July midweek meal plan | Good Food

July is peak season for easy, vibrant cooking, with long evenings calling for fresh flavours, colourful produce and meals that come together fast. Designed for two, this month’s midweek meal plan celebrates the best of midsummer without the fuss. If you’ve got kids at home starting their summer holidays, all five recipes scale up easily to feed four or more.

These recipes have been carefully selected by our editors to pair fresh seasonal ingredients with clever storecupboard staples. Gochujang, capers, garam masala and sherry vinegar are your flavour shortcuts, each one doing the heavy lifting, so you don’t have to. Four of the five recipes come in at 40 minutes or under, and where an air fryer can save you time and washing up, we’ll tell you.

Summer vegetables take centre stage: crunchy white cabbage, juicy tomatoes, blistered courgettes, tender aubergines and crisp little gem lettuce. Across the week, you’ll enjoy everything from tangy gochujang-maple chicken tacos and warm loaded flatbreads to herby griddled lamb steaks, zingy chilli-lime trout and spiced aubergine stuffed pittas.

To keep things simple, use the in-app shopping list to add ingredients from each recipe, then check the My Good Food tab for one clear, organised list before you shop.