![]() And now that we have a new little one (2 months today) it’s even harder to think about things when we get home because we are so busy with him and the toddler. When it’s a multiple choice question it’s a little easier. ![]() We are both teachers and exhausted when we get home and the last thing we want to do is try to figure out what is for dinner. Meal planning has really helped us avoid eating out. We have always grocery shopped together and people find that strange, but this way neither one of us can complain that something wasn’t gotten at the store. I look at the grocery circular and clip any coupons from the paper, make our list and then as a family we head to the grocery store (all 4 of us, my husband, me, the 2 yr old, and the infant). We sit down on Sunday morning and plan our meals for the week. We write enough dinners for the week and then just pick one (we may have what I wrote for Tuesday on Friday, but it’s less thought). I would love it if you shared your tips to make meal planning easier in the comments below! ![]() Need help planning your menu? Here are some fantastic recipes our family loves. Don’t forget to laminate it so that it becomes a dry erase. Here are 6 really cute free ones you can resize and print to fit an 8” x 10” frame. Next, I added some super strong ceramic magnets to the back.Īnd then I attached it to my refrigerator along with a dry erase marker… A quick coat of Rust-Oleum Gray Primer and I popped the menu planning side into the frame. I had some frames lying around that I purchased for $1 at Goodwill months ago. Laminate them so you can use dry erase markers to reuse them and then of course I had to do some magic to make them even prettier. So I scoured the internet and found these six menu planner templates to help with the planning. With school just starting, I know I need to get back to planning dinner because if I don’t get my act together stat my kids are going to live on cereal for dinners…. ![]() I do the 5:00 “oh-crap-what-are-we-having-for-dinner” dance every night. I desperately need to start planning my meals better. ![]()
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