I’m doing Whole30 this month, which means I’m not having any grain or dairy or sugar or alcohol, and a few other things. But I still have a family to feed so I just have to get a little extra creative with my meal planning.

If you’ve planned ahead it’s pretty easy to adapt your meals to work. My biggest meal planning tip for when one member of the family is trying to eat a little different from the family is the same as my first tip in my latest Ask Lisa post about how to meal plan for a picky eater - it’s deconstructed meals. Click over to read that post for a little more explanation of how I approach this type of meal planning.

I’m planning meals for this month that are easy to take apart into components. So the family can still have spaghetti and meatballs, and I am very content with my bowl of spinach and meatballs.

I’ve included links to pictures and recipes where I have them.

Here is the menu:

• Sunday: Salmon, pasta, green salad with berries & lemon vinaigrette.

• Monday: Chicken with basil and garlic, zucchini patties, sliced tomatoes

• Tuesday: Fish tacos (fish sticks for kids, leftover salmon for adults, I had mine as a salad)

• Wednesday: Leftovers

• Thursday: Baked pasta with cheese sauce, chicken, tomatoes & basil; Cobb salad

• Friday: A frozen pizza for the boy, a salad for me (the others were camping)

• Saturday: Leftovers for the boy, a salad for me

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– Lisa