This March 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.
A few years ago, I started a new feature here on Family Food on the Table with my January meal plan and February meal plan, giving you an entire month's worth of recipe ideas for easy, healthy family dinners.
(There's also the April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December meal plans.)
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 a March meal plan full of one month's worth of ideas for healthy family dinner ideas.
This will carry you through the entire month of March.
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.
March 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 you 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!
- Of course, you can switch your "free" day around to Friday or Sunday or whatever works best for you.
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.
(Many of the recipes below are from my site, but I've also included recipes from others.)
Oh, and I included these ideas in order from March 1 on the calendar to March 31, with the date listed too, which will hopefully make things easier to find throughout the month.
March Recipes:
1 - Southwest turkey chili and perfect cornbread
3 - Turkey tacos (with easy homemade taco seasoning)
9 - Broccoli cheese stuffed chicken
10 - Chicken enchiladas
11 - Potato leek soup
12 - Sheet pan jambalaya
OK then, hopefully are you all set now!
You can download and print the March calendar from this link, or save this page to come back to. Whatever is easy for you.
** MARCH MEAL PLAN PDF **
I hope you have a wonderful - and delicious - month!
Happy cooking!
Kathryn
P.S. Here's the April meal plan if you are loving these and want to get ahead!
Guy says
Just added a newborn to the family and feeling really overwhelmed. This has helped a lot so thank you!
Kathryn Doherty says
I'm so happy to hear that; thank you so much for sharing! Enjoy your little one! 😊
Shyann says
Will only print as blank page for me
Lisa Anders says
Hi Kathryn,
I am sooooo glad that you decided to continue with this. I believe you put out a questionnaire of sort as to what we would like to see. This was one of my requests. I love making a meal plan. And any help I can get I will take it. I work full time and I find this is a life saver. I have gotten in a routine now and it does not feel tedious like it did when I first started.
1. The weekend before the new month, I make my plan of meals for the new month.
2. Every Friday I make a grocery list of items I will need for the upcoming week of meals.
3. Monday thru Friday are my quick under 30 mins meals. If possible I make enough for some leftovers. It is also my try a new recipe time. Whether it be a main course, a side or a dessert.
4. Saturdays & Sundays are my Slow Cooker & Soup days, since I am home and have the time to prepare these.
Sorry to ramble on. But I am just so glad I found you and all the goodness you bring. Wrapping you in a hug!!
Kathryn Doherty says
Oh I'm so happy these are so helpful!! (That's why I caved and started making them again after hearing from so many of you!) I love the way you plan out your weeks and the month; my routine is very similar. Thanks so much for the encouragement and let me know if there's ever anything else you'd like to see! : )