September Meal Plan 🍅 📝

Easy back-to-school recipes!

Sep 05, 2024

Bowl of pasta with marinara sauce and ricotta with fresh herbs — Featured Guest Recipe: Bucatini Pasta with Marinara Sauce and Herb-Whipped Ricotta from our friends at One Potato (recipe below)

Hello my friends!

My babies went back to school yesterday, and like a lot of parents this time of year, I’m using this opportunity to set new, supportive rhythms for our family.

I want to begin my days with exercise. I want to have merendas ready for after school.

Above all, I want to dial in our weekly meal plans, because that will mean:

I can eliminate “what to make for dinner” from my daily mental load
I’m not devoting my precious free time during the day to prepping dinner, or thinking I will, and finding myself in a 5 pm cobble-together-dinner-scramble
I can shop once a week
I can enlist support from Bobby and the girls when possible
I know that our family is eating nourishing meals at home

On that note, I’m so excited to share the September Meal Plan!!!

My favorite part about this month’s meal plan is that nearly every recipe can be on the table in under 30 minutes.

The Recipes

Creamy, Vegetable Korma with Naan (GF/V)
Apricot-Ginger Glazed Salmon with Rice & Quick-Pickled Cukes (GF)
Peanut Rice Noodles with Shredded Chicken & Vegetables (GF, V Optional)
Guest Recipe from One Potato: Bucatini with Marinara Sauce & Herb-Whipped Ricotta (V/GF optional) - featured below!
Easy Tomato Rice with Sausage, Mushrooms & Kale (GF, V Optional)
Three Sisters Minestrone (V, GF Optional)
Homemade Marinara Sauce (V/GF)
Grilled Stone Fruit with Bread Crumble (V/GF Optional)

You can use the meal plan throughout the week as a guide or inspiration, or cherry pick 1-2 recipes per week.

I’ve already made the prep and shopping lists for you!

The Discounts

Eva’s Wild: 20% & 30% discount codes in the meal plan booklet below. Eating wild Alaskan sockeye salmon is essential to keeping this species and superfood alive. I’m thrilled to partner with this amazing company, co-founded by one of my dearest friends and inspiring changemakers, Mark Titus. Eva’s Wild delivers the most sustainable and highest quality salmon right to your door. Trust me on this one.
GreenStar Food Coop: The most family-friendly supermarket is offering 20% off in-store or on Intsacart deliveries for just ONE MORE MONTH. Ithaca-area locals, if you upgrade your subscription to get this discount, you will SAVE money and get loads more perks.

Bucatini Marinara Sauce and Herb-Whipped Ricotta (GF/V Optional)

Every month I feature a guest recipe in my meal plans, and this month I’m delighted to share a winning dish from my friends at One Potato. It’s amazing what fresh herbs + ricotta will do to elevate a simple marinara pasta dish! I hope this recipe gives you a taste of what the meal plan recipes look like (the PDF download includes a live link to the Instacart button!).