Stop by the website for recipes, meal planning ideas and information, freezer tips for meals and much more to help making meals for families easier for you.Built with ConvertKit How Meal Planning Can Save You Money Remember that the more you meal plan the faster and easier it becomes. To save myself time in the future I can easily reuse a past meal plan.Ĭongratulations you’ve made it through your meal plan! As I make meals I note any changes to the recipes so I can remember the next time I make it. I use a small weekly planner to log in my meals for that week. You will find that the more you meal plan the easier it will become.
Now it’s time to put your meal plan to work for you. Why not let them shop and you simply arrive at the store at a set time to pick up your groceries.
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Avoiding those impulse buys can save you some money! Many stores will offer free pick ups. Especially if it means you don’t get tempted or have kids begging you to buy items that aren’t on your list. They do cost a bit more but the time you save could make it worth it. Why not see what grocery delivery service options are available in your local area. Looking to save time with grocery shopping? Having a list will save you time because you won’t forget items and need to double back to get them. After a few visits you get to know which items are found in the same aisle together. I personally like to put my final list in order based on how the store that I go to is set up. With your handy list you can now hit the stores. If you are planning for a few meals then you will also need to remember to add in whatever staples you need for other meals (eggs, waffles or cereal for breakfast, sandwiches for lunch, etc). What you have left is now your grocery list. This keeps you from making unnecessary purchases and helps save you money. Cross off those things that you already have available to you. Next go through your kitchen cabinets, refrigerator and freezer to see what you have on hand. Go through each recipe you plan on making and write down the ingredients and how much is needed.Ĭonsolidate duplicate ingredients….3 recipes with chicken or rice then simply write it once and change the total amount needed.
Step 3 -Make a grocery list based on recipes/meals Putting together a meal can be tough when you go to make a recipe only to discover that ingredients that you need are frozen solid in the freezer. This will allow you to pull out any needed ingredients the day before you need them. Use a notebook, weekly planner or even the calendar in your mobile device to log what meal you will be making and when. Too many new recipe failures might leave you disappointed with meal planning and can waste money spent on food your family won’t eat.
There’s nothing worse then trying a bunch of new recipes only to discover they don’t work for your family. Use familiar recipes for the other meals planned that week. This way you can determine how long it actually take you to make it, if your family enjoys it and any changes you might need to make to it. This will help keep you from becoming overwhelmed and frustrated with meal planning. If you are just starting out begin by planning one or two meals and build up the number of days from that point. Now that you know how many meals you want to make and the types of meals they will be choose your recipes. It made planning a whole lot easier for me. While the meal changed slightly (burritos, calzones or chicken/turkey/salmon burgers) the theme remained the same each week. Taco Tuesday was a favorite night in my home along with pizza or burgers on Friday nights. Want to make things easier each week? Why not go with certain themes each week. Plan recipes or meal styles that suit your needs.
With all the recipe options online and in cookbooks where do you begin? Now that you have started by looking at your own schedule and determined how many meals you need to plan you can begin to think about meal styles and recipes:
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