or add or do differently, let me know that, too! I want this to be a helpful resource, so let me know how I can make it even more helpful. (Also, I want to see whether these are useful and if I should continue to make them in the months to come. So please let me know below!) I hope you have a wonderful - and delicious - month!
** May meal plan PDF **
(You can download and print the May calendar from that link, or save this page to come back to. Whatever is easy for you.) XO, Kathryn P.S. Update: Here’s the June meal plan for next month.
