We are wrapping up our grilling inspiration week with a grilling meal plan that uses 6 dinner entrees perfect for a cookout. If you don’t have an outdoor grill, all of these recipes can also be cooked inside on an indoor grill pan or frying pan, so this meal plan is for everyone.
I can’t actually take credit for the idea of this meal plan. The idea came from one of our MPM readers. She was looking for a meal plan that would allow her to use her grill more. If you ever have an idea of something you would like to see on Meal Planning Mommies please don’t hesitate to drop us a message. We love to hear what would be helpful to you in your meal planning and cooking. Just drop a comment at the bottom of this post.
A couple of things worth mentioning with this meal plan:
♥ Make the BBQ Nuggets into BBQ Tenders.
When I cooked up the BBQ nuggets I did them in my indoor grill pan. If you are using an outside grill simply cut the chicken into chicken strips or tenders. All of the other recipes should work well on a traditional outdoor grill without modification.
♥ Looking for side dishes to go with your grilling entrees?
A couple of days ago we shared some summer side dishes and salads. If you are looking for something to go with the meat in this meal plan check out the recipes on this list that are between 3-6 WW smart points per serving. This meal plan wraps up our grilling inspiration week. If you are looking for more main entrees that can be cooked on the grill you might also like our list of 14 Weight Watchers friendly grilling recipes that was shared a few days ago.
Here are the recipes you will be enjoying with this week’s meal plan:
Honey Mustard Grilled Chicken
Makes 6 servings.
4 WW FreeStyle SP per serving.
All you need is four ingredients for this recipe, one of them being the chicken! I chose to marinate my chicken overnight. If you forget to marinate the chicken you can also grill the chicken and serve the honey mustard sauce on the side.
Balsamic Peppercorn Steak
Makes 4 servings.
6 WW FreeStyle SP per serving.
This recipe uses quite a bit ground peppercorn, making it similar to what you could find at a steakhouse, but you can ease up on the peppercorn if you feel that the spices would be a little strong for your liking.
Monterey Jack Turkey Burgers.
Makes 4 burgers.
5 WW FreeStyle SP per burger.
You can grill the turkey burgers and the turkey bacon for these Monterey Jack Turkey Burgers on your outside grill. Using slimwiches in place of buns keeps the smart points down on these burgers, but you could use traditional hamburger buns or light buns if you are not a fan of slimwiches.
Grilled Chicken Nuggets with Homemade BBQ Sauce
Makes 8 servings.
2 WW FreeStyle SP per serving.
Obviously, small chunks of meat are hard to work with on a grill. When you make this delicious barbecue chicken recipe on an outside grill, you will just want to cut larger pieces of chicken that are a similar thickness.
Blue Cheese Chicken Burgers
Makes 4 burgers.
5 WW FreeStyle SP per burger.
These chicken burgers have a little bit of a kick to them. If you like buffalo chicken you will definitely want to give these puppies a try. Not into spicy food? No problem. Just eliminate (or use less of) the hot sauce.
Molasses Glazed Ham Steak
Makes 8 servings.
4 WW FreeStyle SP per serving.
Along with the honey mustard grilled chicken, this is probably one of the easiest recipes on MPM. It uses mostly ingredients you would already have in your kitchen, making it easy to pull together. This recipe makes 8 servings but all of the ingredients could be very easily halved if you are just wanting to make 4 servings.
FREE PRINTABLE MEAL PLAN AND GROCERY LIST.
THIS WEEK’S FREE PRINTABLE MEAL PLAN:
Click on the meal plan pictured below for a printable PDF of this week’s meal plan that you can save to your computer or print off. Hyperlinks on the recipe names will take you to where the recipe is online. (Smart Points have been updated to FreeStyle Smart Points)
THIS WEEK’S FREE PRINTABLE GROCERY LIST:
Click on the grocery list pictured below for a printable PDF of this week’s grocery list that you can print off and take to the store with you. Numbers in (parenthesis) next to the ingredient match up with the number of the recipe in the lower right corner. If you don’t want to do a recipe you can simply cross off the ingredients with that number next to them.
Jocelyn says
I am so excited to start trying your
meal plans! What an amazing resource!
Domonique says
These are amazing; thank you for doing this! Do you have a set amount of money you try to keep your shopping list in? As a new stay at home mom I’m trying to keep things on the cheaper side. I’m so excited to start using these; thanks again!
Alisha Hughes says
Actually, I don’t. I’m sorry. I do try to make my recipes practical with just a few ingredients when possible. Most of my meal plans are probably somewhere between $100-$150, more or less depending on how many of the ingredients you already have on hand. Glad these will be helpful to you. Congrats on being a new stay-at-home mom. That’s awesome!
Domonique says
No problem! Thanks so much. 🙂