Meal plan — week of 2026-07-06

This week's dinners

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Estimated cost

$158.02 for the week · ~$6.58 per serving

Estimate from typical grocery prices — 9 item(s) auto-estimated, 6 couldn't be priced.

Why these recipes

Recipes are chosen to maximize shared ingredients, keep the shopping list short, minimize leftovers from whole-unit items (e.g. pairing a recipe needing 1.5 cans of beans with one using 0.5), and favor pairs that use the same protein cooked the same way so you can batch-cook it once — while keeping variety: no repeated or near-duplicate dish, and at most two dinners per cuisine.

This week reuses about 26% of ingredients (23 distinct items across 31 recipe slots), spanning 4 proteins and 0 cuisines.

Shared ingredients — prep once, use across recipes

These ingredients appear in multiple dinners. Where the prep matches, do it all at once (e.g. mince the whole head of garlic up front) to simplify the week's cooking.

garlic×2prepared as sliced, grated, minced
lemon×2zested, juiced — prep once for all 2: do it together to save a step
turkey×2no special prep

Likely leftovers — turn them into lunch or a snack

These perishable ingredients usually leave a little behind. Ideas to use them up (spices, oils, and vinegars are excluded):

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Items (total amounts for the week; round up to sensible packages):
- dill (3 tbsp)
- garlic (5)
- lemon (2)
- spring mix greens (1.5 cup)
- tomato (6)
- unpeeled zucchini (0.75 cup)
- bacon (12 slice)
- salmon (6)
- turkey (12 slice)
- feta (0.94 cup)
- hamburger buns (as needed)
- black pepper (as needed)
- red pepper flakes (0.75 tsp)
- salt (as needed)
- mayonnaise (1.5 tbsp)
- neutral oil (as needed)
- olive oil (1.25 cup)
- ranch dressing (6 tbsp)
- cavatappi (1.5 lb)
- condiments (as needed)
- green olives (18 oz)
- pita pocket (6)
- toppings (as needed)