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We’ve been sharing 5-day weekly meal plans for many years now and are are so excited to introduce these budget meal plans, as well as vegetarian, low carb, and other seasonal meal plans! Why Meal Plan? If you’re reading this, you probably already have your own ideas about why meal planning is a good idea for your family, but here’s what we think: Each vegetarian meal plan has 5 dinner recipes that will serve approximately 4 adults. We’ve tried to be thoughtful about including recipes that the whole family will love as well as varying the recipes to include a variety of different meals so that you’re not having chicken every night! 2. Save Money: While we include budget information in all of our meal plans, the main goal of these budget meal plans is to save you extra money by choosing recipes that use more affordable ingredients. You’ll notice we’ve included the estimated cost per recipe as well as the cost for the entire meal plan, making it even easier to budget and see exactly how much you’re saving when you cook from scratch and use a meal plan! 3. Eat Healthier: Cooking from scratch is a great way to manage your health goals. Both take-out and pre-made meals from your local grocer are going to have more fat, sugar, and sodium than the same foods cooked at home. 4. Save time: The hardest part of meal planning is finding the ideas and creating a shopping list, and we’ve done that for you! Our shopping lists include categories like “pantry staples”, and “spices,” and hopefully those are items you already have on hand so you can cross them off of the list. Then you can use the categories to help you find what you need quickly and easily. Don’t forget to search for appetizers, sides, or dessert recipes to add to your list. Often a post will offer suggestions for sides that might accompany the recipe, and if you would like to swap any meals for a different meal, visit our main dish recipesor search our recipe index. Click the link below to print out your shopping list, and you’re ready to go!
**NOTE: You’ll notice the shopping list includes categories like “pantry staples”, and “spices”. Hopefully, those are items you already have on hand, and you can cross them off of the list.
Print Shopping List
Print Shopping List
Add this meal plan to your collection by clicking the down arrow icon. Tuesday: Black Bean Burger $6.90 Wednesday: Spring Roll Bowl $16.08 Thursday: Crispy Bean and Cheese Burritos $4.51 Friday: Crispy Tortellini Soup $9.18 This post contains affiliate links. Each 5-day meal plan includes a printable grocery shopping list with budget information, to help save time and money!
