Raise your hand if you often come home with full bags from the grocery store, but still have no idea what's for dinner. Or you've got your menu set, but forgot that one vital ingredient. We've all been there. Alice, author of the inspiring craft blog Futuregirl, has devised a helpful visual system to get organized about meal planning and grocery shopping.
Her husband, Andrew, does much of the meal planning and Alice lays it out using a three-column attack - one column for the menu, one column for what to buy and one column for notes (take steak out of the freezer, for example). She drew up a template with cute icons and, better yet, she's offering it as a free pdf download on her blog!
Go here to download your own and to see more of Alice's good ideas and craftiness.
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Comments (4)
"Raise your hand if you often come home with full bags from the grocery store, but still have no idea what's for dinner"
Phew! I thought I was the only one around here. what a neat idea... knowing me, I think I'd need more writing space, but I like the organization! Also a great cheat sheet to lay out various possible meals for picky toddlers.
This solved my dinner dilemmas: http://thescramble.com/
I am very reluctant to subscribe to ANYTHING, so I put this off for months. But when I finally took the plunge (about $5/month) I was hooked.
It is a service that plans your meals (allowing changes if you choose) and supplies an organized grocery list to boot. Check it out!
I also subscribe to a service (relishrelish.com) and I love it! They plan the dinners (20 choices per week) and I just print out the grocery list. All the meals are easy and yummy.
My sister, who is a single mom with three kids, told me about investment cooking. She spends a weekend afternoon cooking with the children and makes all her dinners and lunches for the week. It is fairly inexpensive and gets all her meal planning and cooking out of the way. Sounds like a great idea for busy families.