If you have favorite recipes from Pinterest or blogs or whatever, print them and add them behind the appropriate section. Keeping all these ideas in one place is a game changer when you actually go to meal plan. If you are awesome at making pizza, just write it down.Īsk your family what they like to eat and write it down for dinner ideas when you meal plan. If you are awesome at making spaghetti, write it down. Then, write down all the meals you like to make and that your family will eat. I usually tell Moms to start with dinner because usually this is the meal that stresses them out the most. Write Down Every Meal Your Family Will Eat Just do yourself a favor and get the binder. Label them “Breakfast” “Lunch” “Dinner” and “Snacks” “School Lunches.” If this sounds like a lot of work, stick with me because it will pay off in the long run. Grab a cheap binder from the store and grab some clear covers to label sections in your binder. Here are the steps I took to develop my meal planning system. Meal planning is one of those monotonous activities that I could totally do without. I started creating systems for everyday things that Moms do because I was tired of feeling overwhelmed by all the things we have to do in a day. It is just a system to keep all of my family’s favorite recipes in one place and all of our favorite meal ideas in one place that way when I sit down to meal plan it literally takes me just a few minutes. Now, don’t let this fool you or scare you. I ended up creating a meal planning binder. I don’t like to spend a bunch of time on things that I can create a system for and that is exactly what I did with meal planning. If I can find a way to make my life easier, you bet I will do it. I have to admit that I am kind of a lazy mom. It was so simple, yet it worked incredibly well! I started teaching it to my family and friends and they told me how much it helped them. I would scroll Pinterest for hours then I would look at cookbooks for things that I could make somewhat easily only to spend 2 hours scanning for recipes and plan a total of 7 meals! The thought of meal planning stressed me out like crazy!īut, after a lot of trial and error, I finally figured out a system that worked really well for my family. Not only did I have to plan budget friendly meals for the family, I also had to plan healthy meals on a budget! Gah! I was so frustrated! Since I just had my second child, I also wanted to lose a little baby weight… I gained 42 pounds with my second pregnancy and the baby weight was not coming off as quickly as it did the first time. I knew that our grocery budget was a place where we could save money, but man did I hate meal planning! It always seemed so hard! I knew that our grocery budget needed a serious overhaul and I knew meal planning would help us save money so I started reading and learning how to meal plan on a budget because I wanted to be home with my kiddos more. I remember feeling depressed because I wanted to be home more with my kiddos but our financial situation would not allow that at the time.Įight weeks after having my second son, I went back to work in a medical office working 10 hours a day and it was exhausting. I was a mom of 2 and my youngest was just 2 months old at the time. I started meal planning in 2014 because my husband had this great idea to start a budget. Today, my good friend Becky from Simply Intentional Life is here guest posting all about how to setup a meal planning binder! I’m so very excited because Becky is a pro at this! After you read this post, make sure to head over to Becky’s blog and check out all of her encouraging and motivational posts on intentional living!
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