What's for dinner Mom? The question that makes me cringe many days. Deciding what we should eat is SO tough for me. I HATE making decisions, plus I think my concerns about pleasing everyone causes me to panic and then it's super late and we are eating sandwiches, cereal, or eating out.
A while back ago, I sat down with my husband and together we thought about 25 meals that we could have throughout the next month. (25 because we know we will go out to eat AT LEAST 5 times in a month) :) We wrote down the main courses we wanted in a notebook. I put a P next to any new meal we found on Pinterest. This has also helped us remember to try some new meals too!
This list of meals helped us SO much. I knew anything on the list would be acceptable for me to choose for dinner, One thing I LOVE about this list is that I'm not "tied" to having Tacos on Tuesday because I wrote that down for Tuesday last week. The numbers are just there to make sure I listed enough meals. And yes, we eat pizza WAY too much, but I know I can't be alone in having pizza pretty much once a week.
This list has also helped me as I make decisions about what to buy at the grocery store. I can shop sales knowing we will use the items soon. (Our kitchen is tiny, so storage space is minimal) I shop for groceries weekly at Aldi, but now I can also just go to Walmart 1 time a month instead of each week, which has saved us a ton of money.
Any type of meal planning I've done has been helpful for us, but this has helped us out so much. Do you meal plan? Has it helped your family eat at home more?
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