Meal Planning my way
Living about 30 minutes from the nearest grocery store and having a busy schedule I have found meal planning to be my best friend!! Not only are we that far from grocery stores but fast food too! Currently I have appointments with kids 4 days each week, 3 of those days run right into dinner time. I can imagine nothing worse than having to decide what's for dinner while rushing home with tired, hungry little ones! I started meal planning a couple of years ago, and over time I have found a plan that works for me.I have tried the weekly method, where I only planned a weeks worth of meals at one time. That didn't work so I tried planning an entire months worth of meals, that was very time consuming and very easy to become boring. This is what is currently working for us: I start by setting up my "calendar" I like dividing my days this way. This makes it very easy to plan themes or types of meals for which day. (Monday Mexican, Tuesday Soup, Wednesday Crockpot, e...