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Menu Planning Tips.

Posted on July 19, 2010 by admin

By planning ahead for the week I reduce the number of trips to the grocery store, avoid last-minute fast food dinners, and totally skip over the hour of doom…

I will try these tips. It is indeed not easy planning and preparing meals for the family. I bet I won’t be having sleepless nights and won’t be needing even the best sleep aid out there, if everything that I need to do is planned and listed. It really does free my mind.

For the tips:
1. For menu planning to be done most effectively, you need to set aside a regular time to do it
2. Write Monday through Sunday down the side of the paper, leaving space enough between them to write the meal plus comments.
3. Note on the paper any things in the upcoming week that affect your day.
4. Decide what to prepare.
5. Save one day a week for a new dish from a cookbook or a food blog if you like to try new things.
6. Make a note of where the recipe is as you write down the menu for each day.
7. Have your shopping list next to your menu planning sheet.
8. If you tend to have a lot of leftovers from your meals, plan one day as LO (leftover) day.
9. Lastly, look for twofer opportunities. What’s a twofer? It’s getting two meals from the effort of one.

Read more: http://www.simplebites.net/9-tips-to-successful-menu-planning/.