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    Home » Whole Food Recipes » Easy Menu Planning

    September 3, 2021 | By Jami

    September Dinner Menu Ideas

    Use the seasonal September Dinner Menu Ideas here as inspiration and a starting point for your own family menus.

    Check out all the great reasons to meal plan here!

    September Dinner Menu Ideas

    The weather is changing, the kids are back to school, and our commitments are picking up again.

    If it's one thing we need in September, it's some sort of menu plan so the busy days don't get in the way of healthy dinners, don't you agree?

    Studies have shown the value of gathering around the table to eat and share your day as much as possible with the people in your home, so it's worth it to plan meals thinking about activities you have scheduled.

    So that day you've got three afternoon activities and won't be home until 5:30pm? Plan a slow-cooker meal or something quick using a rotisserie chicken.

    On a day you've got more time, make something special for your family, like mini meat loves with bbq sauce and garlic mashed potatoes.

    Whatever you decide, having a plan based on what your activities are will make your life easier - believe me, I know all about those 4:30 or 5:00 "what am I going to make for dinner" moments. Ugh. The simplest plan will help alleviate that!

    Not to mention the health and budget benefits (if you meal plan right, like using these 5 steps) that come from planning dinners around seasonal produce and what's on sale.

    Have you guessed that I'm a fan of having a menu - any menu from the most basic (a main dish scrawled on a notepad) to all meals in detail - whatever works for you and your family (mine is basic and simple, if you couldn't guess, ha!).

    Here are the menus our family will be enjoying this month using September's abundance of seasonal produce - I hope you will find some dinner menu ideas here for your family's menu!

    September Dinner Menu Ideas

    Week 1

    Sausage & Corn Stuffed Zucchini, Artisan Bread, sliced tomatoes

    Grilled chicken thighs seasoned with Tex-Mex or Basic Spice Rub, Zucchini, Corn & Tomato Sauté, grilled leftover artisan bread (and while we're talking zucchini, maybe there's a reason to make this incredible White Zucchini Cake?)

    Pasta with easy, fresh Roasted Tomato Sauce, green salad with basic vinaigrette

    Bacon, lettuce & tomato sandwiches on easy 100% Whole Wheat Bread, corn on the cob

    Breakfast for dinner: Freezer Mediterranean Breakfast Wraps, fruit

    Roasted Sausages-onions-peppers cooked on pan

    Week 2

    Roasted Sausages, Peppers & Onions (we'll probably grill this month vs. oven), Quick & Easy Chopped Salad, Easy Artisan Bread (or sourdough artisan)

    Steak Salad with Creamy Garlic-Pepper Dressing, leftover grilled artisan bread

    Spiced Lemon Skillet Chicken with Kale & Beans, brown rice, Tomato & Feta Salad

    Grilled pork chops with Spicy Rhubarb Chutney, Summer Pasta Salad with Tomatoes and Green Beans

    Tacos with ground turkey, Homemade Refried Beans, toppings, Pico de Gallo and/or Salsa Cruda and Amazing Guacamole

    chicken salad in tortillas above

    Week 3

    Rotisserie Chicken Week (buy or slow cook two chickens):

    Tortilla wraps with lettuce and Cranberry Feta Chicken Salad, corn on the cob

    Chicken, Spinach (or chard or kale) & Feta Frittata, green salad

    Spicy Chicken Noodle Salad (one-dish dinner)

    Thai-Style Chicken Curry, rice (make extra)

    Chicken-Lime Lettuce Wraps, fried rice (using leftover rice)

    Greek Style Pasta Salad with Tomatoes and Green Beans - An Oregon Cottage

    Week 4

    Greek Style Pasta Salad with Tomatoes & Green Beans, sliced cucumbers dressed with vinaigrette

    Grilled chicken & vegetable skewers (brushed with basic vinaigrette), Authentic Greek Salad, grilled easy baguette slices

    Chef's Salads, leftover baguettes

    Salmon & Vegetable Frittata with Creamy Feta Sauce, green salad with a lemon vinaigrette

    Slow Cooker Chicken & Corn Chili, 10-Minute Baked Tortilla Chips, Pico de Gallo and/or Salsa Cruda

    Dessert Ideas

    Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups-close

    20 minute Chocolate Chip Cookie Cups with ice cream - so fun, so simple to make, and tastes like an ice cream cookie sandwich (only easier to eat!).

    What about Saturdays & Sundays?

    Our family’s menu always has a couple of standards for the weekends - it's one of the ways I make menu planning easier!

    Saturdays alternate between burgers on homemade buns (or pigs-in-blankets) & fries and homemade pizza.

    Sundays are mostly on-your-own leftovers (if nothing is available, a quick pasta is made using our frozen roasted tomato sauce or pesto).

    If you need more ideas for menu planning, you can always check out these articles to help you:

    • Menu Planning 101 - 5 steps to easy meal planning
    • Seasonal cooking through the year
    • Monthly dinner menus
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    September Dinner Menu Ideas

    I hope you enjoy and are able to use some of these favorite family meals of ours. You can follow me on Pinterest for even more simple, seasonal and from scratch dinner ideas!

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    Since 2009 Jami Boys has been helping readers live a simple homemade life through whole food recipes, doable gardening, and easy DIY projects on An Oregon Cottage. From baking bread, to creating a floor from paper, to growing and preserving food, Jami shares the easiest ways to get things done. She's been featured in Cottages and Bungalows, Old House Journal, and First for Women magazines as well as numerous sites like Good Housekeeping, Huffington Post, and Apartment Therapy.

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