Now for the fun part: putting the meals on a calendar. Now, you can set this up however you want, but what I do is use a word processing document for storage purposes. You could use a notebook, or an actual calender or even something else. I just find that it is easier to keep it on my computer.
Initially, you will need to make 4 weeks worth of meal plans, but after that you will just need to add only 1 week at a time. You can set up your document like this times four.
Week 1
Breakfast
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Lunch
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Dinner
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Snacks
Once you have set up your document, you are ready to start filling in your meal plans by transferring the completed meals in bold from your grid to your document. You can have as many snacks as you want. My family only needs two snacks for the whole week, but your family may require less or more.
As you transfer your meals, gt out your calendar and see what kind of activities are coming up for your family. If your son is having a cub scout pack meeting one night, that will mean that dinner needs to be early and quick. Perhaps you have planned to meet a girlfriend for lunch for her birthday one day during the week. Take all of those kinds of things into account and put them into your meal plan so that you can plan accordingly.
As you transfer your completed meals to your document, you want to make sure that you don't plan two of the same types of entrees on the same day or too close together. For instance, you wouldn't want to have soup for lunch one day and soup for dinner on the same day or even soup one day for lunch and soup the next day for dinner. That would be too close together.
That is basically it! The next post will explain why you need four weeks of meal plans at a time. I'll give you a hint. It has to do with shopping.
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