I was making plans today about a few meals I’m planning to make for a group of family I’ll be seeing soon. It seemed a little bit ominous at first, because I have a few different things that need to get done and I was listing very very haphazardly, just writing down was popped into my head, rather than dish by dish. Anyway, I finally got my head on straight and I feel very organized in that one small way.
Getting that all written down and organized made me feel really excited about my meal planning plan. I’ve mentioned a little bit here and there, I think, that I want to start meal planning, and if you remember very specific details, I said I was going to make a plan for September. I never did find that perfect template, but I just made a big list of all of the meals that are our usual go-to meals/suppers. I made sure the majority of them included meat and veggies, which should go without saying, but I’m not great at always having perfectly balanced meals. Anyway, I was surprised to easily come up with 15 over the course of maybe two minutes. There are many, many more, but these were just the ones off the top of my head. That was encouraging already. So I listed my suppers, then I wrote lunches down as salads and then all of Bradys usual stuff, and then I made a breakfast list. The kids currently have cereal and toast every day but I think I’d like to make muffins in there too and mix it up a bit once in a while. So this is my rough rough plan.
5 planned suppers per week. 1 leftover supper. 1 free supper (ie going out, Pinteresting, macaroni, etc.)
Brunches on Saturdays
Meals planned every other Sunday. We usually spend the day with my parents every Sunday, so this way, we’ll alternate.
The first 2-3 months, we’re using our well-known recipe. We’ll branch out with new foods once the habit is formed.
As you can see, this is a pretty lame plan, or “plan” rather. And its wildly imperfect. We may need two leftover days per week, or maybe Brady will take the majority of the leftovers for lunch, and then I’ll have bought him too much lunch stuff. I dont know, it will definitely be trial and error at first, but this makes it seem easier I think. I’ll order all of the non-perishables online before the month begins, and then we’ll shop for fresh stuff each week or two, depending on how fast we go thru it all. I think thats our plan?? Hahaha! I dont know, if its a total flop, just laugh at me. At least I’m trying! I’d love to be organized enough to make this happen 🙂
Maybe I’ll post the menu once I get it all together, and then I’ll let you know if I succeed or crash and burn.