This November meal plan has a full month of ideas for easy, homemade family-friendly dinners. Includes a free printable PDF calendar with each day's menu idea for easy planning.
Earlier this year, I started a new feature here on Family Food on the Table with my January meal plan and February meal plan followed by March, April, May, June, July, August, September and October meal plan, each one giving you an entire month's worth of recipe ideas for easy, healthy family dinners.
I myself love to menu plan and schedule out our meals.It does not feel like a chore at all, and I really do enjoy it. I think it's the type A scheduler in me coming out in full force.
If you're interested, I've got a whole post of my official guide to meal planning, with all my tips and tricks.And previously, I've shared a list of 30 easy healthy family dinner ideas that could work for any month of the year.
But today, I'm trying to make it easy on YOU by giving you another full month's worth of ideas for healthy family dinner ideas.
This will carry you through the entire month of November.
I've included the photo of the meal plan here if you want to pin it, but there's a free printable PDF link at the bottom as well, so you can easily save and print.
So let's dive right in.
November Meal Plan Notes:
Each day has its own recipe idea, complete with sides if needed to make a full meal. (Some things like tacos are more all-inclusive, though you could add sides if you like.)
You can make easy swaps to suit your family's tastes. Use whatever vegetables are your favorite to steam, make mashed potatoes instead of baked potatoes, choose white or brown rice, etc. Customize to your heart's content.
Saturdays are blank. This is intentional and meant to be reserved for either using up any leftovers from the week or ordering dinner in or going out to eat. Cause we all need a break!
Speaking of, you can totally use some cheater substitutions. Buy something pre-prepared at the store or use a box mix. It's all about what works for you.
Also, the calendar and meal plan are ideas for prompts to get you started.
If you also need specific recipes, I've got some included below. You can also grab recipes from your own collection, your favorite cookbooks, or from Pinterest or Google.
Oh, and I included these ideas in order from November 1 on the calendar to November 30, with the date listed too, which will hopefully make things easier to find throughout the month.
November Recipes:
1 - Maple mustard pork tenderloin
3 - Slow cooker Mexican shredded chicken (for tacos)
8 - Easy chicken pot pie with biscuit top
9 - 30-minute vegetarian pumpkin chili
10 - Turkey sloppy Joes and air fryer tater tots
12 - Cranberry balsamic pork chops
13 - Lemon garlic shrimp
16 - Slow cooker white beans and sausage and perfect cornbread
17 - Cheesy Mexican stuffed chicken
19 - Sheet pan harvest chicken and vegetables
20 - Turkey patty melts
22 - Slow cooker chicken and dumplings
23 - Ham, cheddar and broccoli quiche
25 - Honey garlic shrimp
26 - Slow cooker turkey breast, Southern cornbread dressing, slow cooker green bean casserole, bourbon sweet potato casserole, 15-minute cranberry sauce and easy dinner rolls
27 - Leftover turkey tacos or turkey tetrazzini
29 - Easy baked turkey meatballs (with spaghetti and sauce)
30 - Roasted one-pan salmon and potatoes with green beans
Here's the free PDF download where you can save or print the November calendar. Or save this page to come back to.
**November meal plan PDF**
And if you're looking to get ahead, here's the December meal plan.
I hope you have a wonderful - and delicious - month!
XO,
Kathryn
Keera says
Than you so much! I cannot tell you how many times I wished someone would just make a meal plan for me!!
Kathryn Doherty says
Oh yay! I'm so happy this is helpful!! 🙂
Shannon says
Do any of your meal planning plans come with a grocery list pdf?
Kathryn Doherty says
These monthly meal plans do not (currently). It's something I'm considering for next year so I appreciate the comment! I do sometimes do weekly meal plans with grocery lists for my email subscribers. You can sign up here if you'd like: https://www.familyfoodonthetable.com/subscribe/
MARCIE HALL says
Thank you so much for your meal plans. I am 83 and have been cooking for a family since I was 10. Today I have been thinking of what I can cook for dinner all day. I haven't been very hungry lately and can't think of what to fix for my family of three. I just looked at your menus and knew these would work for me. Thank you again.
Kathryn Doherty says
Oh I'm so happy to hear these are helpful for you! Thank you so much for sharing! 🙂
Krista says
This is a great resource, thank you! I do have 1 question though, is the printable pdf supposed to be blank? When I download it to print, its a blank November calendar.
Kathryn Doherty says
Oh no, it shouldn't be blank. It should have the recipes listed for each day (like in the photo of the calendar in the post). I just checked and it's working on my end. Maybe try going directly to this link and seeing if that works better for you? Here it is: https://www.familyfoodonthetable.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/November-meal-plan-2024.pdf
Rachel says
Thank you so much for this! It's so helpful for me. I get bored and then end up over complicating. Or making thi gs no one wants to eat(including me) for the sake of something new. I love having the planning all done for me.
Kathryn Doherty says
Oh I'm so glad this is helpful Rachel! Thank you so much for sharing!
Gale Boughman says
The easy chicken & gravy was SO good! And easy!! I can't wait to try more!!
Kathryn Doherty says
I'm so happy to hear you loved it! Thank you for sharing!!
Marie says
These calendars are so helpful!! Thank you for sharing!
I live alone and it can be so hard to come up with ideas that aren't takeout, frozen entree, or the same thing for the fourth day in a row. I pick out 3-4 meals for the week. One day is new and one day is leftovers. It works out so well!
I love Saturday as eat-to-clean-out-the fridge day as trash pick up is Monday. No science experiments.
Kathryn Doherty says
Haha, no science experiments - love that! And I'm so happy to hear these are helpful and give you a good starting point for creating your meals for the week. Thank you for sharing!
Ellen Aguilar says
Thank you so much for the help. I recently had bariatric surgery and am looking to make healthier meals for me and my family. The lists and calendars are a great help in fixing for the whole family.
Kathryn Doherty says
I'm so happy to hear that, thank you for sharing! And I hope your recovery goes smoothly! : )
Sebastian Saroyan says
Really well structured.... Clear and concise guidance....