A weekly series where we share our family’s actual Mediterranean diet meal plan, along with a few things we’ve been loving this past week. The goal is to simply share meal and recipe ideas.
Our Mediterranean Diet Meal Plan
We share our family’s weekly 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.
We’ve saved all our previous weekly meal plans in one convenient location – Weekly Mediterranean Diet Meal Plans.
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
What We Ate This Week
Compared to last week’s meal plan, this week was much smoother. We were able to stay on our schedule really well and therefore had a lot of leftovers to choose from for Thursday dinner.
Sunday was Mother’s Day so we had my mom over for a light lunch of cheese and crackers, fruit and tomato salad. For dinner, the kids picked what we made so burgers and fries it was.
Recipe Links for What We Ate
These are the recipe links for the meal plan items we ate this past week. Some things we ate don’t have a link or recipe…for example the nights we ordered in, etc.
For Greek Veggie Bowls – I used this Greek Chicken Bowls recipe and simply omitted the chicken. I also added white beans and bell peppers to make it a little more filling.
I created this Recipe Reel on Instagram for the recipe.
This Air Fryer Chicken recipe is so simple! This week, I used chicken thighs (boneless, skinless) and then topped it with a jarred Artichoke Spread I picked up from Trader Joe’s.
What We Loved this Week
This week I can say was very heavy on artichokes. My whole family loves them so it’s always a go to veggie when I want something that no one will complain about.
We used a variety of types of artichokes this week –
- Fresh – I simply cut off the bottom stem, put in a bowl with water and cook them in the microwave for about 6-8 minutes. Then we all just dip them in melted butter
- Frozen – I didn’t even know frozen artichoke hearts were a thing until I saw a recipe on TikTok. I bought two bags and used one to recipe test some air fryer hearts but the other I simply sautéed with some garlic and mushrooms and used in a chickpea pasta dinner earlier this week.
- Canned – I always have canned artichoke hearts in the pantry. They are so good in salads, on chicken, and with fish.
