#meal planning for moms

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10 Productivity Hacks for Moms

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A Beautiful Meal Planning for Busy & Working Moms

Meal Planning For Busy Moms with Best Practical Tips I understand that being a busy mom can be challenging, especially when it comes to meal planning. That’s why I’m here to help! In this blog post, you’ll find best practical tips designed to make your everyday meal planning easier and more efficient. These tips will not only save you time and energy but also help you create delicious and…

[thesistersarcheron]

I love it when the wine starts tasting like writing Rhysand being mean 😭🙏💕

[magicalgirlmindcrank]

Blehhh

[homemakinghippie]

Meal Planning

Aside from making as much of our food from scratch as possible, meal planning is how I keep our grocery budget low. When done properly it can be extremely helpful, but I know a lot of people find it very overwhelming so I thought I'd share how I meal plan.

The first step is deciding how long you want to plan for. I plan week by week because I love grocery shopping. Growing up my mom always planned for two weeks so she could get groceries on pay day, and I know some people successfully plan for the whole month. However long you choose to plan for, don't think that your meal plan locks you down to eating specific things on specific nights. A meal plan is more like a guide. I use it as a list of meals we want to eat that week, and we can have whichever meal sounds the best that night. I still have some freedom of choice, but I don't have to think hard about what we should have. It eliminates a lot of decision fatigue.

I always try to base my meals off the things that are on sale that week. Most grocery stores (at least in the US) change their sale items on Wednesdays so I make my meal plan and grocery list on Wednesday. You could totally do your shopping then too, but my husband and I like going together on weekends. This can take a little more flexibility, because sometimes the item on my list is sold out because of the sale, but I just do what I need to make it work. If you get your local newspaper they should have an insert with local store's weekly ads, but most also post them on their app/website. Using the app or website can actually make lists easier because you can sometimes add a sale item or deal straight to your in app list and clip coupons straight to your account instead of needing to get the scissors out.

I do shop at Walmart a lot and they don't have weekly deals or coupons, so I also keep a list of meals we love and are cheap/easy to make. I price compare items at my local Kroger and Walmart and usually end up going to both of there's enough items that are cheaper.

Meal planning can be super simple if you want it to be. Create meals based on sale items, choose one of those meals each night when deciding what to have for dinner, save money because you're not constantly going back to the store for random ingredients or getting takeout because you can't decide.

I wanna clarify that when I say sale items I mean ingredients. Produce, cheese, or meats that are one sale. Even if everything is on sale, buying all premade/processed foods will automatically make your groceries cost more. You can get more meals out of a package of chicken breasts, cheese, rice, and some vegetables than you can with frozen meals you just have to heat up (although frozen vegetables are an amazing way to get veggies in for cheaper).

[freebooter4ever]

prior to this, i actually never ate much meat - my go to for protein was nuts, hummus, peanut butter, and the occasional chicken or lamb curry dish. legit i just didnt eat or cook meat. so this sudden high protein diet to make up for the lack of carbs calories is probably making my stomach confused. i eat two sausages for breakfast now. its insane. pls let me eat gluten again soon ;_;

[brandycranby]

mm didn't get take out even though i was excited aaaall week for it :(( dunno, it's just so expensive and i feel like i've spent too much money lately. but now i feel like crud :((

[gotyouanyway]

this and bf short trips volume 2

[blackpearlblast]

how can I tell people in my own home that they need to stop buying Pepsi products? How can I encourage boycotting without being seen as a “killjoy”? I just want Palestinians to live

hi there! i don't really know if what i have to say about this is more relevant than any other random person but since you asked i can share my thoughts =)

first if you are in a precarious living position (minor or otherwise dependent on the people you live with to have a home) and you aren't sure how they would respond if you keep pushing the issue, don't push it. this is just a disclaimer basically but getting kicked out of your house helps no one and puts you in a crisis situation where you won't be able to affectively advocate in other places because you will be too busy trying to survive. your personal safety has to come first.

assuming you've already informed them about the genocide in gaza and 75 year occupation in palestine as much they will allow you to and they still don't seem to care, there's still a few things you could try. mainly, boycotting for the right reason is great but boycotting for the wrong reason still has essentially the same effect on the companies financially.

reasons they might want to stop buying pepsi other than because they want to support palestine and boycott israel:

because it really matters to you and they care about you and what you think don't they?

wouldn't it be healthier to stop drinking pepsi all the time? (i hate the whole assigning morality to health and food thing but if it's something they tend to care about it could be worth it)

wouldn't you be able to save money if your household stopped buying pepsi drinks?

etc.

i think if you live with these people you know them best and you would know what would be most likely to convince them to boycott pepsi with you.

[kaerinio]

marry dany ( & take her last name 😈 ) !

[cinewhore]

me: i should call my mom less

also me: takes her on my errands which easily spills over three hours

[notjanine]

what hidden truths are revealed when people who are so so different from each other choose to love you in the same way

[what-even-is-sleep]

Trying to get ahead of an unsustainability cycle that might be starting up this week,,, (I start work).

[pepsinister]

btw this is my complete timeline of cooking from this past weekend

not pictured: breakfast was leftover pizza for two days, and my first dinner was some leftover curry from the fridge

[asinglesock]

unemployment arc update

[kestrel-tree]

There are two kinds of sensory weird you can be about food:

1) Wish I was a boundless transcendental being so I didn't have to consume worldly material to fuel my corporeal body.

2) Good thing I'm not a boundless transcendental being because I would have eaten the sun as soon as I grew teeth.