This September 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 and then the August 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 September.
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.
September 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 September 1 on the calendar to September 30, with the date listed too, which will hopefully make things easier to find throughout the month.
September Recipes:
1 - Cheddar chicken burgers, BLT pasta salad and summer corn salad
2 - 15-minute southwest chicken skillet
3 - Easy bourbon salmon and simple rice pilaf
7 - Maple mustard pork tenderloin and stovetop mac and cheese
8 - Broccoli cheese stuffed chicken
9 - Ground turkey tacos and homemade taco seasoning
11 - Slow cooker cream cheese chicken
12 - Easy chicken tortilla soup
14 - Air Fryer meatballs
15 - Lemon garlic shrimp
16 - Crunch wrap supreme
21 - BBQ cheddar meatloaf
23 - Sheet pan chicken and apples with potatoes
24 - Southwest chicken and veggie frittata
25 - White chicken chili
29 - Buttery baked cod and harvest farro salad
30 - Chicken and rice casserole
OK then, hopefully are you all set now!
Here's the free PDF download where you can save or print the September calendar. Or save this page to come back to.
** September meal plan PDF **
And as promised, here is that 2024 September meal plan calendar if you'd like to check that out as well.
Happy cooking!
XO,
Kathryn
P.S. If you're looking to get ahead, here's the October meal plan for next month.
Christina says
Love this!
Khadija says
So helpful I had similar meals planned out already but this helped with getting last ideas. Thank you
Kathryn Doherty says
Yay, I'm so glad this could help you fill in some holes! : )
Chrissy says
I love your recipes and appreciate the meal plan to help me get started. I little feedback on making it more useful would be to have in the recipe or next to the link if a meal is freezer friendly/ any tips for freezing the meals. His would be super helpful for people like me who try and cook double portions to prep ahead. Your consideration is much appreciated. Thanks again!
Kathryn Doherty says
I'm so happy this is helpful! And that's a great idea on noting what is freezer friendly so it's more easily visible - thank you for sharing! I'll try and incorporate that!
Paulette says
Tried to print the September meal plan but got a bunch of big bold letters instead. What am I doing wrong?
TIA
Kathryn Doherty says
Hi! I just checked from my computer and the calendar printed fine. I wonder if you have a setting on your print menu that's off? Sometimes if you check under Settings in the print window, you can tell it to "fit to window" or zoom in/out. That's my best guess as to what might not be working. You could also download the PDF from the link and then try to open and print in case that helps.
Avery says
This is absolutely amazing!! I just need a plan and ideas! I have some of my own recipes but I am FOR SURE going to be using a lot of yours!! Thank you THANK YOU!
Kathryn Doherty says
Yay, I'm so glad this is helpful for you Avery! Thank you for sharing! ❤️
Tina says
I would wìsh for more vegetarian options, as it is very meat-heavy. But some great ideal there, thank you!
Kathryn Doherty says
Thanks Tina! That's a great point. We are big meat eaters in my family for our dinners, but I am definitely writing it down to add some more vegetarian friendly options - or possibly creating an entire vegetarian monthly meal plan in the future. Thank you!