And Speaking Of Freezers
Let me start by saying, June Cleaver, I am not.
Nor am I Martha Stewart (ahem!)
So, you can bet your bottom dollar (and your pearls) that if I’m doing a post about some sort of activity in the kitchen, you can bet it’s worth listening to.
Because I have three requirements for anything that happens in my kitchen.
- Quick
- Easy
- Failproof
And, because of that, I have something wonderful to share with you.
Revolutionary?
Probably not.
But helpful for sure!
As the New Year dawned, I decided that I needed to spend more time in my kitchen actually doing something other than organizing my cabinets or hunting for my next fix piece of chocolate.
Because of that, I made the decision to take the menu planning by the horns and actually plan a menu for once instead of waiting until the very last minute to scrounge something up for dinner.
Because my peeps are worth it.
First, I planned twelve dinners and purchased all of the food items I would need for those dinners. In some cases (vegetable soup and pastas) I bought enough for double portions so that I could freeze half of the meal for another time. Some of my other meals inlcuded lasagna, chicken breasts, spaghetti, tacos, manwich, chicken enchiladas, tuna casserole, and pork chops.
I didn’t actually assign certain meals to certain days, because I am a control freak I wanted the freedom to choose meals based on time constraints with evening activities such as scouts and Pioneers. Two weeks into the 2010 Great American meal plan and things are going very well. My freezer is full and I get more for my money when I prepare one pot of soup to eat and one pot of soup to freeze.
And speaking of freezers….
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Did you hear me?
I said shoes and best shopping deals in the same paragraph.
There.
I thought that would get your attention.
In accordance with FCC regulation, I am fully disclosing that I am being monetarily compensated for this post by Urban Stone.
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I just happened to find you through We Are THAT Family. I had to giggle and click on you because I too posted about Menu planning. I too am not June Cleaner and am a total control freak and just planned meals not specific days for the meals. As a matter of fact your post sounds a lot like mine only yours is a bit betetr laid out as I was on the phone with screaming children as well while trying to write my blog post. Maybe I should get blog planning as well for the new year. But it was great finding you and I am definitely adding you to my favorites. Come check out my blog if you have some time. http://www.carribear0620.blogspot.com
Meal planning is a great thing. I make an attempt to do this each week trying to use more of what I already have on hand. I only put together a menu for one week at a time as trying to do more than that overwhelms me. When I go grocery shopping I try to only buy that which is on sale and stock up for future use, I do shop at Costco and Sam’s Club at least once a month.
I love to get great deals on fresh fruits as they are hard to come by here in Alaska.
Glad the menu planning is working so well for you.
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I don’t really do meal planning. I just ask teh hubby whats for dinner, and he asks me what I’m craving. That’s how we pick xD
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