Do you meal plan for your family or find it just as exhausting as I do?! When we do plan it's a weight off but I can't seem to plan it this way every single week. Help! Ideas on how to manage this or find motivation?
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We meal plan 2 weeks at a time, and also do majority of grocery shopping every 2 weeks. It helps us buy only the food items we need for meals and not go crazy buying junk. It seems daunting but I actually look forward to it because its only one day and makes the rest of the two weeks so much easier since I don't have to decide what I'm making on the spot. Once you get in the groove, it's not bad.
I wish I was better at meal planning. When I do it, I love it and wonder why I don't do it all the time. I think it's like anything, the more you do it, the more you get use to doing it.
I bought a chest freezer, and I gradually build a stock of homemade freezer meals. I do this several ways. If I can, when I'm cooking something, I will double or triple what I'm making so I can freeze the rest into individual meal servings. Dump freezer meals are the best because you don't have to pre-cook anything. You can just dump your protein and seasonings, etc. into a freezer bag and then pull them out s needed. I have an Instant Pot, which works wonderfully for this, but you can find crock pot recipes as well. For fresh produce that can't be frozen, getting it all pre-prepped on a Sunday makes cooking later in the week much easier. Then you can just grab your carrots, etc. and toss them in instead of having to clean, peel, cut and cook.
I don't meal plan but plan easy meals to throw into the instant pot or air fryer.
I can’t meal plan lol I’ve tried but it’s just too much time and hassle
I meal plan every two weeks. I make a list of meals for 2 weeks. Go grocery shopping for the things I will need, and then repeat every two weeks. I found it a lot easier.
I am the worst at meal planning... So overwhelming to me. I have tried several different ways, but what seems to work best is that I just buy basics that I know I'll use, and cook as simply as possible. Sometimes I'll plan just 3 or 4 meals, and even having that much done helps. We pretty much have a rotation for breakfast - Van's waffles, oatmeal, or banana/egg pancakes, and leftovers or sandwich type stuff for lunch.
I also like one pot or sheet pan meals for dinner - lots of ideas on Pinterest, and they clean up so easy!
I also find meal planning time consuming and exhausting. But, we got an instant pot last year and I use that and my crock pot to make bigger meals in bulk to last us a few days.....we all like leftovers and it allows you not to have to cook every day.
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