A Healthy Meal Plan featuring six seasonal dinner recipes and one dessert, designed to make weeknight eating easy and nourishing! Complete with a printable grocery list to minimize your trips to the grocery store!

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This week’s meal plan is all about fresh and easy summer food! Trust me, you’re going to love the simplicity, vibrancy, and the deliciousness of all these flavorful meals!

If you’re looking for some easy healthy side dish recipes to enjoy throughout the week, I typically make my Big Batch Roasted Vegetables so that I can add a hearty helping of veggies at every meal. My Roasted Asparagus with Parmesan and Lemon and my recipe for The BEST Broccoli Salad are always crowd-pleasers, too!

Also, if you didn’t catch my Banana Chickpea Ice Cream this week, it is simply sensational! You’ll just have to trust me on the beans!

And now for the food! I hope you enjoy this week’s meal plan. As always, let me know if you have any questions or requests.

xo

SUNDAY:

Gyro-Inspired Shredded Beef – This tender shredded beef with Middle Eastern flavors goes perfectly with a cucumber-tomato salad, rice, and tzatziki. Make it in the slow cooker or Instant Pot.

Greek shredded meat in a bowl with salad and lime

Special Diet: This recipe is paleo, keto, and Whole30 friendly.
Prep Ahead: Make the Middle Eastern Seasoning ahead of time. It’s also a great seasoning for marinating chicken! Just mix a few teaspoons with fresh lemon juice, sea salt, and some avocado oil. The beef itself can be made a few days in advance, too. And it freezes well.
Substitutions/Notes: Serve this beef with some salad greens and roasted vegetables or this Cucumber Tomato Salad with Feta.

MONDAY:

Creamy Mediterranean Chicken & Zucchini Noodles – Creamy Mediterranean Chicken with Zucchini Noodles is an easy, rustic, flavorful low-carb meal that only requires one skillet and 9 ingredients! Ready in 30 minutes and perfect for weeknight meals!

close up skillet of creamy Mediterranean Chicken with sun-dried tomato sauce and zoodles

Special Diet Notes: Recipe is low-carb, paleo, and whole30.
Prep Ahead: This recipe comes together lightning fast! No advance prep is needed.
Substitutions/Notes: Use ground turkey or beef instead of chicken. Add your favorite veggies or seasonings to mix it up.

TUESDAY: 

Rotisserie Chicken & Grilled Vegetable Salad – This versatile summer salad is a mixture of grilled and fresh vegetables, easy rotisserie chicken, and a light garlic-lemon vinaigrette! Swap out any veggies for ones you prefer. A great way to use up some fresh garden veggies!

Rotisserie Chicken and Grilled Vegetable Salad

Special Diet Notes: Recipe is paleo if you omit the corn and feta.
Prep Ahead: Vegetables can be grilled a day ahead.
Substitutions/Notes: Substitute the corn for additional zucchini if you like. Feel free to swap out any fresh or grilled vegetables for ones you like better.

WEDNESDAY:

Thai Turkey Lettuce Wraps – Thai Turkey Lettuce Wraps are fresh and flavorful for a low-carb lunch or dinner. Fresh vegetables and an amazing Thai-inspired sauce make these easy lettuce wraps so inviting. Paleo, keto, ready in 30 minutes or less!

Blue plate of three turkey lettuce wraps

Special Diet Notes: Low-carb and keto. Paleo if you use almond butter instead of peanut butter.
Prep Ahead: No advance prep needed! Recipe comes together quickly.
Substitutions/Notes: Use ground beef or chicken if you prefer them over ground turkey.

THURSDAY:

Grilled White Fish with Garlic-Herb Oil – This is an EASY way to make delicious sablefish (black cod), but you can use this method with any firm white fish like salmon, Pacific cod, halibut, or rockfish.

Grilled White Fish with Garlic-Herb Oil

Special Diet Notes: Recipe is paleo, keto, and Whole30 friendly.
Prep Ahead: No need to prep ahead.
Substitutions/Notes: The recipe calls for sablefish (black cod) but you can use any white fish you like. Serve this with a salad or your favorite vegetables cooked how you like!

FRIDAY:

Honey Garlic Baked Chicken Thighs – Serve these easy Honey Lemon Garlic Baked Chicken Thighs with your favorite healthy side dishes for a perfect weeknight dinner. Tender, zesty, with just the right amount of sweetness, this Asian-inspired sticky chicken recipe is worthy of keeping on constant rotation.

Honey Lemon Garlic Baked Chicken Thighs in a casserole dish

Special Diet Notes: This chicken recipe is paleo and just absolutely delicious!
Prep Ahead: No advance prep needed! Recipe comes together quickly. Serve it with your choice of roasted or sautรฉed vegetables and/or steamed or fried rice.
Substitutions/Notes: Serve the chicken thighs with your choice of side dishes such as steamed or fried rice, roasted veggies, or a side salad.

DESSERT:

Pineapple Smoothie with Basil – This Pineapple Smoothie with Basil might seem like an unusual combination, but it just works! It’s bright and sweet with a subtle herbal taste. You can use this smoothie recipe as a sorbet as well.

Pineapple Smoothie with Basil

Special Diet Notes: Recipe is paleo.
Prep Ahead: No need to prep ahead.
Substitutions/Notes: Try adding in some frozen strawberries for a fruity twist! You can also turn this into sorbet.

GROCERY LIST:

Click HERE to print this week’s grocery list!

Grocery list for Meal Plan week 27

Previous Paleo Meal Plans:

Looking for more meal plans to keep your meal prep game strong? Check out our previous week’s meal plans!

Enjoy!

xo

Julia Mueller
Meet the Author

Julia Mueller

Julia Mueller is a recipe developer, cookbook author, and founder of The Roasted Root. She has authored three bestselling cookbooks, – Paleo Power Powers, Delicious Probiotic Drinks, and The Quintessential Kale Cookbook. Her recipes have been featured in several national publications such as BuzzFeed, Self, Tasty, Country Living, Brit.co, etc.

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  1. This is such a helpful resource you’ve put together. I did notice that Tuesday’s shopping list looks to be for Sunday’s recipe though.

    Can’t wait to try some if these plans though, thanks for letting these together.