Enjoy this July meal plan with a printable calendar and easy, family-friendly recipes.
Summer is in full swing! The hot, hot, hot days are here. The pool days are here. The “stay-inside-in-the-AC” days are here. Baseball days are over. Summer STEAM Camp is over. Fireworks stands are open. July is here!
For my family, we’ve been overspending the last couple of months. Some of it was intentional – some trips. Some of it was legitimate, but not planned. Some of it was just laziness. But it’s time to buckle down a little more. I’m dubbing “We Have Food At Home” month where we minimize eating out. Wish me luck as I’m probably the only one in my family fully on board! Menu Planning will be really helpful – and even planning really easy meals. Plan with me! Whether you use this one or one you make yourself, a menu plan will bring you more peace in the kitchen. Want a menu plan that’s even more simple than this one? AND includes a shopping list? Try this one: ‘Incredibly Easy 5-Ingredient Meal Plan and Cookbook’ available on Amazon!
Available Menu Plan Formats:
- The easy-to-print version as a .PDF.
- The pre-filled file in Excel.
- An empty file in Excel. Make your own menu plan!
Recipes in this July menu plan:
Pizza Casserole
One Pot Homemade Hamburger Helper
Chicken Lo Mein
Cheeseburgers
Chicken & Broccoli
Smoked Sausage & Potato Hash
Slow Cooker Chicken Tacquitos
Oven Fried Chicken
Baked Honey Mustard Chicken
Chicken Caesar Salad Wraps
French Dip Sandwiches
Sesame Chicken
Marlboro Man Sandwiches
Ham & Swiss Pinwheels
Grilled Burritos
Ham & Cheese Crescent Bake
BBQ Pork Tenderloin
Baked Teriyaki Chicken
Ham & Cheese Omelette
Santa Fe Chicken Foil Dinners
Sweet Asian Chicken
Queso Chicken Bake
Taco Soup
Broccoli Alfredo Stuffed Shells
Slow Cooker Chili
Slow Cooker Ham
Instant Pot Lemon Chicken
Sloppy Joes – Slow Cooker or Instant Pot
Broccoli Cheddar Chicken
Easy Skillet Nachos
Tacos
Chicken & Biscuit Dinner Cobbler
Jayme is a wife to 1 and a mother to four boys. She tries to save money in the kitchen by building a smart stockpile and meal planning. While she likes to cook, she’s in the stage of life where simple is usually better – she never knows how crazy it’ll get at dinner time. You can find her on Instagram.
A plan like this makes grocery shopping easier, reduces last-minute decisions, and can also help make better use of ingredients already at home. It’s nice to see meal planning presented as a way to bring a little more order and less chaos into the kitchen rather than making cooking feel restrictive. Having a variety of meals throughout the month also keeps things from becoming repetitive.
A printable calendar can make a July menu plan easier to use when the weather makes cooking feel like one more demand. The AC days mentioned here are also a good reminder to build in low-effort options and leave room for leftovers, rather than treating every slot as a new recipe. A little flexibility is what helps a plan reduce kitchen chaos across a busy month.
A printable plan is especially helpful in July because the schedule can change quickly around heat, activities, and lighter routines. Pairing the calendar with family-friendly recipes gives the plan a practical purpose: it reduces the number of last-minute meal decisions without demanding a rigid menu. The reminder about staying inside during the hottest days also suggests a useful planning angle—keeping a few simple, low-effort options ready for evenings when cooking feels like too much.