Healthy Dinner Meal Plan Week of 1/20/2020

This 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!

Happy Thursday, party people! 

Do you know what I love about making these meal plans for you guys? Revisiting some of my very favorite meals that I haven't made in forever because I'm constantly testing all the new things! Like the Roasted Pork with Garam Masala Cider Sauce on this week's meal plan, it's SOOO good! Maybe I should make a belated New Year's resolution to cook more of those dishes?? 🙂

If you're following this meal plan for next week, you can look forward to an easy pasta with meat sauce, maple-mustard chicken, the aforementioned Roasted Pork with Garam Masala Cider Sauce, Chipotle-Pumpkin Turkey Chili and my very favorite thing on the planet, chicken tikka masala!

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: 21 Day Fix Make-Ahead Southwestern Breakfast Casserole
• Snack: {Flourless} Pumpkin Custard Bars (for 21 Day Fixers, 1 of these bars only counts as 1 teaspoon!)
• Lunch: 21 Day Fix Broccoli Cheese Soup {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 dinner meal plan!

Monday: 21 Day Fix Instant Pot Chicken Tikka Masala

Servings: 4 (¾ cup chicken, ½ cup sauce per serving- so great over brown or cauliflower rice!)

21 Day Fix Container Counts per Serving: 1 Red, ½ Green, ¼ Blue

Weight Watchers Blue Plan Points (Formerly Freestyle Points): 7

Tuesday: Pasta with Sherry-Mushroom Meat Sauce {21 Day Fix}

Note: this makes a lot! Feel free to freeze half of your meat for another time and only make half of the recipe now or you can make it all and freeze the extra cooked portions for a later date!

Servings: 8 (1 cup per serving)

21 Day Fix Container Counts per Serving: 1 Green, ½ Red, 1 Yellow

Weight Watchers Blue Plan Points (Formerly Freestyle Points): 4

Wednesday: Instant Pot Maple Mustard Chicken and Potatoes or

Slow-Cooker Maple Mustard Chicken and Potatoes

Note: I love serving this with some steamed green beans or broccoli!

Servings: 5 for the Instant Pot version; 8 servings for the Slow-Cooker version (¾ cup chicken, ½ cup potatoes and 1 Tbs sauce per serving)

21 Day Fix Container Counts per Serving: 1 Red, 1 Yellow, 2 sweetener tsp

Weight Watchers Blue Plan Points (Formerly Freestyle Points): 8 points for the IP version (it uses chicken thighs) and 4 points for the slow-cooker, chicken breast version

Thursday: Thyme Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Garam Masala-Cider Sauce

Serving recommendations: this Pecorino Mashed Cauliflower  and some roasted veggies of your choice! I love to roast some green beans or saute some zucchini with a little herbes d'provence, salt and pepper. So good!

Servings: 6 (¾ cup pork, ¼ cup sauce per serving)

21 Day Fix Container Counts per Serving: 1 Red, 1 Tsp, ¾ Purple drink swap, ¼ Green

Weight Watchers Blue Plan Points (Formerly Freestyle Points): 6

Friday: 21 Day Fix Chipotle Pumpkin Turkey Chili {Instant Pot | Stove Top}

Servings: 6 (1 ½ cups per serving)

21 Day Fix Container Counts per Serving: ⅔ Red, ⅔ Green, ¼ Purple, ½ Yellow

Weight Watchers Blue Plan Points (Formerly Freestyle Points): zero!!!!!!

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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Healthy Dinner Meal Plan Week of 1/20/2020

This healthy dinner meal plan makes creating healthy meals a no-brainer!

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Ingredients

Monday: Instant Pot Chicken Tikka Masala

• 2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken thighs
• ½ cup plain 2% Greek yogurt
• 8 cloves of garlic
• 2 teaspoon of grated fresh ginger
• seasonings: garam masala, cumin, salt, smoked paprika (or regular), ground coriander, turmeric, cayenne (optional)
• 1 medium onion
• 1 Tbs tomato paste
• 1 can (14.5 oz) no-salt-added diced tomatoes
• 1 can of full-fat coconut milk
• fresh cilantro
• Don't forget ingredients for any sides you may want with this!

Tuesday: Pasta with Sherry-Mushroom Meat Sauce

• 1 cup chopped shallots (or if you want this to be even quicker, use some pre-chopped onions from the produce section!)
• 1 (8 oz) package of sliced white mushrooms
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• about ⅓ cup sherry wine (not cooking sherry - I recommend Taylor brand)
• 2 Tbs fresh thyme (or 2 teaspoon of dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 (15 oz) can tomato puree
• 1 (15 oz) can petite diced tomatoes, drained
• whole wheat penne pasta

Wednesday: Maple Mustard Chicken and Potatoes

• about ⅔ cup spicy brown mustard (I like to use my store's generic brand because it's less spicy than the name brands! - I find this to be true of all generic spicy brown mustards)
• about ¼ cup pure maple syrup
• 3 Tbs low sodium chicken broth or water
• 1 lb yellow potatoes, chopped into 1-inch chunks
• 2 lbs boneless skinless chicken thighs (or 2 lbs chicken breasts for slow-cooker version)
• Don't forget ingredients for any other sides you may want with this!

Thursday: Thyme Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Garam Masala-Cider Sauce

• 2 pork tenderloins (about 2 ½ lbs total)
• 4 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
• 4 small cloves of garlic
• 6 teaspoon unsalted butter
• 3-4 large shallots (1 ½ cups chopped)
• 6 teaspoon whole wheat pastry flour (or regular whole wheat flour)
• garam masala seasoning
• ¾ cup low-sodium, fat-free beef broth
• 2 ¼ cups apple cider (or if unavailable, refrigerated apple juice, like Simply Apple)

Friday: Chipotle Pumpkin Turkey Chili {Instant Pot | Stovetop}

• 1 lb lean ground turkey (or ground chicken if you prefer)
• 1 red onion
• 1 large green bell pepper
• 2 stalks of celery
• 3 cloves of garlic
• Seasoning: cinnamon, cumin, chili powder
• 1 cup low-sodium chicken broth
• 1 can (14 ½ oz) no-salt-added petite diced tomatoes
• 1 can (15 oz) pumpkin puree
• 1 can (15 oz) black beans
• 1 can of chipotle in adobo (found in the Mexican food aisle)
• Optional toppings: fresh cilantro, plain greek yogurt