Each month, FlyLady focuses on one thing to make a habit. For the month of November, we are working on making menu planning a habit. To help me with this habit, I am starting a pretty pink binder (in honor of Breast Cancer) with recipes that have been family tested and approved. I have different sections, and plan to eventually have at least 30 recipes in each section (although this will most likely take me longer than the month of November, but that's OK)!
My sections are: Main Dish, Sides, Veggies, Fruits, Desserts, Lunch, and Breakfast.
I hope to provide a nice variety of foods for my family (kid-friendly!). I have never been the most daring eater in the world, and really was never taught to like or eat many foods. As I am a mom now, I want my children to learn to be better eaters than I was/am. In attempts to do this, I want to learn to like new things, which means I need to learn new ways to cook things. I will eat a lot of things if they are prepared the right way (I am a very textural eater). So I have decided to add this journey to my blog about the Gunter Life journey! As I add a new recipe to my binder, I will add it to my blog to share. And of course, please feel free to share some of your tried and true recipes as well!
I already have a few recipes in my binder (not including our family favorites that I make without recipe). I will begin with those, and continue as more are added. Enjoy the next few posts with some yummy food!
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I LOVE making meal plans. We have to do it on a week by week basis, mainly because Peter and I's schedules change each week and I wouldn't know a month ahead what nights Peter won't be home or days I will have late meetings- so week to week works best for us. I also get our local grocery store's weekly savings each week in my email, and I try to plan meals based on what is on sale that week. That cuts our bill! Anything that makes a lot- especially a pot pie or casserole, is split between "eat now" and "freeze" pans, so I have a second meal for later in the month!
ReplyDeleteThese are just a few things that make my life easier. Plus, I make a lot of meals either the night before while the kids are in bed or during their naptime so Ican just pop it in the oven. That pre-dinner time is an AWFUL time in my house each day!