Over a month ago, I wrote a post telling of my dislike for deciding what to make for supper. After that, I decided that I would try my hand at meal planning, and filled the entire March page of a calendar with ideas for every day. Except Sundays. I left Sundays blank as a flex day, just in case we went out one day during the week, or ended up with extra leftovers. If nothing else, eggs or sandwiches did the trick.
I enjoyed not having to think of what to make every day, so I have now done the same thing for April. These are the short steps I used:
1) inventoried the freezer so I know what I had on hand and what needed to be used
2) plugged those items and other ideas onto every day
3) wrote a shopping list
There are so many ways to go about meal planning, and this is my easy peasy version.
Would love to see your recipe for hasbrown casserol. :D
I’d love to get it to you, but first I have to get it from my mom! Haha!
1kg hashbrowns
1 cup grated cheddar cheese
1/2 – 1 litre sour cream
1 or 2 cans cream of chicken (or mushroom) soup
Mix hashbrowns and cheese. Add sour cream and soup. (The sour cream and soup is approx. depending on how moist you want it – sometimes I don’t have enough on hand and then add a little milk so that it’s not so dry). Put into casserole dish and bake at 350 for about 1 hour.
Thanks! And I didn’t even have to ask. :P
What about that sweet meal plan your mom made for you? That set was AMAZING!
I use some of the recipes. A lot of the meals use ingredients I don’t usually have though. But I guess if I plan for it, I should have them!
I do meal planning too, but weekly. Do you find the month plan has flexibility to work in stuff on sale?
I don’t go looking for things that are on sale. I do my one big shop at the beginning of the month, and I might pick up something extra if its on sale, but it would probably go into the freezer. The rest of the month I normally just buy dairy and produce, so I don’t go into the other sections to see sale items.