Meet your 4-week family dinner plan for easy weeknight meals

Looking for healthy family dinner inspiration?

If your family is heading back-to-school, the excitement of new routines can be quickly eclipsed by life admin. From ironing the uniforms to remembering that new teacher’s name, you have enough things to juggle, let us take the relentless question of what to have for dinner off your plate. Our new 4-week family dinner plan gives you quick and easy meal inspiration for the busiest weeknights.

Download your free 4-week family dinner plan

Expert-led health for your family

Our 4-week dinner plan brings our easiest family recipes together in one booklet, approved by Mindful Chef’s Head of Health and Registered Dietitian Sasha Watkins. 

“As a dietitian I know what an ‘ideal’ week of family eating looks like, but as a mum I know how rarely a week actually goes to plan. We need to aim for progress over perfection: decide a few meals in advance, cook one simple dish for everyone, let the children help or simply take the planning off your own shoulders with a meal plan like this.”

Sasha Watkins, Registered Dietitian and Head of Health

What’s inside the 4-week dinner plan

Designed for busy schedules and fussy eaters, the 4-week plan features quick, nutritious dinners built around time-saving themes:

• Speedy Mondays: 20-minute meals like Korean-style Sticky Beef with Rainbow Veg and Creamy Peanut Chicken  mean less time cooking on busy weeknights.
• Traybake Tuesdays: Fajita-style Salmon Traybake and Cheesy Prawn Pasta Bake use minimal kitchen kit for quicker cleanup.
• Meat-free Wednesdays: Help your family up their plant intake. Try lentils, Mexican-style beans and sunflower mince for new vegan proteins.
• Tasty Thursdays: Give global flavours like Sweet & Sour Chicken or Tikka Biryani a family-friendly twist so even the fussiest eaters can eat adventurously.
• Fish Fridays: We’ve given fish and chips a glow up, with Cod Nugget Katsu Curry and Pesto Roast Salmon.

“We’ve curated nutritious and delicious meals that are quick to cook after school and give your family plenty of variety throughout the week too. Hopefully it helps your family!” 

Sasha Watkins, Registered Dietitian and Head of Health

Your meal companion, all year round

Even though we’ve labelled it for the back-to-school season, this meal plan works throughout the year. You can even print it out and stick it on your fridge. And for even more inspiration, find head to The Mindful Journal for tips on stress-free mealtimes and healthy meals that fussy eaters will love. 

If you want us to take the food shopping off your hands, you can find these recipes on our menu weekly too. Simply choose 2-4 recipes for your family’s box and we’ll deliver the pre-portioned ingredients to your door, with easy-to-follow instructions so even the kids can help with the cooking. 

Quick, healthy family dinners are just around the corner. Download now.