This October Monthly Meal Plan brings easy dinner ideas, sides, and desserts, helping you save time and money. It is life made easy!
Hello everyone! I am super-excited to be sharing a monthly meal plan with y’all today. Finally, right?! This will help us all to plan our grocery shopping, save money, and stay sane. 🙂
There are recipes for everyone: One pot, Instant pot, slow cooker, gluten-free, paleo, Whole30, vegetarian, seasonal, comfort food, etc.
As a homemaker, I have to do my grocery shopping every week. Although I have a general idea of what to buy based on the dishes that I intend to make that particular week, I always wind up forgetting something during the week — especially on days that are extremely busy.
This monthly meal plan will certainly help me, and I hope you as well, to organize our meals better. Of course, it does not have to be followed rigidly but it will provide you with some ideas… so get creative with it and mix it up if desired.
MONTHLY MEAL PLAN
We joined an amazing group of bloggers to bring you monthly meal plans, helping you to organize your monthly meals better, week by week.
Why a monthly meal plan?
If it is already hard enough planning what to cook for the day, just imagine weekly or even monthly. This monthly meal plan will greatly save you time and minimize waste. It will even help you make use of leftovers. Now how cool is that?
How does this monthly meal plan work?
This monthly meal plan comes with 4 weeks of daily dinner recipes, a few side dishes to mix and match, and a even desserts for your sweet tooth. Yep! There are 4 weeks in the month, each featuring 7 dinners per week, 3 side dishes, and 2 desserts. Please, feel free to choose the recipes that work for you each day, helping you make use of leftovers as well.
October Monthly Meal Plan
WEEK 1
Dinner Recipes
- Slow Cooker Pork Stroganoff
- Instant Pot Meatloaf
- Instant Pot Mediterranean Chicken
- Chicken Cordon Bleu Quesadillas
- Easy Steak Recipe
- One Pot Chicken Lemon Rice
- Chicken and Broccoli Stir Fry
Side Dishes
Desserts
WEEK 2
Dinner Recipes
- Traeger Prime Rib Roast
- Instant Pot Chicken and Rice Soup
- Slow Cooker Beef and Noodles
- Whole 30 Taco Boats
- Salsa Verde Chicken Enchiladas
- Instant Pot Hawaiian Chicken
- Zucchini Boat Turkey Tacos
Side Dishes
Desserts
WEEK 3
Dinner Recipes
- Sheet Pan Maple Dijon Pork Chops
- Make Ahead Pepperoni Pizza Sliders
- Brazilian Minestrone Soup
- Tuna Tomato Pasta
- Slow Cooker Chicken Potatoes
- Slow Cooker Paleo Chili
- Instant Pot Salmon
Side Dishes
Desserts
WEEK 4
Healthy Kitchen 101
Yay! I have chosen for me some nice choices. They look all good! Cannot believe October has come already xo
– Natalie Ellis
Manuela
So many amazing options! I love to be able to plan in advance and always have something delicious on the table! <3
Deb|EastofEdenCooking
Love that you’ve included some fabulous dessert recipes too! This makes for a very happy October!
PRANITA DESHPANDE
Very nice recipes. How much time you have given for it?
Denise Browning
Lots of time to put this together. Hope this helps many people. Thank you for stopping by!
Kelley
I can’t wait to try that pork stroganoff! It looks so good!
Denise Browning
Thanks Kelley! I hope you try and enjoy it.