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.

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.
div id=”fd-form-63d7fe78b4f015f30446e2b5″>This full month of menu ideas includes some of our favorite meals. Enjoy these quick but delicious recipes!
Date | Meal | Information or Link |
---|---|---|
4/1 | Smothered Hamburger Steak | Link to the Recipe |
2 | Homemade Pizzas | |
3 | Weekend | |
4 | Weekend | |
5 | Tacos | |
6 | Apricot Chicken | Link to the Recipe |
7 | Sour Cream Chicken Enchiladas | Link to the Recipe |
8 | Rotisserie Chicken | Link to the Instructions or Just buy one already cooked. |
9 | Taco Salad | |
10 | Weekend | |
11 | Weekend – Mothers’ Day | Link to Bake Potato Bar |
12 | White Bean Chicken Chili | Link to the Recipe |
13 | Chicken Fajitas | |
14 | Pork Roast | |
15 | Chicken Spaghetti | |
16 | Pulled Pork Sandwiches | |
17 | Weekend | |
18 | Weekend | |
19 | Chicken in it’s Own Gravy | |
20 | Chicken Cordon Bleu | |
21 | Pan Fried Tilapia | |
22 | Queso Chicken | |
23 | Nachos | Instructions for a Nacho Bar |
24 | Weekend | |
25 | Weekend | |
26 | Memorial Day | Cookout |
27 | Lemon Shrimp Linguini | Link to the Recipe |
28 | Pork Medallions | |
29 | Goulash | |
30 | Tamales or Tamales Casserole | Link to the Casserole Recipe |
31 | Weekend |
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.

Favorite Kitchen Products
These are some of my favorite cooking products! I am all about kitchen gadgets!!!
- Meat Chopper
- Jalapeno Corer – This one makes it so much easier!
- Taco Stands



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.
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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“Every living creature will be food for you; as I gave the green plants, I have given you everything.” Genesis 9:3
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
I love seeing other people’s ideas as well. I am all about easy!