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The Shoultes family meal planner

Pick the week's dinners and the grocery list builds itself, grouped by store. These are the meals we actually cook. It saves in this browser, so there is nothing to sign in to.

This week

Choose a meal for each day, type your own, or drag a meal from further down onto a day. Add a note for the things that are not dinner, like soccer or guild.

Grocery list

The meals

Ingredients are in our own words. For the family favorites that came from another cook, the method is on their page, linked on the card. Seth's own meals are listed as he describes them.

  • Seth's way

    Costco salmon in the air fryer

    Salmon from Costco, cooked in the air fryer.

    Ingredients

    • Salmon (from Costco)

  • Seth's way

    Homemade pizza in the Ooni

    Pizzas made in our Ooni wood-fired oven from a simple pizza dough mix that costs 89 cents at Smith's.

    Ingredients

    • Pizza dough mix (89 cents at Smith's)

  • Seth's way

    Hamburger stir fry

    Hamburger and bagged cabbage mix with ramen noodle packs and teriyaki sauce.

    Ingredients

    • Hamburger
    • Mixed cabbage (the bagged kind)
    • Ramen noodle packs
    • Teriyaki sauce

  • Family favorite

    Slow cooker ramen with beef

    A cousin of the stir fry that cooks while you are out. It comes from Real Food Whole Life.

    Ingredients

    • Lean ground beef, 1 pound
    • Slaw mix, 9 ounces, about 4 cups
    • Shredded carrots, 2 cups
    • Garlic, 3 cloves
    • Low-sodium tamari or soy sauce, ⅓ cup
    • Chicken stock, 2 cups
    • Brown sugar, 1 teaspoon
    • Ramen noodles, 2 packages, 3 ounces each (added at the end; the flavor packets are not used)

    The method is on Real Food Whole Life →

  • Family favorite

    Biscuits and gravy casserole with sausage and eggs

    A weekend breakfast that feeds eight and can be put together the night before. It is Jamie Sanders' recipe from Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom.

    At a glance: About 20 minutes to prepare, then 35 to 45 minutes at 350°F in a greased 13×9 pan. A pan made ahead and baked cold takes longer.

    Ingredients

    • Biscuit dough, 1 can, 8 count
    • Eggs, 6
    • Peppered gravy mix, 1 packet, 2¾ ounces, made up to 2 cups
    • Pork sausage, 1 pound, any flavor
    • Shredded cheese, 1 cup
    • Milk, ½ cup
    • Salt and pepper

    The method is on Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom →

A meal you cook all the time? Tell me and I will add it.