Meal Planning Ideas

Need help with planning meals for your family? I do! Sometimes I plan out a whole week's menu ahead of time, and other weeks I find myself "winging it" all week long! One of my friends came to the rescue when she invited me to participate in a meal planning group. There are seven of us in the group. She sends out a schedule so we each know which week we are to plan. Each girl is assigned a week. You plan for your week and e-mail it to the group during the week prior to give everyone time to grocery shop. So each week, I have my week's worth of meals planned out for me by these other ladies in the group. I only have to plan one week out of seven! Of course, I don't often follow it exactly. Some recipes don't interest me or maybe we'll have other plans for some night during the week, but it's there if I want to use the menu. You can easily do the same thing, and your group can be as large or small as you want it to be.

Here's another great option. Check out the Month of Meals on the Family Fun website! http://familyfun.go.com/recipes/meal-planner/index.html A whole month of meals, pleasing to the kids and adults alike. How convenient!