Easy Meal Planning
“What’s for dinner?” The most dreaded question of my day. To be brutally honest I have to tell you that I hate cooking! I have one kid who has food sensitivities and 2 others who are picky, picky, picky. There is no pleasing all 3 of them at once. I’ve tried several different ways of meal planning but I never stick with any of them for long. I need an easy meal plan if it’s going to work for me.
The meal plan that works best for me and helps me plan out a month at a time is breaking meals down by type. I don’t bother with planning out breakfast and lunch. We always have cereal and sandwich supplies at home for those meals.
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Some people like to assign certain nights of the week to certain meals. Like “Meatless Mondays” and “Taco Tuesdays”. I like to have a little more flexibility so if it’s a night we have a meeting I can choose a quick meal from the list. Whatever works best for you! Remember we are all about easy meal planning.
Here’s an example of what I do. I write down all my main dishes under each category and I can easily plan a whole month worth of dinners this way.
Soup
Taco Soup
Chicken and Rice Soup
Pasta
Homemade Mac & Cheese
Cajun Mac & Cheese
Pasta Salad
Breakfast
Southwest Egg Casserole
Sandwiches
Chicken Burgers
Chicken Salad Sandwiches
Tuna Melts
Hot Dogs
Asian
Mexican
Enchiladas
Fajitas
Meat and Misc.
Roast Beef
Pork Roast
Pork Chops
Pizza
Mexican
Enchiladas
Doesn’t get much easier than this. Get a sheet of paper and write down your favorite meal categories! Super easy meal planning in the bag! Let me know what’s for dinner at your house!
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Angela @ Dream Life Initiative
I don’t know why I never thought of using categories to break up my meal ideas when I do that on my blog! HAHA Thanks for the tip. I am not dreading planning out my meals for the week now 🙂