March Meal Plan Week 2
This weekly March Meal plan is designed to take the stress out of weeknight dinners by providing you with seven delicious, family-friendly meals each week. You’ll find easy-to-follow recipes, organized grocery lists, and thoughtful side dish suggestions to help you create weeknight meals with minimal effort.
The Week 2 March meal plan, we will be cooking; a hearty and nutritious soup seasoned with herbs, a meatless Monday Taco Salad served in a bowl you-can-eat, two Crockpot dinners with few ingredients, a Chik-il-a copycat breakfast for supper recipe and a Shrimp Penne pasta dish on the lighter side.
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About the meal plan
- This meal plan will serve 4. Some recipes will serve more than four depending on your portion sizes.
- It is understood that you have common ingredients in your pantry such as salt and pepper so those are not included in the ingredient lists.
- There are 7 dinner ideas each week, in no particular order.
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More Meal Plans for winter
March Monthly Meal Plan with 31 weeknight dinner ideas
- March Meal Plan Week 1
- February Meal Plan Week 4
- February Meal Plan Week 3
- February Meal Plan Week 2
- February Meal Plan Week 1
Special days in March
- March 20 is the First Day of Spring
- March 4 is Mardi Gras, Ways to celebrate at home
- March 5 is Ash Wednesday
- March 9, Spring Forward Time change
March Meal Plan Week 2
All recipes are linked at the bottom of this article. Side dish suggestions are not required, cook your favorite family sides. The grocery list for each entree includes the ingredients required for that recipe.
1. Lemon Pepper Oven Roasted Chicken and Potatoes
A scrumptious oven-roasted chicken recipe surrounded with flavored whole-roasted red potatoes. This lemon roast chicken is perfect for weeknight or Sunday dinner.
Side Dishes
The potatoes are cooked with the meat. Add your favorite green vegetables like Green beans, Italian beans, or this Old Fashioned Crunchy Pea Salad. A side of Deviled eggs is good with Sunday dinner and you can make them ahead and store them in the refrigerator.
Grocery List
- 2 whole lemons
- 2 medium yellow onions, sliced ¼” thick
- ¼ Cup extra virgin olive oil, divided
- 2 Tbsp. unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 tsp. garlic powder
- 1 tsp. onion powder
- 1 Tbsp. Herbe de Provence or Italian Seasoning
- Sea salt and black pepper, to taste
- 1 whole roasting chicken (approximately 4-5 lbs.)
- 4 large rosemary sprigs, torn into smaller pieces, divided
- 1 lbs. baby red potatoes, scrubbed
- 1 Tbsp. whole peppercorns
- ½ Cup. chicken broth
2. Country Style 15 Bean Soup
A hearty and healthy, made-from-scratch 15-bean soup recipe loaded with herbs and flavor for rib-sticking deliciousness and flavored with country-style ribs for a nice change of taste. This soup will become a family favorite.
Side Dishes
Serve your choice of bread on the side; cornbread, biscuits, or rolls.
Grocery List
- 1 bag (14 oz.) of dried multi-bean soup blend, like this brand on Amazon
- 2 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
- 2 lbs. country-style ribs
- 2 large celery stalks, chopped small
- 1 large carrot, chopped small
- 1 medium sweet onion, chopped small
- 3-4 cloves of garlic, minced
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 2 whole Bay leaves
- 1 1/2 tsp dried thyme
- 1 1/2 tsp dried parsley
- 1 1/2 tsp dried oregano
- 1 1/2 tsp Herbes de Provence or 2 Tbsp. Italian seasoning
- 3 Tbsp. Fresh basil leaves, chopped
Also, see; 15 Cooking Herbs You Can Easily Grow At Home
3. Ranch Chicken Sliders (Slow Cooker Recipe)
These Crockpot Ranch Chicken Sliders are a boneless chicken thigh recipe simmered until they are falling apart and infused with a delicious ranch flavor.
Side Dishes
Serve chips with your sandwich sliders or make these delicious Homestyle Baked French Fries. My family enjoys this Creamy Cole Slaw as a topping on these sliders. Add a pickle spear and you will think you’re dining in your favorite lunch restaurant.
Grocery List
- 6-8 boneless, skinless chicken thighs
- 1 or 2 packs of dry Ranch dressing mix
4. Crockpot Deep Dish Pizza
You can make Chicago-style pizza in your Crockpot at home in your own kitchen—an easy easy homemade pizza recipe for an easy weeknight dinner idea.
Side Dishes
If you insist on a side dish, I recommend a small garden salad.
Grocery List
- 1 can of pizza dough, found by the canned biscuits
- 1/3 cup pizza sauce or Marinara sauce
- 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 8 oz. pepperoni
5. Lemon Shrimp Penne Pasta with Broccoli
This Shrimp Penne Pasta is made from scratch. We make this dish with lemony roasted shrimp and vegetables and an optional pinch of crushed red pepper flakes. Everything is doused in a delectable combination of seasoning and spices.
Side Dishes
A loaf of Italian bread from the Deli will go great with this pasta dish.
Ingredients
- 3 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
- ¼ cup. fresh lemon juice, divided
- 2 Tbsp. honey
- 1 tsp. garlic powder
- ¼ tsp. crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 12-oz. bag frozen broccoli florets
- ½ medium red onion, sliced
- 1 16-oz. box of penne pasta
- 1 lb. shrimp, peeled and deveined, tail removed
- 2 tsp. fresh lemon zest, preferably organic
- ½ cup. Parmesan cheese, freshly grated, divided
- 2 Tbsp. fresh parsley leaves, roughly chopped
6. Chicken and Cheese Eggs Skillet
Breakfast for supper is always fun and good to eat. This is my copycat recipe for the Chik Fil A hash brown scramble bowl. This meal comes together pretty quickly so you can have dinner on the table in about 30 minutes.
Side Dish
This is a complete meal so no side dish is needed. If you simply insist, maybe cook some biscuits and serve them with jelly. Use my copycat McDonald’s Biscuit recipe.
Grocery List
- 16-20 frozen chicken tenders
- 1/2 bag (16 oz.) frozen hash rounds
- 5 eggs
- 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack Cheese
7. Meatless Taco Salad
Enjoy a scrumptious meatless meal with this flavor-packed Taco Salad served in a Homemade Tortilla Bowl. Fresh vegetables paired with black beans and corn make this dish a favorite.
Side Dish
Make this easy Guacamole to go with your Taco salad and serve with your favorite tortilla chips.
Grocery List
- 1 Cup shredded Iceberg lettuce
- 1/2 Cup Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese
- 1 cup drained and rinsed Low Sodium Black Beans (canned)
- 1 Cup drained Sweet Corn (canned)
- 8 oz, Sour Cream
- 2 Roma Tomatoes chopped
- 4 Homemade Tortilla Shell Taco Salad Bowls
Scroll down for all of this week’s recipe links.
March Meal Plan Recipes Week 2
- Oven Roasted Lemon Pepper Chicken
- Country Style 15 Bean Soup Recipe
- Crockpot Ranch Chicken Sliders recipe
- Crockpot Deep Dish Pizza recipe
- Lemon Shrimp Penne Pasta recipe
- Chicken and Cheese Eggs Skillet recipe
- Meatless Taco Salad recipe
Your thoughts?
Got tips others can use? Questions? I love hearing from you. Please scroll down and leave a comment.
Homemade Dessert Recipes for March
- Key Lime Cake with Key Lime Cream Cheese Frosting
- Grasshopper Poke Cake Recipe
- Cherry Cheesecake No Bake Dessert
- No Bake Triple Berry Cheesecake Parfait
- No-Churn Ice Cream Chocolate Toffee Flavor
- Homemade Fudgesicles Recipe
