You are probably thinking to yourself… am I on the right blog? Why is there a picture of food on here? Stick with me here you can thank me later!
In ranking chores around my home…. cooking probably comes in dead last.
Really I think I’d rather clean up after the puppy, if you know what I mean?
I’d so much rather be shopping, hanging out on Pintrest, working, watching Real Housewives, cleaning up doggy poo…..
A major reason for this is “what do I make?” day after day, week after week (UGH).
You have to be super organized at the market, so you buy exactly what you need not to much not to little. Then the kids are going to complain about dinner after you have put in all this effort anyway!
We have tried things like Dream Dinners, or cooking in bulk at home and freezing, extreme couponing( hehehe just kidding). None of these weren’t a huge hit in our home. I am also concerned about fresh and healthy ingredients. I shop mainly at Trader Joe’s and Sprouts Market.
So early in 2011 I discovered a meal planning service and it has helped me tremendously!
“The Fresh 20”, I adore this service… it comes with weekly menus and a shopping list (with accurate prices). The reason for the name… all 20 ingredients are fresh.
The menu is new every week and the months and months we have been doing this my kids haven’t liked two or three meals(tough tootsies! I say) . It has saved me time and money. Less waste and less eating out because I have no idea what to make! Oh and the meals are easy peasey to make, like 30 minutes a night. It costs me $15 a quarter, but they have different plans!
This week we are dining on :
Turkey Meatballs / Mashed Potatoes
Chicken or Shrim Pho ( Soup)/ Cucumbers
Apple Sausage/ Sweet Potatoe Casserole/ Broccoli
Dinner Scramble/ Home Fries
Tacos/ Cumin Beans
Sounds terrific to me and it is as close as I can get to a personal chef!
Check them out I think you may like them too!
So now we will all have time for the important things in life, like how cute your shoes are 😉
BTW I just LOVE this service and wanted to share I was not compensated in any way for this !
