Monthly Meal Plan!

Today I am going to change your world, if you chose to follow the advice i give you, you will forever be happy, this a i promise you! So here it is, if any of you have spent any time on Pinterest you have probably heard rumblings about a monthly meal, plan, I had heard of this many times over yet I never bothered to find out what it really was, but now that i have my whole life has changed for the better, it does take a little time and commitment but trust me it is totally worth it!! Ok so here it goes, a monthly meal plan is just this, take a calendar, i am sure you have a million around the house this time of year, or make a calendar on line like i do and fill out one month worth of meals, remember to leave blank the days you plan to go out, you fill all the days in with all your families favorite meals, and then follow that with a grocery list, a large list of everything you need to make all these meals. Now this will take some time, but trust me it will save you a ton of time, trying to think up what to have for dinner, running to the store on your lunch break for a supper idea or ingredients and running to the store after work, this system is amazing, everyday as soon as we would finish breakfast my hubby would ask, what's for supper, and I would be like "are you kidding me I just figured out what to have for Breakfast!! LOL!" If you like you can plan our exactly what you want to have for breaky lunch and supper, but we only have supper on our meal plan and we always make enough for Joe to take the left overs to work! Never again do you have to worry about what to make for supper cause there it is all planned out for you, we have been doing things this way since October and we would never go back to the old way, we ate alot of last minute meals, none of which are very good for you cause we where in a rush and didn't know what to make, so in our meal plan we try to have healthy meals and a few junky meals, if you don't put them in there, you will end up cheating on your meal plan, so put your fav's in there! Not every meal has to be a healthy one! And the other great part of this plan is that all of the ingredients you need are now in your house from the big grocery list you made and the big shopping trip you will have made, everything is all ready there, this makes the job so much easier and saves you so many trips to the store! And because the items are already in your house for the recipe the chances you will follow your plan are much greater! Try this, give it one month and I promise you will be hooked, this will also save you money, because instead of buying last minute frozen pizza's or whatever you will have a meal planned out already and you won't feel rushed into buying the more expensive boxed foods, here is an example of a montly meal plan, this is our plan for January, MONTH of JANUARY Macaroni and cheese and Hotdogs 1 Spaghetti and Bread Sticks 2 Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese 3 Bacon Cheese Burger taquitos and fries 4 Dauphin Pick up supper 5 Sesame Shrimp and Broccoli 6 Meat loaf with stuffing potatoes and veggies 7 Fondue with Wontons shrimp broccoli mushrooms cauliflower 8 Taco’s with Home made Navajo Fry bread 9 Chicken and Snow pea stir fry 10 Pickerel and home made fries 11 Home Made Pizza 12 Ribs, Brussels Sprouts and potatoes 13 Mustangs game 6pm eat at rink 14 Homemade beef tomato macaroni Soup and buns 15 Lemon garlic Chicken Alfredo 16 Lasagna 17 Chicken Rice Casserole with French Fried onions 18 Dauphin Pick up Supper 19 Perogies and Bacon 20 Slow cooker Chicken Cashew 21 Loaded Baked potato Soup 22 Ham and scalloped Potatoes 23 Teriyaki Chicken and Rice 24 Chili And hame made Bread 25 Pork chops potatoes gravy stuffing veggies 26 Zucchini Pasta 27 Gnocchi Soup 28 Beef and Cheddar Pot Pie 29 Perogies and Bacon 30 Kraft Dinner and Hotdogs 31 Just an example of what you might like, but of course add your own foods, I also keep a folder on my computer of new recipes i would like to try and then when it is time to do up my montlhy meal plan I have some new ideas to add :) Please try this it will change your life and make everything so much easier, it turns out most of the battle of cooking is figuring out what to cook and getting the ingredients, once you have that mastered cooking the meal is sooo much easier! Best of luck!! Let me know how it works for all of you!!! Trust me just do it!!