August 17 Weekly Meal Plan: Simple Recipes & Grocery List

This is installment #5 of our Easy Meal Plan series, featuring eight top bloggers who bring you six dinner recipes and two desserts to create a quick, simple, and delicious week of meals. From our kitchens to yours.

I nearly fell out when I started seeing “back to school” photos in my Facebook feed the other day. How is that even possible? Just last week I rolled my eyes at the huge back-to-school display at the big-box store, thinking we still had weeks to go. Then the photos started appearing, I checked the calendar, and it was suddenly mid-August. I went and hid in my bedroom with a giant chocolate bar tucked into my apron pocket. When the chocolate had somehow leapt into my mouth and been eaten, I realized two things: it really is time to start planning for the new school year, and time truly does march on.

Not exactly profound, but still a realization.

On the bright side, this week’s Easy Menu Plan is here to soothe any mild panic that comes with the change of seasons. At least we’ll eat well along the way. This week’s lineup includes chicken bites, fire-roasted chicken enchiladas, chicken parmesan meatballs, easy garlic-and-ginger glazed sticky pork, sausage and pepperoni stromboli, and Italian-style stuffed peppers for main dishes. For dessert, we’ve got pumpkin spice baked doughnuts and chocolate chip cheesecake bars to satisfy your sweet tooth.

Which recipe will you try first?

Chicken Bites – Kiss My Smoke

Fire-Roasted Chicken Enchiladas – I Wash…You Dry

Chicken Parmesan Meatballs – Barefeet in the Kitchen

Easy Garlic and Ginger Glazed Sticky Pork – Foodie with Family

Kitchen is CLOSED! Enjoy a night off!

Easy Sausage and Pepperoni Stromboli – The Cookie Rookie

Italian-Style Stuffed Peppers – Lemons for Lulu

Pumpkin Spice Baked Doughnuts – Sweet C’s Designs

Chocolate Chip Cheesecake Bars – Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts

This week’s meal plan was brought to you by:
Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts | Barefeet in the Kitchen | Foodie with Family | I Wash…You Dry | Lemons for Lulu | Sweet C’s Designs | The Cookie Rookie | Cravings of a Lunatic

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