Weekly meal plan
Five dinners, one shopping list
A week of family dinners where the ingredients overlap, so you shop once and waste less.
The five dinners
Highlighted ingredients turn up in more than one dinner.
Monday
Honey garlic chicken traybake
40 minutes, serves 4
- chicken thighs (used in another dinner)
- potatoes
- broccoli (used in another dinner)
- honey
- garlic (used in another dinner)
- soy sauce (used in another dinner)
Roast extra chicken tonight. Wednesday needs it.
Tuesday
Beef and veggie rice bowls
20 minutes, serves 4
- beef mince
- rice (used in another dinner)
- carrot (used in another dinner)
- capsicum (used in another dinner)
- soy sauce (used in another dinner)
- garlic (used in another dinner)
Cook a double batch of rice. Thursday needs that too.
Wednesday
Chicken and corn quesadillas
15 minutes, serves 4
- chicken thighs (used in another dinner)
- tortillas (used in another dinner)
- cheese (used in another dinner)
- corn (used in another dinner)
- capsicum (used in another dinner)
Monday's leftover chicken does the heavy lifting.
Thursday
Fifteen-minute fried rice
15 minutes, serves 4
- rice (used in another dinner)
- eggs
- peas
- carrot (used in another dinner)
- soy sauce (used in another dinner)
- garlic (used in another dinner)
Day-old rice fries better than fresh. Keep it in the fridge.
Friday
Tortilla pizza night
25 minutes, serves 4
- tortillas (used in another dinner)
- passata
- cheese (used in another dinner)
- capsicum (used in another dinner)
- corn (used in another dinner)
- broccoli (used in another dinner)
Tortillas make ten-minute pizza bases. Everyone builds their own.
The shopping list
16 items for the whole week, sorted by aisle.
Produce
- Potatoes1 kg
- Broccoli2 heads
- Carrots3
- Capsicum3
- Garlic1 bulb
Meat
- Chicken thighs1.5 kg
- Beef mince500 g
Pantry
- Rice1 kg
- Tortillas2 packs
- Passata1 jar
- Corn kernels1 can
- Honey1 jar
- Soy sauce1 bottle
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