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Quarantine Meal Planning: 20 Recipes To Make

Most people are currently avoiding frequent trips to the grocery store while we all practice social distancing, so that means grocery hauls are massive right now and have to be very thoughtfully planned out. It’s hard to plan for lots of meals at once — especially when you’re worried about ingredients going bad too quick. So today I wanted to round up our favorite meals that require minimal ingredients or are meals that you can make in bulk and freeze. I hope that these are helpful in your meal planning for weeks ahead! Also — THIS Is my favorite meal planning notepad that also has a tearaway grocery list!!

— BREAKFAST —

1. Breakfast Burritos

Make ahead eat throughout the week or freeze for later! These are one of my favorite breakfast items to make in a huge batch!

2. Banana Bread

The very best banana bread of all time. Make several loaves to enjoy now and freeze for later!

3. Zucchini Bread

Hidden veggie kid-approved breakfast (or snack) bread!

4. Baked Oatmeal

I love how creative you can get with the recipe by using different fruits, nuts and spices! I’ll be making lots of baked oatmeal with my stash of frozen fruits!

— SOUPS —

5. Potato & Cauliflower Soup

Potato soup with a twist!

6. Sausage & Cheese Tortellini Soup

Our family’s favorite soup!

7. Crockpot Chicken Enchilada Soup

A delicious soup that you can slow cook all day!

8. Taco Soup

A classic, delicious soup that is always good to have in the freezer!

9. Chicken Noodle Soup with Garlicky Chile Oil

This soup is PACKED with immune system boosting ingredients!

10. White Bean Chicken Chili

Make this soup on your stove top or slow cook all day in the crock pot.

— MINIMAL INGREDIENT MEALS —

11. Two Ingredient Slow Cooker Jamaican Jerk Pork Tenderloin

12. Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Stuffed Sweet Potatoes

We eat this meal almost once a week in our home!

13. Three Ingredient Hawaiian Chicken

Our new favorite recipe with minimal ingredients that the whole family loves!

14. Crockpot Chicken Tacos

Super easy, minimal ingredient taco night!

15. Greek Chicken Bowls

Another top 10 most popular recipes of all time, the base of this meal is TWO ingredients in the crockpot — chicken and greek dressing.

— FREEZER MEALS —

The best meals to make in bulk, gift a few to others and freeze the rest!

16. Baked Spaghetti

The perfect dish to make and gift to your elderly neighbors right now.

17. White Chicken Enchilads

Did you know this is one of my top 10 highest traffic recipe posts? For good reason.

— LUNCH OPTIONS —

18. Caramelized Onion & Prosciutto Pizza

Our FAVORITE homemade pizza!!!

19. Green Goddess Grilled Cheese

The BEST grilled cheese of all time. No seriously — ALLLLL TIME!

— DESSERT —

20. Dunkaroo Dip

Had to include a sweet treat! This is the most increible throwback snack for adults and your kids are sure to demolish it too!

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