Looking to save money on your grocery bill while still providing nutritious meals for your family? Check out these free meal plans from the 1920s-1960s. Learn how meal planning can help you stay organized, save time and money, and incorporate a wider variety of foods into your diet.
Free meal plans that you can follow at home to create meals for your family are a great resource to help you save money on your grocery bills while still providing nutritious meals for your loved ones.
Meal planning is an effective way to stay organized and save time and money, as it helps you make a grocery list based on the meals you plan to make for the week, reducing the need for frequent trips to the grocery store and minimizing food waste.
Meal planning is something housewives and homemakers have been doing for generations. I love to read vintage magazines and vintage cookbooks and you will see all kinds of meal plans featured.
I love to share some of these vintage meal plans here on the blog because they are a great look into the past and also can provide new and unique meal ideas for us now.
As I share more and more of these unique free meal plans I wanted a place where you could see all of the meal plans currently offered on the website.
You will want to bookmark this page because I will be adding a lot more. I want to have a big collection of free meal plans from the 1920s-1960s and each time I add a new one to the site it will be added here as well.
How to Use the Free Meal Plans
You can use the meal plans you find here as is or mix and match to help meet your family’s tastes. It’s often fun to mix them into your more modern meal plans for a fun twist.
You can use my retro meal planner to keep your meal plans organized, make grocery lists, and keep track of the recipes your family loves. It’s a really great tool to help make meal planning easier.
You can of course use the meal plans with other meal planners as well if you already have one. Or even just pull out a simple notebook and use that to plan, whatever works for you.
Vintage Free Meal Plans
This is where you will find all of the current free meal plans offered on the website. There are many more to come so be sure to keep coming back to find more or sign-up to get emails when new meal plans are added!
1920s Meal Plans
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1930s Meal Plans
1940s Meal Plans
- Spring Meal Plan (1 Week)
- WWII Rationing Meal Plan (1 week)
- Fall Meal Plan (1 Week)
- Thanksgiving Meal Plans (2 Meals)
- Christmas Dinner Meal Plans (7 Meals)
- Easter Meal Plans (5 Meals)
- Valentine’s Day Party Menus (5 Meals)
1950s Meal Plans
- General Meal Plan (1 Week)
- Meal Plan Featuring Chicken Recipes (1 Week)
- Spring Lunch Meal Plan (4 Lunches)
- Summer Meal Plan (1 Week)
- Easter Meal Plan
- Thanksgiving Meal Plan
- Fall Meal Plan (5 Meals)
- Christmas Meal Plans for Busy Homemakers (5 Meals)
- Budget-Friendly Meal Plans for Winter (5 Meals)
1960s Meal Plans
Modern Free Meal Plans
While it’s fun to use these vintage meal plans you likely want some modern meals as well. A great option for this is the service Eat At Home. They offer pre-made meal plans that come with meal plans (4 different types depending on your dietary needs), recipes, and a shopping list.
They are really easy to use and a great way to take one thing off your to-do list. While this is a paid service it’s very affordable and you can get a sample meal plan to see what you think before you buy.
You can easily use Eat At Home along with these free meal plans as a great way to have a lot of variety in your meals. No one will get bored when you use these two options.
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