The Ultimate Guide to Smart Meal

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Ideally, we will not be cooking the same meals every single week. But there is probably a list of tried and true recipes that your family gravitates towards.

Make a list of 20-30 of these favorite meals and keep them in the meal planning rotation. Refer to this list first when making your meal plan to not fall into the Pinterest recipe black hole.

Check to see what meats you have in your freezer, what fresh produce needs to be eaten in your fridge, and what sauces or sides can come from your already full pantry. Use what you have on hand, and you will save money and time.

If you are not sure what you can make from the random assortment of ingredients around your home, try entering the list into SuperCook. It will recommend recipes based on the ingredients you have.

You can make meal planning faster by assigning a different theme to every night of the week. Meatless Monday. Taco Tuesday. Chicken on Wednesday. Breakfast for dinner. Fancy Friday.

Depending on how busy any given week might be, plan on incorporating new recipes on a regular.

Every once in a while, they will be flops. But for the most part, cooking new recipes will add to your meal plan repertoire. Add any favorites to your master list of favorite meals.

Incorporating some new recipes once in a while will keep your old favorites from getting stale. And give your family a special meal to look forward to.

Meal planning means more efficient grocery shopping, less money and food wasted, and fewer dinnertime scrambles. Hopefully, these tips will help you master meal planning and reap the benefits once and for all.


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