Saturday, July 12, 2008

Organizing Life Tips - Tip #1 - Make a Weekly Menu

Sure, this has nothing to do with cleaning. But, the Happy Slob mentality is all about simplifying your life, right? And one thing I find not only incredibly helpful with reducing stress - and reducing my bill at the supermarket! - is to sit down on Sunday nights and come up with a weekly menu or meal plan.

To simplify even further, you can have themes for each night, such as:

  • Monday: Breakfast for Supper Night
  • Tuesday: Soup & Sandwich Night
  • Wednesday: Try a New Recipe Night
  • Thursday: Dad's Night to Cook (Hurray!)
  • Friday: Homemade Pizza Night
  • Saturday: Eat out Night (Which is particularly easy to prepare...hehe)
  • Sunday: Proper Sit Down Dinner Night

With a theme in mind, you can create meal ideas for each day, and then make a grocery list that contains all the necessary ingredients.

Okay slobbos...what do YOU do to simplify meal planning?

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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous11:51 AM

    I find a recipe book and select a weeks worth of meals from it (sometimes two weeks) and then I buy everything I need for that time frame.
    It simplifies things for me because it gives my family the freedom to choose a meal from the book and decide which one they'd like to eat that night. Whatever it is I have everything there already. :)

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  2. Anonymous7:02 AM

    Meal Planning is always stressful if not organized.

    There are new easy ways to organize your life with easy meal planning.

    http://www.dinnerplanner.com

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  3. HappySlob10:23 AM

    Mandy - I love your tips! I like doing something similar - making a meal plan for the week, but one we can be really flexible with. If we feel like curry one night - then curry it is! Having all the stuff on hand makes it really easy.

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  4. Anonymous3:02 PM

    Why should Dad be the only person to "help"? At our house our 14yo cooks on Thursday nights. I have even made a notebook with detailed instructions on how to prepare dishes so that she is learning without my having to stand right next to her. (otherwise it doesn't really give me a break. "new recipes" give us time together in the kitchen at other times.

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