Sometimes you just want a meal plan which involves meals that are quick and easy to cook to make so I hope this helps. All the recipes in this easy to cook tasty meal plan involve minimal preparation and hardly any attention whilst cooking. Perfect for busy mums who have kids back at school!
How to choose easy meals for the family
I always find that easy meals to cook for the family are those which require hardly any preparation and once it is cooking you can easily leave it aside whilst doing other things. This is why I have designed this meal plan for you, the busy parents out there.
Who can enjoy this meal plan?
I have written the meal plan and associated shopping list, which is available to subscribers of my meal planning library, for 4 people. If you are only making for 2 it is easy to reduce the amount of the recipes or alternatively for many you could make 4 portions and freeze some.
If you are cooking for children of course it depends if they are fussy whether they will enjoy these meals. You know your children best but why not give it a try and see what they think?
Essentials for this meal plan
If you have a slow cooker, a hand blender, a large saucepan and a frying pan you should have all you need to make these meals. I don’t believe in recipes that require you to buy lots of bizarre ingredients or equipment. No one wants to do that do they?
The easy to cook meal plan for meat eaters
Monday
- Breakfast: Gingerbread overnight oats with an apple.
- Lunch: Curry loaf and salad.
- Dinner: Spanish chicken with chips.
Tuesday
- Breakfast: Chocolate orange overnight oats with a satsuma.
- Lunch: Aloo Gobi with a dollop of fat-free greek natural yoghurt.
- Dinner: Chicken and mushroom curry with boiled rice.
Wednesday
- Breakfast: Chopped apple in yoghurt with a sprinkle of cinnamon.
- Lunch: Broccoli and stilton soup with wholemeal bread.
- Dinner: Mushy pea curry with boiled rice.
Thursday
- Breakfast: Cherry Bakewell overnight oats with some extra cherries.
- Lunch: Rosemary and caramelised onion mini quiches with salad.
- Dinner: Jacket potatoes with cheese, baked beans and panfried mushrooms.
Friday
- Breakfast: Bounty overnight oats with an apple.
- Lunch: Fruit pasta salad.
- Dinner: Sausage casserole. Check out the best sausages here.
Saturday
- Breakfast: Strawberries and yoghurt.
- Lunch: Roasted red pepper and butternut squash soup with wholemeal bread.
- Dinner: Barbecue chicken and chips.
Sunday
- Breakfast: Sausages, egg baked beans and mushrooms. Check out the best sausages here.
- Lunch: Roast plum, sweet potato and quinoa salad.
- Dinner: Asparagus pilaf.
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Vegetarian easy to cook Slimming World meal plan
Monday
- Breakfast: Gingerbread overnight oats with an apple.
- Lunch: Curry loaf and salad.
- Dinner: Butternut squash risotto.
Tuesday
- Breakfast: Chocolate orange overnight oats with a satsuma.
- Lunch: Aloo Gobi with a dollop of fat-free greek natural yoghurt.
- Dinner: Quorn and mushroom curry with boiled rice.
Wednesday
- Breakfast: Chopped apple in yoghurt with a sprinkle of cinnamon.
- Lunch: Broccoli and stilton soup with wholemeal bread.
- Dinner: Mushy pea curry with boiled rice.
Thursday
- Breakfast: Cherry Bakewell overnight oats with some extra cherries.
- Lunch: Rosemary and caramelised onion mini quiches with salad.
- Dinner: Jacket potatoes with cheese, baked beans and panfried mushrooms.
Friday
- Breakfast: Bounty overnight oats with an apple.
- Lunch: Fruit pasta salad.
- Dinner: Sausage casserole. Check out the best sausages here.
Saturday
- Breakfast: Strawberries and yoghurt.
- Lunch: Roasted red pepper and butternut squash soup with wholemeal bread.
- Dinner: BBQ Jackfruit and chips.
Sunday
- Breakfast: Sausages, egg baked beans and mushrooms. Check out the best sausages here.
- Lunch: Roast plum, sweet potato and quinoa salad.
- Dinner: Asparagus pilaf.
Which fruits are best when dieting?
Fruit is great as an addition to breakfast or dessert. Most fruits are pretty low in calories and good for you. Avocado has high fats so is one to have in moderation. Other fruits such as bananas are more filling and are more calorie-dense so it is usually better to choose melon or an apple over bananas or avocados.
If you follow a specific diet or weight loss plan then they are likely to have specific requirements which usually align with this.
If you cook, puree or blend fruit it is less filling and can be easier to overconsume. It would be so easy to drink a smoothie with a couple of bananas, a mango and an apple in a big glass and still not feel full yet most people would not sit and eat all that fruit in one go whole.
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