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Easy dinner meal plan for Sept. 28 to Oct. 4

September 26, 2020

I can’t believe it’s going to be October. We’re in our family’s busy celebration season—birthdays, anniversary, holidays. This coming weekend, Alex and I celebrate 11 years married. So we’re going to celebrate that this weekend! Here’s what we planning for dinners this week: Monday: Sheet-Pan Baked Feta with Broccolini & Tomatoes from Yasmin Fahr served […]

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I can’t believe it’s going to be October. We’re in our family’s busy celebration season—birthdays, anniversary, holidays. This coming weekend, Alex and I celebrate 11 years married. So we’re going to celebrate that this weekend!

Here’s what we planning for dinners this week:

Monday: Sheet-Pan Baked Feta with Broccolini & Tomatoes from Yasmin Fahr served over couscous. This looks so so good I can’t wait to try it.

Baked Feta with Broccolini and Tomatoes from NY Times Cooking
Image and recipe from NY Times Cooking

Tuesday: Fajitas! Alex loves fajitas, the girls and I do too, so we eat them a lot. We will either do chicken or black bean fajitas. Topped with plain Greek yogurt, tomato and avocado. These are so quick to make. We don’t follow a recipe but here’s a really easy fajita recipe from Recipe Runner.

Easy dinner meal plan: Fajitas!
Image from Recipe Runner

Wednesday: Teriyaki Salmon Bowls. Brown rice (here’s my favorite way to cook brown rice), edamame, teriyaki salmon, avocado and roasted sweet potatoes. Here’s a simple recipe from My Gluten Free Guide.

Image from My Gluten Free Guide

Thursday: Pesto Shakshuka from Bob’s Red Mill. An easy, filling and really good dinner with white beans, pesto, kale or spinach and eggs on top.

Healthy weekly dinner ideas! Pesto Shakshuka
Image and recipe from Bob’s Red Mill

Friday: Pizza on the grill. We like using Trader Joe’s pizza dough and their frozen cauliflower crust, and mix up the toppings. We love trying new toppings, like broccoli, zucchini, goat cheese. A few favorites are:

  • marinara, olives and organic white cheddar for the girls
  • pesto, sun-dried tomatoes, artichoke, organic white cheddar
  • marinara, mushrooms, zucchini, spinach, bell pepper, organic white cheddar or fresh mozzarella pieces
  • pesto, tomatoes, mushrooms, goat cheese
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Saturday: Our 11-year wedding anniversary! So we’re going to get takeout.

Sunday: TBD. If it’s cool enough we’ll do soup. Alex asked if we could hold off on soups until it’s cooler than 80 degrees here. ok … 🙂

What are you having for dinner this week?!

I hope you find this easy dinner plan helpful for healthy dinner ideas. You can check out past weekly dinner plans HERE.

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