Weekly Meal Plan 7.24.26

Dinner # 1: Sticky Honey Ginger Soy Chicken Bowls

Get the recipe → (Mel's Kitchen Cafe)

An Asian-style marinade that doubles as a dressing — light, refreshing, and packed with flavor. Chicken marinates in soy sauce, honey, ginger, garlic, and sesame oil, then gets grilled and served over rice with a crispy cabbage slaw. The kind of bowl that feels restaurant-worthy but comes together on a Tuesday without any drama.

Dinner # 2: Stuffed Pepper Skillet

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All the classic flavors of traditional stuffed peppers — ground beef, rice, bell peppers, and melty cheese — in one pan, without the extra work. On the table in under 30 minutes, hearty enough to fill everyone up, and the leftovers reheat beautifully. A weeknight staple.

Dinner # 3: Loaded Burger Bowls with Special House Sauce

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Crispy golden ground beef over a loaded bowl of chopped veggies with a creamy house sauce that is genuinely hard to stop eating. Fully customizable so everyone builds their own — which means no complaints at the table. Mel's most popular new recipe this year, and once you make it you'll see why families are putting it on repeat every single week.

Side Dish: Crispy Smashed Potato Salad

Get the recipe → (Six Sisters' Stuff)

Classic potato salad gets a golden, crispy upgrade. Baby gold potatoes are boiled, smashed on a sheet pan, and roasted until the edges are crunchy, then tossed in a tangy sour cream and mayo dressing with a splash of pickle juice. Serve it warm off the pan or make it ahead and chill — either way it disappears fast.

Full Grocery List

Produce

• Fresh garlic (1 head)

• Fresh ginger (1-inch piece)

• Green onions

• 1 small head green or napa cabbage (for slaw)

• 3–4 bell peppers (any color)

• 1 yellow onion

• Romaine lettuce or mixed greens (burger bowls)

• Tomatoes (burger bowls)

• 1 cucumber (burger bowls)

• Baby gold potatoes (1.5–2 lbs)

Meat

• 1½ lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts, thighs, or tenders (honey ginger bowls)

• 1 lb ground beef (stuffed pepper skillet)

• 1–1½ lbs ground beef (burger bowls)

Pantry/Dry Goods

• Low-sodium soy sauce

• Honey

• Rice vinegar

• Sesame oil

• Olive oil

• Sesame seeds

• Rice (for serving — honey ginger bowls)

• Long-grain white rice (stuffed pepper skillet)

• Chicken broth (32 oz)

• Tomato paste

• Canned diced tomatoes (1 can, 14 oz)

• Garlic powder

• Smoked paprika

• Mayonnaise

• Ketchup (burger bowls sauce)

• Mustard (burger bowls sauce)

• Pickle juice

• Dried herbs (dill or chives)

• Cornstarch

Dairy/Refrigerated

• Shredded cheddar or Mexican blend cheese (stuffed pepper skillet)

• Sour cream (potato salad + burger bowls topping)

• Butter

• Pickles (burger bowls topping)

Recipes this week from Mel's Kitchen Cafe, Two Peas and Their Pod, and Six Sisters' Stuff. Click any link above for the full recipe and instructions.