Planning your meals ahead of time often saves you time as well as
money.
There are many different ways to plan your meals. How you plan yours
depends on how much time you want to spend now to save yourself
time later.
I plan my meals once a week. Because I have limited refrigerator/freezer
space and a small family to feed (3), this plan seems to work best
for me. I only go to the grocery store once a week. When I'm getting
ready to go to the store, I sit down and starting planning my menu
for the next week.
One day I was looking at the ready-made templates that came with
my word processing program, and I noticed there was a weekly menu
planner and grocery shopping list. I printed out enough weekly menu
planners to last a month or two.
The weekly meal planner has columns for every day of the week with
"Breakfast," "Lunch," and "Dinner"
listed for each day. Every weekend you write in your meals for the
week, and then make up a shopping list to take to the grocery store.
The menu planner has a place at the bottom to write in your shopping
list, or you could make up a separate list. Download a free menu
planner template from http://www.creativehomemaking.com/download.shtml.
Just print, and photocopy as needed.
The best way to organize your menu planners is in a three-ring binder.
Customize your binder to suit the needs of your family.
Rachel
Paxton is a freelance writer and mom who is the owner of http://www.organized-mom.com,
featuring the Easy Organizer, loaded with tools to help you plan,
schedule, remember events, keep in touch, get your family on an
organized schedule, prioritize, and more.
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