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 March, April, May, June, July and then the August 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 September. 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.
September 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 mashed potatoes are on the menu? You can make them from scratch or buy a ready-to-heat version at the store. Same for mac and cheese. I love my stovetop mac and cheese and it’s ready in about 15 minutes. But I won’t tell if you make yours from a box or buy it frozen and ready to heat. No judging here. 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 September 1 on the calendar to September 30, with the date listed too, which will hopefully make things easier to find throughout the month.
September Recipes:
1 - Easy chicken Parm 2 - Perfectly creamy potato salad 3 - Ground turkey tacos and homemade taco seasoning 4 - Turkey sloppy Joe’s 5 - Curried wild rice salad 8 - Coconut lime grilled chicken 9 - Shrimp and vegetable skillet 10 - Mozzarella baked chicken 11 - Crunchy baked pork chops 12 - Easy chicken tortilla soup 13 - Sheet pan turkey sausages with sweet potatoes and okra 15 - Whole roasted chicken 16 - Italian pasta bake 17 - Easy chicken fajitas or sheet pan fajitas 18 - Easy bourbon salmon 19 - Spicy pork fried rice 20 - Southwest chicken and veggie frittata 22 - Healthy white turkey chili 23 - Chef’s salad 24 - Steak quesadillas 25 - Curry ground turkey skillet 26 - Slow cooker apricot chicken 27 - Mediterranean chopped salad 29 - Easy one-pot lasagna 30 - Stuffed butternut squash with quinoa OK then, hopefully are you all set now! Last thing, I would love to get 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 useful resource, so let me know how I can make it even more helpful. I hope you have a wonderful - and delicious - month!
September meal plan PDF
(You can download and print the September calendar from that link, or save this page to come back to. Whatever is easy for you.) Oh, and if you’re looking to get ahead, here’s the October meal plan for next month. XO, Kathryn
