http://neenmachine.com/2007/03/19/meal-planning-made-easy/ Parenting Tips for Busy Moms and Families Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:40:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://neenmachine.com/2007/03/19/meal-planning-made-easy/#comment-17 Neena Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:36:00 +0000 http://neenmachine.com/2007/03/19/meal-planning-made-easy/#comment-17 Anonymous,<br/>I am glad to be of help. As to the time involved - it depends how much time I have! Including all the details (side dishes, etc.) makes the week go more smoothly but takes more up front planning. At a minimum I get the main dishes planned but I do like to include more information like side dishes and the kids lunch plans. Usually, it takes me about half an hour to plan and go through my coupons and the store circular. Look for an upcoming post on shopping tips - and thanks for the feedback. Anonymous,
I am glad to be of help. As to the time involved - it depends how much time I have! Including all the details (side dishes, etc.) makes the week go more smoothly but takes more up front planning. At a minimum I get the main dishes planned but I do like to include more information like side dishes and the kids lunch plans. Usually, it takes me about half an hour to plan and go through my coupons and the store circular. Look for an upcoming post on shopping tips - and thanks for the feedback.

]]> http://neenmachine.com/2007/03/19/meal-planning-made-easy/#comment-16 Anonymous Wed, 21 Mar 2007 03:40:00 +0000 http://neenmachine.com/2007/03/19/meal-planning-made-easy/#comment-16 I love this idea --- I tried to use my everyday calendar awhile back in this way, but like you said, it was way too confusing with the million other activities on there. How much time do you spend putting together the menus---do you include side dishes? I'm tired of being at the grocery store every day, something like this could help me. any tips in the shopping area would be great. I love this idea — I tried to use my everyday calendar awhile back in this way, but like you said, it was way too confusing with the million other activities on there. How much time do you spend putting together the menus—do you include side dishes? I’m tired of being at the grocery store every day, something like this could help me. any tips in the shopping area would be great.

]]> http://neenmachine.com/2007/03/19/meal-planning-made-easy/#comment-15 Neena Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:07:00 +0000 http://neenmachine.com/2007/03/19/meal-planning-made-easy/#comment-15 Let me know how it works out for you. Let me know how it works out for you.

]]> http://neenmachine.com/2007/03/19/meal-planning-made-easy/#comment-14 Nilam Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:47:00 +0000 http://neenmachine.com/2007/03/19/meal-planning-made-easy/#comment-14 Wow! This is a great idea! Maybe this will make me more organized and maybe even help me...gasp...cook dinner once in awhile! If I have the ingredients on hand, the cooking should be the easy part. Wow! This is a great idea! Maybe this will make me more organized and maybe even help me…gasp…cook dinner once in awhile! If I have the ingredients on hand, the cooking should be the easy part.

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