Now it's time to put it all together! Using the lists you made this week, you can easily compose several meals with one item from each list (starch, veggie, protein) On 1-2 nights a week, integrate the one pot wonders. If you plan carefully you can make one pot wonders from leftover proteins and sometimes veggies.
You can plan your weekly meals by first deciding what three major proteins you are going to eat for the week, then you can make them do double duty! For example, if I buy a rotisserie chicken, I prepare a salad one night and chicken tacos the next. If I’m making roasted pork loin with veggies and rice on Monday, I may use the leftover for pulled-pork sandwiches and sweet potato fries on Wednesday night.
Use combinations that your family enjoys but don't be afraid to change it up! If you always have mashed potatoes with meatloaf, mix it up and do couscous instead one evening. Or a different form of potatoes, home fries!
Here are some nifty combinations:
Here are some nifty combinations:
Speedy Tips
Spend time each week looking for recipes...
Create a place to save recipes, and keep it SIMPLE...
Check the weather...
Keep a meal journal...
Start a calendar...
Go with theme nights (soup night, pasta night, beans).
Check these awesome templates to guide you along the way!
I like this one for posting on the fridge for the family to see what is coming up next.
This is a more detailed one that you may want to keep close by so that you can have a readily accessible grocery list.
THIS IS THE BEST GIFT I COULD GIVE YOU! There is an actual meal planning book you can put together. Print this pdf here Print page 2 several times and you have a beautiful meal planning journal. You can place this inside of a tradition report cover or have the front and back page laminated at a teacher's store. OR you can have all three pages laminated and you can use a dry erase marker to simply erase your meals after the week is over and start again. I like to keep my meal sheets because I can use them all over again next year or next month!
I like this one for posting on the fridge for the family to see what is coming up next.
This is a more detailed one that you may want to keep close by so that you can have a readily accessible grocery list.
THIS IS THE BEST GIFT I COULD GIVE YOU! There is an actual meal planning book you can put together. Print this pdf here Print page 2 several times and you have a beautiful meal planning journal. You can place this inside of a tradition report cover or have the front and back page laminated at a teacher's store. OR you can have all three pages laminated and you can use a dry erase marker to simply erase your meals after the week is over and start again. I like to keep my meal sheets because I can use them all over again next year or next month!
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