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November Meal Plan

Last Modified: December 1, 2021 By Kathryn Doherty

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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.A collage of six family friendly dinners with a text overlay on the collage

Earlier this year, I started a new feature here on Family Food on the Table with my 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.

A November calendar with meal plan dinner ideas for each day

So let’s dive right in.

Notes on this November meal plan:

  • 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.

See how lasagna is on the menu?

You can make your own, but I’ve got that listed for the night before Thanksgiving. So I’m thinking you either prep it ahead and pull it out from the freezer or you make it easy on yourself. Buy the frozen kind at the grocery store and take the night off.

Same for mac and cheese. I love my stovetop mac and cheese and it’s ready in about 15 minutes. But I won’t tell if you make yours from a box or heat it up from a container. No judging here.

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.

(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 November 1 on the calendar to November 30, with the date listed too, which will hopefully make things easier to find throughout the month.

A copper skillet with cubed chicken in gravy with a wooden spoon resting in the skillet

Recipes for November meal plan:

1 - Cauliflower fried rice with chicken

2 - Turkey tacos and taco seasoning

3 - Chicken penne pasta with broccoli

4 - Slow cooker chicken chili

7 - Easy chicken and gravy

8 - Bean and rice bowls

9 - Easy chicken fajitas

10 - Ground turkey spaghetti

11 - Baked BBQ chicken breasts

12 - Beef and broccoli stir fry

14 - Instant Pot pork tenderloin

Sliced pork served with mashed potatoes and gravy

15 - Vegetarian quinoa chili

16 - Pesto chicken

17 - BBQ cheddar turkey meatloaf

18 - Honey garlic shrimp

19 - Chicken Parmesan baked ziti

21 - Slow cooker stuffed peppers

22 - Salmon and leeks

23 - Sheet pan Indian chicken dinner

24 - One-pot lasagna

25 - Slow cooker turkey breast, classic Thanksgiving dressing, green bean casserole, deviled eggs ADD LINK***

28 - Easy turkey tostadas

29 - Easy chickpea burgers

30 - 15-minute turkey noodle soup

Sliced cooked turkey breast with gravy on a plate with mashed potatoes and parsley and a fork

OK then, hopefully are you all set now!

Last thing, I would really appreciate your feedback.

If this monthly meal plan is helpful, please leave me a comment below.

Or if there’s things you wish I would change or add or do differently, let me know that, too! I want this to be a helpful resource, so let me know how I can make it even more helpful for YOU.

I hope you have a wonderful - and delicious - month!

**November meal plan PDF**

(You can download and print the November calendar from that link, or save this page to come back to. Whatever is easy for you.)

XO,

Kathryn

P.S. If you are ready for next month's, here's the December meal plan.

A collage of six family friendly dinner ideas with a green text box in the middle

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