We share our family’s weekly Mediterranean diet meal plan simply for meal ideas and recipe inspiration for anyone else looking for suggestions. Please keep in mind that every family and person is different and this is just what works for us.
How We Meal Plan
We go more in depth on how we go about planning meals in this post – Meal Planning Guide but just to quickly summarize –
- Breakfast is usually pretty standard in our house so I don’t include it on our meal plan list
- My kids either bring a bagged lunch or buy hot lunch at school so I only meal plan for my lunch (and my husband if he is working from home that day)
- I include notes on some days to indicate if the meal is something we have to make quickly, on the go, etc. This really helps when it comes to planning meals and buying food to know our schedule in advance.
- On Saturdays we typically eat leftovers and eat out for lunch or dinner. I indicate that on the meal plan each week but just in case you were wondering
We’ve saved all our previous weekly meal plans in one convenient location – Weekly Mediterranean Diet Meal Plans.
This Week’s Meal Mediterranean Diet Meal Plan
My husband was traveling all this week, so it was pretty much just the kids and I. Dinners consisted of meals that I could easily reheat for leftovers the next day.
Recipes Links
Here are links to the meals we ate this past week –
For Dinner Sunday nights, we simply enjoyed a seared steak with rosemary & garlic at home. For a side, my husband made green beans:
- Add trimmed green beans to a large skillet with a drizzle of olive oil and water. Cover and steam on low heat for about 10 minutes. Add a diced onion, soy sauce, sesame oil, garlic, ginger powder, and hoisin sauce. Sautee over medium-low heat for about 15 minutes.
On Monday, I simply picked up a rotisserie chicken from the store and served it with an easy spinach salad:
- add spinach leaves to a bowl, add canned mandarin oranges, slivered almonds, feta and drizzle with a simple vinaigrette dressing
Kimchi Fried Rice – is store bought from Trader Joe’s. It comes frozen and you simply heat up in a skillet for 7 minutes. It’s delicious.
Chicken Tortilla Soup – a recipe I’ve been testing the last week. Coming to the website next week. It’s perfect for fall and made in the slow cooker.
This is the Chicken Souvlaki recipe, it’s a family favorite.
