How to make your weekly meal plan
Every woman I have met always worries about what to cook for the day. If she has kids then that worry becomes huge! What for my kid to eat at breakfast? What’s for food to cook? What snack should I give my kids? Aren’t those questions something that stresses you too?
The constant stress of every mom
To be honest, I get anxious about thinking of all these questions… There are times that I have asked myself those questions that come to my mind and drive me crazy every day… Also, we should include that some important issues need special treatment like health problems, breastfeeding, losing weight… All those things should be considered to decide what to cook for the next day.
Another important issue to consider is the snacks for your kid. We give our children many useless snacks just because they prefer them to the healthier ones. Well, I think that this is something that we have taught them, a habit. They should indeed eat sometimes chocolate or sugar or sweets, but as the doctors advise us, not too often. So if we teach them to eat healthier snacks we will prevent them from bad health issues. It’s a little difficult, but it’s a decision we have to make and change our children’s habits.
There is only one solution!
I have to admit that I found the thought of weekly planning very helpful. It helped me a lot. Every weekend, I check my to-do schedule for the next week and start making a list of the meals I’m going to cook for the next week. This is very useful for many reasons. Most importantly, not only have I stopped worrying 7 days a week about what to cook, but when I shop at the supermarket I know what to buy and spend less.
Going to the supermarket, without the “list of the week”, if I hadn’t decided from home what I was going to cook for that day and at least the next two, I bought a lot of things. At home I had to decide which one I could use. I had a lot of stuff left in cupboards, fridge and freezer. Sometimes they even ended up breaking and I threw them in the trash! How much food waste…
At the same time, the waste I did, not only for the food that ended up in the trash, but also financially for the family was very large. It wasn’t until I started keeping track of my monthly household expenses that I began to understand how wasteful it was. Because I could check every month the money we needed for our food. So I created the supermarket expense list, and now I know how much money we spend on supermarket.
I have learned my lesson and it’s time to help you understand too. So, I created some lists for you to choose the ones you like. Choose the one you like and organize your weekly cooking and eating schedule.
Don’t forget how much daily stress you save when you organize on time and in the right way!
Why is this planning important?
It is important to realize that the lists that organize the weekly menu and cooking do not only help us… They help the whole family.
Decide, select, print, organize meals and place the list in a place that the whole family can see. One such point is the refrigerator door. Your kids will just go and check what’s next to eat and they will also accept that they are not free to eat whatever they want. Your husband either will not bother you or he will help you make that program come true! For example, if you work some nights, dad and every child would know what to eat.
At that point, we should remind you of another post we had made about the Mediterranean diet, which is one of the healthiest ways of eating and living. We advise you to read it and we assure you that you will find it very useful and helpful to decide the things that you will give your family to eat.
Why is this planning important?
It’s important to realize that lists that organize weekly meals and cooking don’t just help us… They help the whole family.
Decide, choose, print, organize meals and put the list in a place where the whole family can see. One such point is the refrigerator door. Your children will control what comes next for food or snacks and they will also accept that they are not completely free to eat whatever they want. Your husband will either not be bothered, or he will help you make this plan a reality! For example, if you work some evenings, both dad and each child would know what meal is coming next.
At this point we should remind you of another post we had about the Mediterranean diet, which is one of the healthiest ways of eating and living. We advise you to read it and we assure you that you will find it very useful and it will help you decide what to give to your family.
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My advice
Just give it a try and you will not regret it, I promise! You will start to live every day with less stress! This is very important for your family’s health.
It’s time for me to reveal to you… I have chosen my favorite planner, I have laminated it on my own and every week I erase the old and write with a marker the new schedule.
When you get the archive, why don’t you comment on which one you loved the most?
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I love your lists! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you very much! Welcome!
Love this, thank you so much!
Thank you too!