Making a meal plan can save your sanity, and it doesn’t have to be difficult. You can plan a whole month’s worth of dinners in just half an hour once you get a system going that works for you and your family. With four kids, two with allergies, and one who has ongoing ‘picky eating’ […]
Seasonal Eating – Spring/Summer Meal Ideas.
There are some meals that we all the time, but there are some meals on our menu that are seasonal. When spring rolls around my kids are excited by the return off a few of their favourite spring/summer meals. Planning seasonal meals is a good way to rotate menu items, and it fits better with […]
Why I Cook The Same Recipes Over and Over
There is a collection of recipes that I cook again, and again, and again, If it’s not the same five dinners on high rotation, it’s the same snacks, or the same lunch box fillers that I make every single week. That used to drive me totally bonkers, but not any more. Lately I’ve made a […]
Simple Tips for Meal Planning
Last week I shared some simple tips and ideas for getting a meal on the table without losing your mind. There was a free printable master meals list to get you started with meal planning and today we are looking at meal planning in more detail, with lots of simple tips, tricks and free printables […]
Tips for Simple Family Meals
This week the ‘keep it simple’ series is tackling the tricky task of feeding our families. “Why do they want dinner every, single, night?” Right up there with the never ending monotony of laundry is the constant job of feeding a family. Even those people who enjoy cooking can find themselves totally demoralized as they […]
Meal Planning With Pinterest.
I am sick of cooking the same meals over and over again. I need to add something new to our meal plan before I go nuts. But adding new dinners to our rotation isn’t as easy as it sounds. Finding meals that everyone will eat and that fits within our budget and our schedules often […]
Winter Menu Planning
As the days get colder and shorter these tips for easy winter menu planning and ideas for delicious family meals will help keep you organised and the family fed this winter. The change of seasons is a good time to change up your menu planning. Taking into account fruit ad vegetables are in season, and […]
Free Printable Monthly Menu Plan Printable
If you are trying to get organised and stay on top of family meals and grocery shopping, this free printable monthly menu plan is a great way to start. This monthly meal planner template will help take the trauma out of deciding what is for dinner each night! I went to the shops almost every […]