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My recipes dinner tonight5/20/2023 Photo credit: BrittneyBush via photopin cc Sign up below and get started!ĭo you meal plan? What are some of your family’s no-brainer dinners? Please join in on the comments below. Sign up for free Monday Motivators below and each week you’ll stay on track with your Project Me. (This has changed my life when it comes to all of the time I save in meal planning, food shopping and feeding my family!) If you live in the UK and want to give Gousto a try, here’s my link to get a special discount. **UPDATED Sept 2020** I have been using Gousto meal kits for the past 3 years for 2-4 meals a week! I simply click on whichever dishes make me drool and a box with all ingredients and an easy-to-follow recipe card arrives to my front door like magic. Make meal planning a habit – schedule it in each week like an important appointment. Keep a stash of Weekly Meal Planners and 21 Meal Ideas in a plastic protector in your kitchen. Check what’s planned for the next day so you can defrost anything in the fridge overnight. Put your Meal Planner where you can see it. Once you’ve bought your food, freeze the meat and fish you aren’t using until later in the week. Scan your fridge and cupboards for other basics or extras you need (milk, bread, cleaning products, etc.). Look at your meal plan and write down the ingredients you don’t have. Even if you order on-line, stick to your list. Never, ever hit the shops without a list. What does the week ahead look like? Is hubby here or away? Are you out for dinner? Have guests staying? Do the kids have extracurricular activities or play dates? Are there days you’ll be running around and with no time to prep? Planning meals around your schedule and lifestyle is the key to success. Print out a Weekly Meal Planner (plus a few extra to have handy for the coming weeks) Step one takes a bit of effort, but it’s an investment that’ll save you time (and money) from now on. Jot down where to find the recipe in the notes column. Search online for more recipes that fit the criteria. Which recipes are the most successful in your house? Ask your family for input. If you’re short of ideas, dig out your cookbooks. If you’re ever feeling more ambitious, go off-piste and try something more adventurous, but for this list – keep it simple. This’ll be your go-to list for easy meal planning each week. Having 21 different meals listed in one place gives you an instant source of 3 weeks of inspiration to choose from.ġ. I’m on a roll with meal planning now and ready to share my streamlined system for making it fast and easy to do every week without fail. Within two days I run out of crucial ingredients to make a proper meal, end up pulling pizzas out of the freezer – and have to do more food shopping (grrr….). I’ll half-heartedly shuffle through my recipes, feel annoyed that I’m wasting time and finally head off to the supermarket without a game plan.įood shopping without a plan means buying random stuff. Other times I’ll sit with my blank meal planning chart – and come up empty. I wonder why I don’t just do it every week. When I do it, I feel organised, in control and proud of the meals I make. All you need is a bit of forward thinking – and that means meal planning. Even if you hate to cook, you can make healthy meals for your family that don’t take a lot of time or effort. But which is worse?ĭinners don’t have to look like they came out of a foodie magazine. So does sitting down and meal planning for the week. Not knowing what you’re going to make for dinner sucks.
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