Meal Planning 101
Meal Planning 101
Basically, Write it down.
That’s the most important point. Plan the work, then work the plan. I used to write my family’s dinner menu on a laminated calendar that lived on the side of my frig. That way I could see all the other activities that were going on that week and that I needed to plan around. Having the calendar in clear view also communicated the information to everyone else.
These days I put my menu plan on my electronic calendar. It still allows me to refer to the rest of my schedule when doing my planning. It’s also nice to have it on my phone when I am out. I use a phone app for my grocery shopping list as well. It works for me to keep everything together on the one device that I carry with me.
If you are new to the idea of making menu planning, my suggestion is to make it fun and visual.
Here’s a great printable that I found at Tip Junkie. What’s For Dinner? Isn’t this cute? You might even be able to get the kids involved with filling it in Try it. You’ll find doing some planning saves you a lot of time in the end. 
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Janet Schiesl
Janet has been organizing since 2005. She is a Certified Professional Organizer and the owner of Basic Organization.
She loves using her background as a space planner to challenge her clients to look at their space differently. She leads the team in large projects and works one-on-one with clients to help the process move quickly and comfortably. Call her crazy, but she loves to work with paper, to purge what is not needed and to create filing systems that work for each individual client.
Janet is a Past Board Member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals and a Past President of the Washington DC Chapter of NAPO were she has been named Organizer of the Year and Volunteer of the Year.
Janet Schiesl
Janet has been organizing since 2005. She is a Certified Professional Organizer and the owner of Basic Organization.
She loves using her background as a space planner to challenge her clients to look at their space differently. She leads the team in large projects and works one-on-one with clients to help the process move quickly and comfortably. Call her crazy, but she loves to work with paper, to purge what is not needed and to create filing systems that work for each individual client.
Janet is a Past Board Member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals and a Past President of the Washington DC Chapter of NAPO were she has been named Organizer of the Year and Volunteer of the Year.