May brings a few holidays, including May Day, Star Wars Day, Cinco de Mayo, Mother’s Day, National Twilight Zone Day, and Memorial Day, and the second birthday of my littlest kidlet. For us it brings a yard sale and my first craft fair ever (as a crafter). Also guitar lessons once a week shorten my prep time. Apparently when I was pinning I wanted Mexican and Greek. And I’m ready for zucchini and spinach this month. I didn’t actually plan 30 days of meals this month, with the farmer’s markets opening I’m excited to cook what looks good.

Ideas and resources for menu planning in May, many seasonal spring and real food recipes. Very simple ingredients, from scratch. As always, these are all frugal recipes intended for a tight budget. Real food/from scratch/traditional diet/nutrient dense/whole food/blah blah blah. My monthly meal plans use an alternative meal planning method, recipes organized into tiers based on how perishable the ingredients are, not sorted into particular days.

*Attention real food purists/whole foodies – the recipes I link/pin are all from scratch, but some of them you may have to make substitutions or modifications. For example, I link recipes that have sugar, but you can substitute whatever your favorite sweetener is.

*Don’t forget to read about how I meal plan at Frugal, Flexible Monthly Menu Planning!*

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