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Running Out of Dinner Ideas? Meal Planning Ideas for Families

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June 7, 2020 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Printable, Recipe, Social Media

published date: May 02, 2020
modified datt: June 07,2020

Running out of dinner ideas? Take a look at these Meal Planning Ideas for Families. Over sixty dinner ideas so you can easily go two months (or longer) never repeating the same entree. Personalize and add your own family recipes to the Meal Planning Template for a quick and easy reference.

Meal Planning Ideas

For busy moms, meal planning is a challenge. For me, I lack ideas. We tend to repeat the same dinner ideas over and over creating a boring rut.

This Meal Planning printable provides some unique recipe ideas. For example, when was the last time you made an Italian Calzone? We have an easy recipe from Pillsbury. Or what exactly is chicken biryani? We have another easy Indian recipe to add to your dinner rotation.

By following these meal planning ideas, you hold the ability to have a different dinner recipe, every night, for over two months. Add your own ideas to the list and never repeat a recipe for up to three months!

Meal Planning Ideas for Families

Our meal planning ideas are categorized by Meatless, Chicken, Pasta, Mexican, Italian and Salads. Take a look below at some examples and ideas.

Meatless Meal Ideas

  • Baked Eggplant Parmesan
  • Mushroom Risotto
  • Healthy Three Bean Chili
  • The Cheesecake Factory Korean Fried Cauliflower (Seen in our Easy Asian Recipes too)

Plenty more options in our Meatless Monday Dinner Ideas.

Chicken Meal Ideas

  • Creamy Lemon Parmesan Chicken
  • Chicken and Dumplings
  • Easy Chicken Biryani
  • Chicken a la King

Visit our Low-Carb Chicken Recipes.

Pasta Dinner Ideas

  • Chicken Carbonara
  • Beef Ragu
  • Rachael Ray Spaghetti and Meatballs
  • Mac and Cheese

Mexican Dinner Ideas

  • Easy Chicken Taquitos
  • Chicken Enchilada Soup
  • Fish Tacos
  • Taco Boats

Get inspiration from our Cinco De Mayo Recipes and Taco Tuesday Recipes.

Italian Dinner Ideas

  • Tortellini Soup
  • Creamy Tuscan Chicken
  • Easy Pillsbury Calzones

Salad Dinner Ideas

  • Taco Salad
  • Mediterranean Chickpea Salad
  • Chicken Caesar Salad

Visit our 25 Summer Salads you can make today!

Meal Planning Tips

These meal planning ideas will save money, keep your pantry organized and provide a variety of meals.

Menu planning tips for Families:

  • Print. Download and print Frugal Coupon Living’s menu planning template PDF.
  • Sales. Plan your meals around grocery items that are on sale. If beans are at a low price this week, stock up on cans and make a taco soup.
  • Save. Save money by eating one Meatless meal a week. We enjoy these Meatless Monday Dinners.
  • Stockpile. Plan dinner based on the stockpile in your pantry, fridge or freezer.
  • Leftovers. Save leftovers and declare one night a week a leftover night to empty the fridge.

Meal Planning Tips

Freeze. Our favorite meal prep idea and tip comes from our Busy Mom Hacks. Chances are if you are here Family Menu Planning, you consider yourself a busy mom.

This Busy Mom Life Hack came to me from a friend and it is great for creating a quick and easy stockpile of freezer meals. I personally have used it and have found it very helpful. One night a week, double or triple a recipe. Take that extra recipe and freeze it. On an incredibly busy night, pull that frozen meal out of the freezer. Bake it as a quick and easy family dinner recipe. If you do this each week, your freezer meals will grow!


Meal Ideas Printable

One last menu planning tip is saving our Meal Planning Ideas for Families. Download this menu planning template and personalize to your family. Keep your family from getting bored of the “same ‘ole dinner.” Try checking off every recipe before beginning again.

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How to Print at Staples

I have a video to show you how I print my PDF documents at Staples.

Print from the Staples Printing Services Online. Ship or pickup at the store.

Our Pinterest community and I would love to see how this worked out for you. Share your final meal planner and show us the recipes you made!  Leave a comment and/or add a photo here on Pinterest!

We have made a Pinterest recipe board of all of these Meal Planning Ideas for Families.


Need to hop on a meal train? Planning meals for others can be hard. Take a look at these Bake and Take Recipes as well as Meal Train Ideas. Pin to Pinterest.

Bake and Take Recipes for Meal Trains and Meal Exchanges

Want more tips? Visit our Busy Mom Life Hacks. Pin to Pinterest.

You will love this Busy Mom Printable Binder. As quoted from one user “Oh my goodness! This makes my mama heart so happy. After every page I thought ‘this is perfect, I wish it had xyz’… and then it showed up! ” We including a grocery shopping list, weekly meal planner and more!  Pin to Pinterest.



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Last Updated on June 7, 2020 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living

Save Big on Luna Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Protein Bars

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May 2, 2020 by Frugal Coupon Living Writers Filed Under: Amazon, Online Shopping

published date: May 02, 2020
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Pay only $7.51 for a box of 12 Luna Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Protein Bars! No Subscribe & Save option at the time of posting, but that could change at any time.

The power of protein keeps you feeling satisfied, so go ahead—indulge in the decadent, nougat goodness of Luna protein. Delicious and sustaining with 170-190 gluten-free calories.

With Amazon Subscribe & Save, you can cancel your subscription any time before or after the first shipment.

This sale price was accurate as of 5/2/2020 2:20 PM ET. Amazon prices are subject to change.

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FREE BBQ Seasoning Father’s Day SVG File for Cricut

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May 29, 2020 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living Filed Under: Crafts, DIY, Facebook, Father's Day, Instagram, Pinterest, Printable, Recipe, Social Media

published date: May 02, 2020
modified datt: May 29,2020

It’s a good year when you find Father’s Day Gifts Ideas from the Kids that are actually used by dad. This June, download this FREE BBQ Seasoning Father’s Day SVG File. Upload these free Cricut files to Design Space, print to vinyl, make your mason jar craft and fill with your favorite BBQ Seasoning Recipes. Gift, use and enjoy!

DIY Father’s Day SVG Gift Idea

BBQ Seasoning Father's Day SVG File for Cricut Design Space - Mason Jar Gift and Cricut Tutorial

Buckle up because this DIY Father’s Day Idea supplies you with a lot of content including Barbecue seasoning recipes ideas, a free Father’s Day SVG file for Cricut Design Space, and directions on how to create a homemade father’s day gift using supplies from home!

Father’s Day SVG File for Cricut

To begin this process, you will need a few materials including our BBQ Father’s Day free SVG file.

Download Free Father’s Day SVG File

Pick up this file by signing up for our email list.   Subscribe and look for a link and password in our inbox. The password allows you to access and download ALL of our free printables including Father’s Day Gifts.

By downloading you are accepting the terms that this is for personal, non-commercial use. Please contact Frugal Coupon Living with any questions.

Fathers Day Rock Star Frame with free Cricut SVG Files

While you are in our free printables files, don’t forget to also download our free SVG Files for this Rock Photo Frame for Dad this Father’s Day!

Once you have your Father’s Day SVG File downloaded, you can begin this process of uploading a SVG file to Cricut Design Space.

You also might want to pair this Father’s Day Gift idea for the barbecue lover with BBQ Cupcakes.

DIY Father’s Day Gift Materials

Free SVG File for Mason Jars

  • Father’s Day SVG File (downloaded from Frugal Coupon Living’s Free Printables)
  • Cricut Maker (or Cricut Joy) with Fine Point Blade
  • Standard grip mat
  • Cricut Premium Vinyl, Removable or Permanent in color of your choice

We used Light Gray Cricut Premium Vinyl in the Vibrant Value Pack.

How to Upload a SVG Pattern to Cricut Design Space

First, gather your supplies.

Upload Father’s Day “Grill Master” SVG File into Design Space.

Once uploaded, click Ungroup.

BBQ Seasoning Mix in Cricut Design Space

Click and drag over each of the images separately. With the image highlighted, click on the “Weld” button”. You will repeat this for all Father’s Day seasoning phrases and clip art images.

Adjust image sizes to fit your mason jars accordingly. Measure the height and wide of your jar. For example, the largest “Grill Master” design image was sized to 3.5” high on the Design Space canvas to fit an 8 oz mason jar.

Color sync the images if needed to match the vinyl color. We used Light Gray from Vibrant Value Pack.

Once everything is prepared, begin the the Circut cutting process.

Cutting Vinyl on Cricut

You will want to begin the process of cutting your final product.

First, select “Make It” in Cricut Design Space.

Next, set material type to Premium Vinyl.

Begin to follow prompts for loading the mat into the Cricut Maker or Cricut Joy and cutting the Premium Vinyl. When prompted, unload the mat from the cutting machine.

How to Upload a SVG Pattern to Cricut Design Space

Finally, remove the Premium Vinyl from the mat.

Mason Jar Father’s Day Gift Idea

When you have your final cut, you will want to begin the process of making your DIY Mason Jar Father’s Day gifts to hold BBQ seasoning mix.

BBQ Seasoning Father's Day Gifts Ideas for the Barbecue Lover

BBQ Seasoning Mason Jar Father’s Day Gift Materials

  • Mason Jars with lids (we used 8 oz)
  • BBQ Seasoning Mixes of your choice (see below for ideas)
  • Twine or ribbon (optional)
  • Weeder tool
  • Cricut Transfer Tape*
  • Cricut scraping tool
  • Scissors

For Circut tools, this Basic Tool Set will have what you need and more! You can also pick up your transfer tape, blade, mat, vinyl and more at the Cricut Store.

*Consider using Duck Brand Peel Clear Laminate as an alternative to Cricut transfer tape. Some people prefer this brand more.

Assembling BBQ Seasoning Mason Jars

You can pre-wash jars with soap and hot water and let them dry completely before using. Do not begin the next step until your jars are completely dry.

Michael’s has 8 oz Mason Jars for $1 each. Free shipping when you spend $50.

First, cut around each image with a pair of scissors.

How to Cut Vinyl with Scissors and Cricut

Using the weeding tool, peel away your excess vinyl around the cut images and discard.

How to use a Cricut Weeding Tool

Cut a piece of transfer tape a bit larger than the size of the image.

Peel away the backing of transfer tape and place the transfer tape on top of the cut image. Gently rub the vinyl to help it stick to the transfer tape.

How to Add Transfer Tape to Cricut Vinyl

Next, peel away the vinyl backing. Leave just the image adhered to the transfer tape.

In a straight position, place the phrase and clip art with the transfer tape on to a smooth area of the mason jar and press into place.

Press your vinyl image down with your fingers or with the Cricut scraping tool to help it to stick to the mason jar.

Finally, carefully remove the transfer tape leaving only the vinyl image and phrases on the glass mason jar.

How to Transfer Vinyl to a Mason Jar

Repeat this process for the the rest of your mason jars and free cut files.

To finish, fill the mason jars with your favorite BBQ seasoning mixes and tie a piece of ribbon or twine around the jar lid.

We used Natural Jute Twine from Michael’s. Free shipping when you spend $50.

BBQ Seasoning Recipe Ideas

If you are looking for a good BBQ seasoning recipe, we found some barbecue spice rub ideas to create the best summer recipes.

Best BBQ Seasonings for Father's Day

From brown sugar, garlic powder, onion powder, Cheyenne pepper, smoked paprika and chili powder. These grill master’s know their flavor.

  • Homemade Blackening Seasoning from Chili Pepper Madness
  • BBQ Spice Rub Recipe from Dinner at the Zoo
  • DIY Sweet and Spicy Barbecue Seasoning from Take Two Tapas
  • Copycat Trader Joe’s Smokey Coffee BBQ Spice Rub from  Balanced Bites (as seen in our Trader Joe Recipes)
  • Homemade BBQ Seasoning from My Forking Life
  • Chicken Dry Rub from Seeking Good Eats

Store your mason jar gift in a cool, dry location.

Free Father's Day Gift Idea with SVG File Mason Jar Crafts

Our Pinterest community and I would love to see how this worked out for you. Share your final Mason Jar BBQ Spice Rub using your Cricut Maker.  Leave a comment and/or add a photo here on Pinterest!

I am happy to share printables and SVG files. When sharing with others, please lead them to my website instead of emailing them the file(s). It takes time, effort and money to put the freebies forth and I earn when you visit. Thanks for visiting and thanks for sharing with others!


Don’t forget our many low-cost DIY Father’s Day Gift ideas using supplies from home. Pin to Pinterest.

Also save these free Cricut Tutorials throughout the entire year. Pin to Pinterest.



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Last Updated on May 29, 2020 by Ashley at Frugal Coupon Living

Nice Price on Grandma’s Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

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May 2, 2020 by Frugal Coupon Living Writers Filed Under: Amazon, Online Shopping

published date: May 02, 2020
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Pay only $20.89 for 60 pouches of Grandma’s Oatmeal Raisin Cookies when you check out with Subscribe & Save. Even better, if you have 5 or more subscriptions in the same month, your price will drop to $18.69! Each pouch has two big fat cookies!

GRANDMA’S Oatmeal Raisin Big Cookies in bulk are a delicious combination of great taste and good fun baked into one great snack. The only thing better than one delicious GRANDMA’S cookie is another!

With Amazon Subscribe & Save, you can cancel your subscription any time before or after the first shipment.

This sale price was accurate as of 5/2/2020 2:00 PM ET. Amazon prices are subject to change.

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Super Deal on Country Time Pink Lemonade Drink Mix

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May 2, 2020 by Frugal Coupon Living Writers Filed Under: Amazon, Online Shopping

published date: May 02, 2020
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Pay only $5.06 for this 63oz canister of Country Time Pink Lemonade Drink Mix, when you check out with Subscribe & Save. Even better, if you have 5 or more subscriptions in the same month, your price will drop to $4.53!

Country Time Pink Lemonade Drink Mix blends the fresh taste of summertime with the good old-fashioned refreshment of lemonade. Cool and refreshing not too tart and not too sweet — this delicious pink lemonade will quench your thirst and make your family smile. It has a light and refreshing taste with a citrusy lemon flavor. So kick back and enjoy for the simple taste of summertime and pour a glass of ice-cold pink lemonade, garnish with a lemon wedge or a sprig of mint and enjoy.

With Amazon Subscribe & Save, you can cancel your subscription any time before or after the first shipment.

This sale price was accurate as of 5/2/2020 1:55 PM ET. Amazon prices are subject to change.

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Rock Bottom Price for McCormick Perfect Pinch Italian Seasoning!

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May 2, 2020 by Frugal Coupon Living Writers Filed Under: Amazon, Online Shopping

published date: May 02, 2020
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Pay only $6.62 for this BIG 6.25 Oz jar of McCormick Perfect Pinch Italian Seasoning when you check out with Subscribe & Save. Even better, if you have 5 or more subscriptions in the same month, your price will drop to $5.92!

McCormick Perfect Pinch Italian Seasoning blends oregano, sage, rosemary, thyme and other spices to infuse fish, chicken and pasta with the taste of Italy. And with no salt, MSG or artificial flavors, you get all the pleasures of Italian cooking with none of the guilt. Shake some Perfect Pinch on pizza to give it more authentic flavor. Even salads and veggies become irresistible with our seasoning sprinkled on top. It’s an easy way to add great flavor to your favorite dishes, with just a pinch.

With Amazon Subscribe & Save, you can cancel your subscription any time before or after the first shipment.

This sale price was accurate as of 5/2/2020 1:25 PM ET. Amazon prices are subject to change.

See more online shopping deals on Frugal Coupon Living.


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