Michele B Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 I just purchased the Motivated Moms 2009 calendar. I really need to get organized. I don't even know how to begin to meal plan. I am tempted to just write "spaghetti" for every meal! Please help and rescue my family from neverending pasta! And I'm a vegetarian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 I just purchased the Motivated Moms 2009 calendar. I really need to get organized. I don't even know how to begin to meal plan. I am tempted to just write "spaghetti" for every meal! Please help and rescue my family from neverending pasta! And I'm a vegetarian. What I do is pick one italian meal, one mexican meal, simple beans and rice w/corn muffins, chicken meal, roast, ham or meatloaf, maybe a breakfast meal, pizza night, salad(pasta or other), grill out meal, chili, soup and sandwhich of some type, plan chinese takeout or bbqtake out. Then I make a list of 21 or so meals, write out my shopping list keeping it organized by meat, vegetables, soups, etc, eggs, milk, cheese and yogert are a given. I try to do 3 weeks of shopping all at once so I do not have to run out weekly. It takes some planning and some time but once you get a routine down it all works out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdie Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Congrats on your new calendar! Don't you love being organized? I plan our meals one week at a time. First, look at the calendar and see if you have any events that would influence your dinner plans - like a crockpot meal on a rushed day. Then just plan out your meals based on the week. I usually plan on 2 chicken meals, 2 ground turkey meal, red meat dinner, low cost dinner and a left over night. You can also plan your meals one month at a time. Just get out your favorite recipes, (Allrecipes.com is great place to get ideas or look through the cookbooks at your library), and plan out 2 weeks of meals and then repeat the plan for the 2nd half of the month. If you really want to treat yourself, there is a webiste called savingdinner.com and they have a menu planning service. I haven't used it for a few years, but for a few bucks a month they will email you a weekly menu plan and grocery list. Last time I checked they had a vegetarian option. Also someone on this board had a cute suggestion for having theme nights for each day of the week as a base for meal planning: M-chicken, T-Italian, W-ground turkey, Th- crockpot, F-Mexican food, S-roast/BBQ, Sun-soup. Happy meal planning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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