Tip of the Week : Menu Plan!
Monday, June 29, 2009 at 05:51PM Make a Meal Plan!
I know I’ve been over this before, but I think I need to revisit it, with more specifics :). Meal planning makes for a happier, cheaper, and more efficient kitchen. Ditch it, and we end up with leftover cupcakes for dinner. Which isn’t all bad, on the first day of summer vacation, but it doesn’t bode well for the rest of the week!
Some of my favorite inspirations:
SAJ is doing a meal-planning segment, check it out here!
Hot by Six has a great meal-planning service, which I sadly don’t use because I’m too picky about recipes. (Anybody want the rest of my annual subscription?!) They let you share menus with friends and help you schedule group prep days. They’re all about making it fast and easy when you get to dinnertime. Love the idea, just not quite right for me.
OrgJunkie.com is home to Menu Plan Monday, and definitely worth checking out.
Kristen, over at FoodRenegade, is one of my personal foodie/recipe planning favorites. She doesn’t post every week, but I get great ideas when she does. Easy food, but it all takes advance planning! Which is the point, right?
Please share your menu helps below!
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Reader Comments (1)
I haven't had my dinners for the past week preplanned and I've found that pretty stressful. I usually have them planned at least until my next trip to the store. I have a list of meals that we like and look to that for inspiration, but I still get tired of planning the meals. Some times I get inspired to look up new recipes but usually it just the same things over and over. If I get the craving for something, I pencil it in for sometime to following week. Sorry, nothing helpful here, just babbling.