This 30 Minutes-or-Less healthy dinner meal plan is full of easy, crazy-good meals that’ll have you looking forward to dinner every single night! Perfect if you’re doing 21 Day Fix, WW, or just want to have some tasty meals planned out for you! Includes a printable grocery list, too!
Hey guys! It's meal plan day!
I've had a really weird week and I'm telling you, it was cutting it close to get this meal plan out by Friday, but here we are!
And honestly, it's the best kind of meal plan (apparently one I could've used this week!), a super quick one full of crazy-delish meals. Every single meal in here takes only 30 minutes or less, like my brand-stinkin' new Buffalo Chicken Sloppy Joes that you can have on your table in 20!!
I plan on putting out some more 30-minute-or-less meal plans for you guys so you can have some go-to meal plans for extra busy weeks! Hope they're helpful to you!
Anyway, this meal plan is perfect for absolutely anyone trying to eat healthier and anyone who just wants some delish dinners all planned out for them, but it also includes 21 Day Fix container counts and Weight Watchers Blue Plan (formerly Freestyle) Points!
For my meal preppers!
Here are some great recommendations that you can make on Sunday and eat throughout the week!
- Breakfast: Warm Gingerbread Oatmeal
- Snack: 21 Day Fix Banana Split Pudding Snack
- Lunch: 21 Day Fix Chipotle Pumpkin Turkey Chili {Instant Pot | Stove Top}
And if you want some extra help with meal prep, check out this great meal prep post! It’s got loads of great basics (like quinoa and sweet potatoes) that you can batch cook in the Instant Pot, plus some great tips on how to meal plan/prep using your Instant Pot!
And you might be wondering…
What about the weekend?
During the week, I try to save some of my leftovers for the weekend so I’ve got some healthy deliciousness ready to heat and eat! (Sometimes I’ll even double one of my weekday dinners if I don’t think I’ll have leftovers otherwise).
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Ok, let's get to this healthy meal plan!
Monday: Buffalo Chicken Sloppy Joes {Instant Pot | Stovetop}
Serving notes: So good as lettuce cups or on your fave whole-grain bread product! I love serving it with some coleslaw on the side.
Servings: 4 (⅔ cup each)
21 Day Fix Container Counts per Serving: ½ Red, ¼ Green (plus however much blue you use for the blue cheese if using, plus counts for whatever you serve these Joes on!).
Weight Watchers:
- WW Blue Plan: without cheese: zero pts; with 1 Tbs per serving: 1 pt; with 2 ½ Tbs per serving: 3 pts (plus if there are any points in whatever you serve them on.)
- WW Green Plan: without cheese: 2 pts; with 1 Tbs per serving: 3 pt; with 2 ½ Tbs per serving: 5 pts (plus if there are any points in whatever you serve them on.)
- WW Purple Plan: without cheese: zero pts; with 1 Tbs per serving: 1 pt; with 2 ½ Tbs per serving: 3 pts (plus if there are any points in whatever you serve them on.)
Tuesday: Healthy Instant Pot Ranch Pork Tenderloin {21 Day Fix | Slow Cooker}
Serving notes: So good over mashed potatoes!!
Servings: 4 (¾ cup pork plus gravy)
21 Day Fix Container Counts per Serving: 1 ¼ Red
Weight Watchers Blue Plan Points (Formerly Freestyle Points): 4
Wednesday: Healthy Instant Pot Cheesy Taco Pasta
Serving notes: Top with your fave taco toppings - I love shredded lettuce, greek yogurt and tomatoes or salsa!
Servings: 4 (1 ¾ cups each)
21 Day Fix Container Counts per Serving: 1 ½ Green, 1 Red, 1 Yellow, ½ Blue (plus whatever toppings you use!)
Weight Watchers Blue Plan Points (Formerly Freestyle Points): 6 (calculated with 99% fat free ground turkey and without toppings (though most of them are zero points anyway!)
Thursday: Skinny Cajun-Style Shrimp and Grits
Servings: 4 (¾ cup shrimp, ¾ cup grits and 1 cup asparagus per serving)
21 Day Fix Container Counts per Serving: 1 Red, 1 Green, 1 Yellow, ½ Blue
Weight Watchers Blue Plan Points (Formerly Freestyle Points): 6
Friday: 21 Day Fix Broccoli Cheese Soup {Instant Pot | Stove Top}
Serving notes: Love serving this with a hunk of great whole grain bread and a salad!
Servings: 4 (1 ½ cups each)
21 Day Fix Container Counts per Serving: 2 ½ Green, 1 Blue, ½ Tsp
Weight Watchers Blue Plan Points (Formerly Freestyle Points): 7
Hope you guys have an amazing week!! And if you follow along with this meal plan or make any of the recipes, I’d love to hear from you on social! Your posts, comments and photos of your meals seriously make my life!! You can find me here on my Facebook Page or find/tag me on Instagram @thefoodieandthefix 🙂
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📖 Recipe
30-Minutes-or-Less Healthy Dinner Meal Plan Week of 3/2/2020
This week's meal plan is crazy-delicious and 30 minutes-or-less per meal!
Ingredients
Monday: Buffalo Chicken Sloppy Joes
- ½ cup carrots (about 1 large)
- ½ cup celery (1-2 stalks)
- 1 lb lean ground chicken
- 8 oz can no-salt-added tomato sauce
- ½ cup Frank's Red Hot Sauce (or your favorite hot sauce)
- 2 Tbs 2% plain Greek yogurt
- ½ Tbs cornstarch (not needed for stovetop)
- Blue cheese (optional) - you can use however much you like, for 21 Day Fix 2 ½ Tbs is ½ of a blue container, just fyi!
- Whatever you want to serve them on: butter lettuce cups, whole grain bun, whole grain pita, etc..
Ranch Pork Tenderloin
- Seasonings: onion powder, garlic powder, dried dill
- 1 lemon
- 1 pork tenderloin (about 1 ½ lbs), trimmed
- ½ cup low-sodium, fat-free chicken broth
- ⅓ cup cottage cheese (1% or 2%)
- 3 Tbs Greek yogurt (1%, 2% or non-fat)
- 4 teaspoon cornstarch
- Garnish (optional): chives
Wednesday: Cheesy Taco Pasta
- Seasoning: ground cumin, chili powder, oregano, smoked paprika, garlic powder
- 1 lb lean ground turkey
- 1 small-medium onion
- 3 bell peppers, any color
- 4 oz dry whole wheat rotini pasta ( about 1 ½ cups)
- 2 (15 oz) cans of no-salt-added diced tomatoes
- ⅔ cup shredded sharp cheddar (Fixers, if you have a whole blue to use, you can double this amount, it's delicious either way, but CHEESE)
- Optional: Your favorite taco toppings!
Thursday: Skinny Shrimp and Grits
- 1 lemon
- ¼ cup green onions
- 1 ½ - 2 pounds of asparagus, trimmed
- ½ Tbs whole wheat pastry flour (or regular whole wheat flour)
- ¾ cup dry instant grits, plain
- ⅔ cup extra sharp cheddar cheese, shredded
- 1 lb jumbo shrimp (medium works too and is often cheaper), peeled and deveined
- ¼ cup low-fat milk
- Seasonings: cayenne, garlic powder, paprika, onion powder, oregano, thyme
Friday: Broccoli Cheese Soup
- 2 teaspoon butter
- 1 medium onion
- 2 large carrots
- 1 (32 oz) box low-sodium chicken broth - or Vegetable broth if you're cooking for a Vegetarian
- 6 cups broccoli (about 1 lb)
- 2 cups cauliflower (about 6 oz)
- 1 ⅓ cups shredded sharp or extra sharp cheddar cheese
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