I went back to meal planning this week. I did it for a couple years and it was the best thing ever. Somehow I got out of it last winter and never got back. It does take a little time but I usually use the grocery ads to plan what meals to have for the week. When I first started I actually was spending "more" instead of less on groceries. That was because since I was taking the time to plan, I was planning big meals for almost every day of the week. Now I plan some easy and cheap meals along with a few bigger one. It makes dinner making so easy as there is no wondering what in the world to make for supper. Then every idea you come up with, you are missing several key ingredients. With the planning you know you have ingredients for seven meals on hand. This is my weeks plan:
Meal One: Tacos
Meal Two: BBQ Chicken, BBQ Red Potatoes, mixed vegetables, homemade flatbread
Meal Three: Homemade Pizza
Meal Four: Chili
Meal Five: French Toast, Sausage
Meal Six: Mac 'N Cheese (Judy T's recipe she posted) baked ring bologna, green beans and homemade bread
Meal Seven: Chinese Take Out
I have a three ring notebook I keep this in. After you do it for awhile you can flip back pages and come up with ideas for meals. We all tend to repeat lots of recipes.
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I plan my meals out for the week too...it is a time saver and I love having everything I need there when I need it. Katy plans hers too ...she calls me for what I'm making and makes it the next day.
I remember you doing this when we lived there. It just seems like such a time saver and a calm way to go about dinner. I should start doing this!
I never think about what's for dinner until about a half an hour AFTER we SHOULD be eating.
{Lol! Sue, that's too funny about Kate.} :)
I need to do something like this. My worst is often the weekends...I need to start planning those better.
that is a good idea, i should do that for us. i'll buy vegetables for a meal then they just go to waste becuase then i make something that doesnt include them. thanks for the idea/tip!
That's a good idea with the 3-ring binder. I do meal planning, but I use a steno notebook. I keep them only until the pages fill up then I throw them away. I never thought to save them. Maybe that will help when I get in a rut with meals.
I do meal planning too! It works way better than just "winging it" and it's cheaper. I'm not buying all this food that we never end up using. Plus it's so much easier than trying to throw something together last minute (i'm not good at that).
That's a great idea to keep it in a notebook so you can look back on ideas.
Emily
I've heard of someone keeping a list out for the family to help fill out what they would like for dinner too. That way they can't complain that you never make anything good and they can give you ideas.
emily
I do meal planning too. On Mondays I call Anna, Tuesdays Steve & Nancy's, Wednesday Emily's...
Nice jab Sue............... come on if I could choose one luxury in life I would have a chef to come in and make my meals for dinner. I hate the kitchen.
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