This July 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 the March meal plan, April meal plan, May meal plan and then the June 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 July.
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.
July 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 swaps. 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 July 1 on the calendar to July 31, with the date listed too, which will hopefully make things easier to find throughout the month.
July Recipes:
1 - Turkey tacos and homemade taco seasoning
2 - Mediterranean shrimp skillet
4 - Spicy pork burgers and cucumber salad
6 - Garlic butter pork chops and stovetop mac and cheese
7 - Farro and roasted veggie grain bowl
8 - Summer skillet chicken with peaches
9 - BBQ salmon and cool rice salad
10 - Easy chicken lo mein
13 - Coconut lime grilled chicken and summer blueberry salad
14 - Asian chicken chopped salad
15 - Ground turkey, rice and veggie skillet
17 - One pot pasta with sausage, spinach and peas
18 - Summer farro salad
21 - Chicken spinach burgers and chickpea salad
22 - Chicken quesadillas
23 - Chicken shawarma rice bowls
24 - Spicy roasted shrimp and Southern succotash
25 - Cheesy chicken and broccoli loaded baked potatoes
27 - Ground turkey spaghetti or Instant Pot spaghetti
28 - Chicken picadillo
29 - Cheesy chicken pasta with zucchini and peas
30 - Gazpacho
31 - Sheet pan sausage and veggies
Here is the link for the free PDF for the full July calendar of dinners:
** July meal plan PDF **
You can download and print the calendar from that link, or save this page to come back to. Whatever is easy for you.
And as promised, here is that 2024 July meal plan calendar if you'd like to check that out as well.
Happy cooking!
XO,
Kathryn
P.S. Here's the August meal plan if you want to get ahead!
Naomi
Good morning.
This meal plans that you send helps me a lot, it help me to plan better for meals and how to save on my cooking time. I can prepare my food in advance and work out my schedule for the week.
Thanks
Kathryn Doherty
I'm so happy to hear this is helpful for you Naomi! Thanks so much for sharing! 😊
Brandi Cunningham
Thank you so much! I get stuck in a rut and then don't plan at all! This was very helpful to get me back on track!
Kathryn Doherty
Oh yay, I'm so happy to hear it Brandi! Thank you for sharing!
Melonie Watson
My family loves you individual breakfast casserole recipe. I only changed one thing. They like their bread crunchy so I cut the bread into croutons and toasted the bread in the oven the night before. The next morning I add the crunchy bread into the dish with the other ingredients. Thanks for sharing with us.
Kathryn Doherty
Oh yum! Love that twist - thanks for sharing!
Mojobeeboo
You wrote from July 1 to June 31
Kathryn Doherty
Fixed! Thanks for pointing out that typo!