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September Monthly Meal Plan – Family of 4

by Donna Leave a Comment Post Updated: February 2024

September is busy and we are in need of a super simple meal plan. Below you will find our September Monthly Meal Plan for our family of 4. Monthly meal planning is one of the most important habits I have to make my busy life a little easier.

You also might want to grab my printable weekly meal planning worksheet and add your meals to each week.

What about Breakfast and Lunch?

I don’t plan our breakfasts and lunches. Our children are 12 and 14 and are pretty independent with these meals. I just make sure we have basic supplies on hand so they can help themselves. In the summer I need to really keep some extra food on hand, especially for the 12-year-old; he is growing so fast and eats 5 meals a day!

We like to keep breakfast basics on hand like, eggs, toast, pancake mix, oatmeal, cereal, yogurt, and berries.

Hot breakfast meals I like to make occasionally:

  • Baked Oatmeal
  • Scones
  • Banana Bread
  • French Toast (We love this pumpkin french toast too!)
  • Quiche

Lunch basics we keep on hand:

During the school year, the kids eat at school and I use ideas from my School Lunch Idea List HERE.

I do keep some basic lunch items on hand like lunchmeat, cheeses, bread or wraps, chicken salad, tuna salad, hardboiled eggs, soups, and frozen pizzas.

September Meal Plan

  • Spring Rolls (Chicken, lettuce, carrots, cucumber, sprouts, and asian vermicelli noodles.)
  • Chicken Sausage with PPierogies
  • Black bean Burgers, Salad and coleslaw
  • Quiona Minestrone with Cornbread
  • Chili with baked potatoes
  • BBQ pulled pork sandwiches, french fries, raw veggies and dip
  • Taco Salad
  • Thai Red Curry with Chicken, recipe from AverieCooks.com – with rice and broccoli
  • Hello Fresh Meals: – Click HERE to get 14 Meal FREE! We got our first box of 2 meals for 4 for just $35!
    • One Pan Cajun Pork Sausage Skillet
    • Lemon Za’atar Chicken with Turmeric Quiona and hot honey carrots- This was insanely delicious!!
  • Honey Chicken with rice
  • Zucchini Casserole with Smoked Sausage
  • Chicken Lo Mein – We love noodles and I recently fell in love with this easy recipe.
  • Turkey Burgers with Potato Salad, fresh veggies and hummus
  • Roasted Veggie wraps (Roasted butternut squash, cauliflower, broccoli, peppers, mushrooms and onions)
  • Meatloaf with roasted potatoes and mixed veggies
  • Soft shrimp tacos
  • Rice Bowls with veggies
  • Lasagne and Salad
egg roll in a bowl dinner
  • Hot Ham and Cheese Sliders – Perfect for school nights- they are always a hit. We usually serve them with cut veggies and hummus and chips.
  • Pizza takeout – The kids have free pizzas from our summer reading program that they can cash in on!
  • Shrimp tacos – looking for more taco recipes see my Taco Tuesday Recipes post
  • Spaghetti with broccoli and garlic bread
  • Eggroll in a Bowl – we have this every.single.month! We all love it!
  • Honey Glazed Chicken – Recipe from Simply Rebekah.
  • Breakfast for dinner – French Toast, Sausages and Eggs.
  • Baked Potato Bar â€“ topped with beans, salsa, veggies and cheese.
  • My Birthday Dinner Out
  • Family Dinner with grandparents

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