Easy Ideas and Monthly Menu for July
Since we are in the heat of the summer, I am sharing pretty simple meals. I hope these easy ideas and monthly menu for July simplify your summer and give you more family time.
Most of these meal ideas can be prepped or completely made in 30 minutes or less. Enjoy!
You can use the Table of Contents to jump directly to the menu if you want.
What is a Monthly Meal Plan
This monthly meal plan is filled with ideas for quick and easy weeknight meals. Since the planning can be the most challenging part, use this as a guide for ideas.
These are weeknight meals only. We usually eat leftovers or go out for dinner on the weekends.
I try my best to plan meals where you can “double dip” some of the work. You will notice a few notes about making extra for another meal later in the week. Why do the work twice?
Don’t forget how easy it is to throw together leftovers or things you already have in your pantry. This simple fish stick meal ended up being one of our favorites last month. Super easy, inexpensive, and delicious!
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Weeknight Ideas and Menu for July
If the menu idea is highlighted in brown, you can click it to get to the recipe.
- 06/29 – Tamale Casserole
- 06/30 – Baked Salmon
- 07/01 – Poblano Chicken
- 07/02 – Salmon Bowls
- 07/03 – Nachos
- 07/04 – 4th of July Cookout
- 07/05 – Weekend
- 07/06 – Lasagna
- 07/07 – Stuffed Poblano Peppers
- 07/08 – BBQ Chicken
- 07/09 – Pan Fried Tilapia
- 07/10 – Chili Cheese Dogs
- 07/11 – Weekend
- 07/12 – Weekend
- 07/13 – Roast w/ Vegetables
- 07/14 – Cilantro Chicken
- 07/15 – Roast Sandwiches
- 07/16 – Tater Tot Casserole
- 07/17 – Wieners in Croissants
- 07/18 – Weekend
- 07/19 – Weekend
- 07/20 – Lemon Shrimp Linguini
- 07/21 – Farmers’ Market Chicken
- 07/22 – Breakfast for Supper
- 07/23 – Soft Tacos
- 07/24 – Fish Sticks with Vegetables
- 07/25 – Weekend
- 07/26 – Weekend
- 07/27 – Oven Fried Chimichangas
- 07/28 – Cheeseburgers
- 07/29 – Spaghetti and Meat Sauce
- 07/30 – Rotisserie Chicken
- 07/31 – Wilted Lettuce
Favorite Kitchen Items
Click the links below to get the details on each item. These are some of my favorites!
- Meat Chopper
- Jalapeno Corer
- Food Chopper
- Taco Stands
- Stainless Steel Strainers
- Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer
Menu and Meal Planning Tips
There are so many ways to make meal planning and prepping go faster and smoother. I have put together a few tips and ideas to help.
Link to Menu and Meal Planning Tips
I hope some of these meal ideas work for you and your family. They are easy to tweak to meet any special needs.
If you have other quick and easy meals, I would love to hear from you. Please share.
Ideas from Pinterest
You can find so many ideas on Pinterest, as you probably already know. I have several ideas pinned on my Main Meals Board. Feel free to take a look.
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Until next time,
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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
When my sons were children, I don’t remember meal planning, it just happened. But now that it’s just my husband and I, it seems like a chore. So I started a meal plan calendar similar to yours, although I do it weekly. I might try monthly. I created my own shopping list based on what we use and it has been well worth the time.
Isn’t that funny how that works. I guess that is kind of the same with me. It seems like it would be easier now, but I almost have to have a plan.😂
I have taco stands and that meat chopper and love them both. Thanks for these yummy meal ideas. Making a plan is so smart–I live by it! Thanks for sharing this post at our month-long Will Blog for Comments #65 linkup. We’ll be back to our regular schedule now, so #66 opens Monday morning. Hope to see you there.
Aren’t those the handiest items? I hope to see you there!
Such a great menu, Susan! I love that you do so many things in advance. We have a monthly menu as well but sometimes I totally forget the ingredients from one week to the next so I’m definitely going to try a master grocery list and then just add the extra things we need based on the week. It would save so much time! Hugs, CoCo