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Bi-Weekly Meal Plan – April 24, 2017

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Meal Plan Monday

Meal planning for two weeks at a time has proven to be really effective for us. I’ve found it really beneficial to be prepared and ingredients on hand for double the number the meals. It allows me more flexibility which has been vital in the past few weeks where I’ve gotten sick (strep is the worst!!), kids have gotten sick, and Keith’s spring sports/work schedule can be changed at the drop of a hat.

It took me a little while to get in a groove of the two week meal plan. Now that I have, I feel that our grocery budget has been reduced. We’ve have some anamolies, such as spring break in March, that keeps me from declaring with certainty that this method is saving us money on groceries. But at this point, it seems quite possible.

Our breakfasts and lunches have become very routine so planning for them has become quite simple. We’ve found some new dinner recipes that are a hit with everyone and hope to share some recipes here on the blog real soon. Brooke has plans over both weekends & Keith will be gone the second so I left the weekends open because Leah & I are pretty easy to please and I’m sure there will be leftovers to throw into the mix.

Meal Plan for April 24 – May 7, 2017

Breakfast

Eggs & Toast
Smoothies
Yogurt & Granola
Breakfast Bars

Lunch

Leftovers
Salmon & Veggies
Sandwiches
Salads
Homemade “Lunchables” (Brooke’s lunches)

Dinner

Cheeseburger Pie
Oven Tacos
Garlic Parmesan Pork Chops
Baked Penne with Sausage & Peppers
Burgers
Creamy Italian Chicken
Slow Cooker Southwest Chicken Stacks
Easy Taco Salad
Mexican Pizzas
Weeknight Creamy Sausage Pasta

Below is a screenshot of my Plan To Eat planner to give you an overview of how I have meals planned each day. As always, nothing is set in stone.
BW Meal Plan 2017.04.24-05.07

Have you tried meal planning for longer than a one-week period? What did you like or not like?

Meal Plan & Aldi Grocery Haul | January 23, 2017

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This week I’m sharing a meal plan & grocery haul combo!! I’ve tried something new which was to have planned & shopped for two weeks’ worth of meals. I hope this will prove to help us save both time, money and possibly even the amount of effort put into the meal planning & grocery shopping process.

Meal Plan Aldi Grocery Haul

We do the majority of our shopping at Aldi – we love that place!!! As with almost all of the meal plans I’ve shared, I used PlanToEat.com to organize my recipes, schedule our meals and create the shopping list.

And here’s our family meal plan for the next two weeks – note it is very likely these meals will get switched around:
Monday – Taco Salad Leftovers (http://bit.ly/1XmHyzs)
Tuesday – Chili from the freezer (http://bit.ly/2jrlEfj)
Wednesday – Breakfast Burritos
Thursday – Meatballs & Noodles Leftovers (http://bit.ly/1TQBKhM)
Friday – Aldi Deli Pizza
Saturday – Chili Dip (coming soon!)
Sunday – Meatball Stew (http://bit.ly/2jT6jXZ)
Monday – Pasta & Meatballs
Tuesday – Chili Dip Leftovers
Wednesday – Slow Cooker Pot Roast (http://bit.ly/2jLEyhR)
Thursday – Open
Friday – Pizza Night
Saturday – Sunday Chicken Dinner in Slow Cooker (http://bit.ly/2iYISgt)
Sunday – Open

Below is the video of our two week meal plan as well as our Aldi grocery haul. If you enjoy it, I hope you will subscribe to be notified of future videos and check out my playlist of Grocery Haul videos.

If you’re interested in using Plan To Eat to simplify your meal planning and grocery shopping, they offer a free 30-day trial!! You can import your recipes and use them to quickly and easily make your meal plan. Print the shopping list organized by category for you and head to the grocery store (or send your husband – that’s what I do!!)

Do you meal plan on regular basis? If so, do you do it weekly, bi-weekly or monthly?

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Weekly Meal Plan & Goals – November 23, 2015

Weekly Meal Plan & Goals – November 23, 2015

Posted on by Sarah Marshall

The countdown to Turkey Day is on. And like many others in America, I’m focused on my Thanksgiving menu. But from what I understand, I still need to feed my family the rest of the days this week too. However, I’m giving myself plenty of grace and keeping it simple.

Although two weeks ago, I came up with a great solution for feeding the girls and I in the short window before an extra-curricular activity, I’m planning to hit up the drive thru. We spent Saturday at Dollywood and Sunday we were all really spent and so doing lots of food prep just wasn’t a priority.

Sometimes you have to sacrifice other things to maintain your sanity. Let’s just hope it don’t regret it in a day or two!!!

Speaking of saving sanity, having a service like Plan To Eat is a great way to stay sane during “normal” weeks and when its time to plan for holiday meals. I slide the dishes I want to make into the planner and the ingredients automatically show up on my shopping list. And if you’re blessed enough to have a hubby who helps with the grocery shopping like me, its super easy to export your shopping list, copy & paste into an email and send it along. It’s even categorized for more efficient trips down the aisles.

You can get a free 30-day trial and be sure to check out the Black Friday Sale when yearly subscriptions are 50% off. That makes is $19.50 for the WHOLE YEAR!! The part I like best is that the sale is for new AND CURRENT subscribers!

Weekly Meal Plan & Goals

Meal Plan

Breakfast

Eggs in some form on school/work days
Biscuits & Gravy
Pancakes/Waffles

Lunch

Broccoli/Cheddar Soup
Salad
Thanksgiving Dinner Leftovers

Dinner

Drive-thru
Meatballs & Noodles
3-Cheese Macaroni & Cheese
Thanksgiving Dinner!!!
Slow Cooker Sloppy Joes
Stadium Fare at the Vols Football Game

This menu plan is linked to Org Junkie’s Menu Plan Monday link up.

Weekly Goals

Mail a “Thinking of You” note to a friend – I bought the cards but haven’t mailed them
Bible study 5 of 7 mornings – I kept up with my Bible reading plans. A WIN!!!
Lunches packed at night – I’m going to scratch this from my goals for right now. I might try it again in the future but right now, packing lunches in the morning isn’t a huge deal. I would still need to put the final touches on them in the morning so it feels like it would be double work to an extent.
2 blog posts & 1 YouTube video posted – Technically yes, but since one of the blog posts was also the YouTube video I’m not going to count it. So one blog & one video
Schedule social media posts every night – I started strong at the beginning of the week again and trailed off at the end :o(
Walk at least 20 minutes 3 of 5 workdays and at least 1 weekend day – I don’t think I did this once – eep!! I’m still working on setting aside time on my calendar each day
One Fit2be session each day (at least 10 minutes) – I haven’t figured out the best place to put this on my schedule

I’m going to keep these same goals for next week minus the lunch packing.

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