Tutorial Tuesday:
MONTHLY MEAL PLANNING
Happy Tuesday everyone! It's SNOWING here is Jackson and it's beautiful! In the south, we aren't used to the driving conditions, but as a nurse- we don't miss work! Therefore, Camp and I packed up early and headed to daycare and work. So thankful C's daycare remains open even in inclement weather- perks of being at a hospital daycare. Michael thankfully canceled his early class at CrossFit 27:17, but will be open the rest of the day.
Anyways- back to the important stuff: MEAL PLANNING! I LOVE meal planning, and I am SO thankful that I began doing this task. Time consuming- yes- but WAY worth it! At the end of each month, I start from scratch- just my Mac book, coffee, and Camp! One day, I plan to draft my own version of a "Monthly Meal Plan Calendar", but in the meantime, this is the blog I got mine from-
Follow the directions on her blog to save the file, and now you have it to reuse monthly. I save each month's calendar and can then pull meal ideas from past months that M and I really liked.
Here is what the McElroy's January Monthly Meal Plan looks like:
As you can see, I try to cook at least 4 days/week. On Sunday's, we have "Fam Jam" family dinner at my in-laws house. On Tuesday's, we have Growth Group Bible Study, so I only have to plan for my week. On Friday's, we eat out! Saturday's have been busy and hectic lately so I've rarely made what I had planned and I've cooked something else. I don't beat myself up if something changes. However, I have found the meal plan to be extremely helpful on nights that I do cook because I don't have to even think about it! I just come home, already have my groceries bought, and make what's on the calendar.
My meals/recipes mostly come from my Pinterest boards "taking up cooking" and "crossfit challenge". However, this month I used several of these recipes. If there are any recipes you would like I can post those. Just comment below. ALL meals that I make are "easy". I LOVE to cook, but do not consider myself a chef (yet!).
Hope this helps yall out! I have really found this to help keep me sane on dinner nights. I have gotten into such a strict routine every afternoon, and when my routine is shaken I'm SO scattered!
Later posts to come with my Monthly Grocery List's and Breakfast/Lunch Meal Plan. Give the Calender a try- even if you only plan to cook 2-3 nights a week. You have to start somewhere! Happy Meal Planning! Let me know what yall think!
have a happy and bundled-up day,
reagan
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