Meal Planing
Tips for Meal Planning
Meal planing can be a daunting task; when I started many years ago I would literary sit down with a pen and paper and stare at it for hours. Lucky for us now we have so many things to help us at our fingertips to make it easier. I can not imagine planing a meal or coming up with ideas like my grandmother did; going through tuns of cook books; she literally had a whole moving box full of them that sit on a shelf in my closet. Making a meal plan is really easy whether you are experienced or not. I wanted To share some tips for the new meal planners or maybe if you are experienced you might find something to make in more fun or less time consuming; either way I hope it helps.
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1. Find a time weekly when you can schedule in 30-60 minutes.
2. Make it enjoyable find a space you love and that is quiet. I love Saturday before my house wakes up on the porch with a cup of coffee and my AirPods. I also love to make mine fun so i use colored pens and stickers,
3. While you are planning make your shopping list or shop on line for groceries . This is such a time saver if you have everything you need you wont have to run to the store after work to pick up what you forgot. I also love ordering my groceries, it saves me money (no impulse buys) and saves me time no more 1-2 hour trips to the store.
4. Utilize Pinterest or any other sights you love to get inspiration from. I love Pinterest for the simple fact i can organize my plan or bank new ideas to try at a latter date.
5. Make a list or use a calendar. it is so nice when you can just glance at it or tell your family when they ask what is for dinner. I also have all my lists and goals there for the week i find it helps keep me on track.
6. Get the Family involved; I love to do different themes and have every one choose a country or style of food, but you could also ask them to choose what they are craving. Meal planning is a great skill to teach you kids along with cooking, that way when they are on there own living a healthy lifestyle will be familiar to them.
7. Variety is the spice of life; so don't be afraid to try new things. You may love it or hate it but at least try it. When you are not afraid to try something chance are you kids wont be either.
8. i recommend saving you plans for a couple of months that was if there is an off week which there will be from time to time you can just pull out the hold list and use that.
