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Quick and Easy Monthly Menu Ideas for May: 2025

I am sharing some quick and easy monthly menu ideas for May. It is a guide to help plan weeknight meals to lighten your load.

A collage with “Quick and Easy Menu Ideas for May” shows plates of food: tacos with rice and chips, shrimp pasta, and steak topped with mushrooms—perfect inspiration if you loved our Quick and Easy Monthly Menu for March. Website: homewithgraceandjoy.com.

I love food and cooking, but I don’t like it to take all of my time. I found that with a little planning (and some easy meals), it doesn’t take much time at all.

Most of these weeknight dinner ideas are 30-minute meals (or less). Enjoy!


What is a Monthly Meal Plan?

Here is a monthly meal plan with the quick and easy menu for March. This menu plan includes main dish recipes for easy dinners with a few mentions of side dishes for the entire month. 

I do my menu planning for weeknights only, and Friday nights are usually something quick and easy.  All you need to do is add in the sides, and you are set.  I hope this guide is helpful for you and your whole family. 

I also send out reminders of the weekly menus each Monday in my weekly newsletter. If you would like to receive these reminders, along with other recipes and information, please join here.

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This full month of menu ideas includes some of our favorite meals. Enjoy these quick but delicious recipes!

Date MealInformation or Link
4/1Smothered Hamburger SteakLink to the Recipe
2Homemade Pizzas
3Weekend
4Weekend
5Tacos
6Apricot ChickenLink to the Recipe
7Sour Cream Chicken EnchiladasLink to the Recipe
8Rotisserie ChickenLink to the Instructions or
Just buy one already cooked.
9Taco Salad
10Weekend
11Weekend – Mothers’ DayLink to Bake Potato Bar
12White Bean Chicken ChiliLink to the Recipe
13Chicken Fajitas
14Pork Roast
15Chicken Spaghetti
16Pulled Pork Sandwiches
17Weekend
18Weekend
19Chicken in it’s Own Gravy
20Chicken Cordon Bleu
21Pan Fried Tilapia
22Queso Chicken
23NachosInstructions for a Nacho Bar
24Weekend
25Weekend
26Memorial DayCookout
27Lemon Shrimp LinguiniLink to the Recipe
28Pork Medallions
29Goulash
30Tamales or Tamales CasseroleLink to the Casserole Recipe
31Weekend

Menu and Meal Planning Tips

  • Print or take a photo of the meal plan and keep it visible.
  • It is a great idea to keep certain staples on hand (baking items, seasonings, etc.)
  • Buy in bulk when possible.
  • Look at the monthly meal plan and make a grocery list of all items you can get in advance. If possible, buy all of these items once instead of making multiple grocery trips. (Grocery Delivery is wonderful too! Walmart+ has been a lifesaver for me!)
  • It is a good idea to keep a master list of the main grocery items you use on a regular basis. Having a ready made grocery shopping list can save you time, and help you remember items you need to purchase.
  • Set aside time at the beginning of the month for meal prep, to prepare food (cut vegetables, divide bulk items and freeze when necessary, etc.)

  • Look at your weekly meal plan over the weekend, and write out your weekly shopping lists so you can make one trip to the grocery store or farmers markets to get fresh produce and other items you will need.
  • Remember that this is just a guide with recipe ideas – use what you want and skip the rest.

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I hope you and your family enjoy these recipes. Let me know if you have any questions.

If you have other quick and easy meals that you would like to share, I would love to hear from you.

Pinterest

There are such a wide variety of meals and ideas on Pinterest. I have found so many wonderful new recipes this way and have pinned many of them on Pinterest boards. If you are looking for other ideas, here is a link to my Main Meals Board.

Related Posts

Monthly Menu for May 2024
Monthly Menu for Many 2023

Until next month,

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2 Comments

  1. So excited to try some of these recipes, Susan. Finding out what other people are having for dinner always gives me ideas and inspiration. I’m still learning how to cook so these ideas are exactly what I need. Big hugs, CoCo

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