Whether we love to cook or not, meal preparation can be quite the nemesis in the middle of our full lives. Just about the time we have a great idea, we open the cabinet to discover that we don’t have all of the ingredients necessary to follow through with that great idea. By this time, the masses are starving, and it really is just easier to grab whatever’s hot at the local pizzeria.
Like with anything else, making sure we are able to regularly offer nourishing meals without exploding the grocery budget or our sanity requires planning and organization.
The best place to start is with an arsenal of at least one week’s worth of meal ideas. For some families, this need only be one main meal a day. Other families need to plan out every meal. Either way, a list of meals is helpful.
There are several ways to go about this.
The key to menu planning is to figure out how to work it in a way that will turn it into a habit for you. Here are some ideas:
There are many other ideas out there to help ensure that meal planning runs smoothly each week. The key is to figure out what works best for you, then do it! Some weeks will be better than others. But, being diligent to plan will always pay off.
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