Today, we have one of my new great friends, Sarah from Three Boys! I’ve blogged about this before, and here is Sarah’s great tips for meal planning!!!
Thanks for being here! Take it away, girl!
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Last week I posted about my schedule and mentioned that I had started meal planning. This small thing seriously has CHANGED MY LIFE!
I know this is nothing revolutionary but you have no idea the how much this has
- reduced our monthly grocery bill
- saved time
- improved the quality of our meals
I started out on this little adventure by eating out of our pantry, freezer, and fridge until it was gone. No kidding people, it took a bit of creativity but we did eat our way through it. I only got a few strange looks from my hubby:)
Ok, so once the pantry and fridge had tumbleweeds rolling through them, I sat down and planned out breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the week.
Monday:
Breakfast- Sausage and Fruit
Lunch- Grilled Cheese and Veggies
Dinner- Baked Chicken, Broccoli, and Brown Rice
Tuesday:
Breakfast- Bacon and Fruit
Lunch- Peanut Butter and Honey Sandwiches and Veggies
Dinner- Spaghetti & Meat sauce, Salad, and homemade garlic bread
Wednesday:
Breakfast: Pancakes and Fruit
Lunch: Turkey Hotdogs and Veggies
Dinner: Shrimp & Asparagus Stir Fry over noodles.
Thursday:
Breakfast- Sausage and Fruit
Lunch- Grilled Cheese and Veggies
Dinner: Fish Tacos with all the fun stuff:)
Friday:
Breakfast- Bacon and Fruit
Lunch- Peanut Butter & Honey Sandwiches and Veggies
Dinner- Home Made Pizza night and a salad
Saturday:
Breakfast- Pancakes and Fruit
Lunch- Turkey Hot Dogs and Veggies
Sunday:
Breakfast- Sausage & Fruit
Lunch- Grilled Cheese & Veggies
Dinner- Home made chicken soup with Matzo balls.
For snacks I keep on hand
1 variety of crackers- usually goldfish
almonds
raisins
And for desert! Homemade chocolate chip cookies and ice-cream.
Next I changed the way I shopped. No more picking up 3 boxes of crackers because they are on sale. I ONLY BUY WHAT WE WILL EAT THAT WEEK PERIOD.
For real people. Totally shifted how I though about shopping, cooking, everything. SO AWESOME. I feel like such a dork, WOHOOO do you meal plan?!
No laughing at my meals, OK remember I have to entertain 3 little people with very strong opinions about food. Oh, and most of our meats are from a meat share that we belong to. All farm raised and local.
