Easy Meal Planning

When trying to save time in the kitchen or get organized this easy meal planning strategy is the first place to start.

In my opinion - It's all in the recipe and the meat!

When you know what recipe you are going to use and the meat you are going to use is thawed and available, your meal is just as good as cooked. If you're a vegetarian or trying to use less meat, then think of the meat part as the main ingredient of your meal plan.

Here are some tips to get this easy meal planning system rolling:

1. List the meals your family likes. If you need some ideas, just go to the frozen foods section of your grocery store. Don't buy the frozen dinners, just start writing down ideas.

2. Get a 3 ring binder and some sheet protectors. Take the recipes your family likes and either tape them to a paper to put into the sheet protectors or put them directly into the sheet protector. This is now your recipe book. You can refer to this when you are making out your meal and grocery list before you go grocery shopping.

3. Decide in the morning what you are having for dinner. Then you can have the recipe and the meat available and thawed and ready to go when it's time to prepare dinner. Then you just have to go through the motions of following the recipe.

You CAN prepare good healthy home-cooked meals with very little extra effort. Don't forget that children love to chop and stir. Get those hands working for you and enjoy the extra time you can spend together in the kitchen.

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