Tag: menu planning

52 week challenge Week 12: Menu planning part 2

In part 1, I went into WHY menu planning is so awesome. The summary: it can save you money, time, sanity, and help you eat better. Yay, menu planning! Now onto HOW to menu plan. The short answer is that everyone needs to find their own way; what works for me probably won’t be the …

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52 week challenge Week 12: Menu planning

How can you reduce stress daily and save money at the same time? If you read the title, you probably know where I’m going here. Yep, the answer is menu planning. I’m sure you have heard you should plan out your meals somewhere. Before we get into the how, why don’t we look at the …

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Parshat Bo Shabbat menu

This week, we’re making Pesach without the pressure of the real Pesach. 🙂 That’s right, I said it. The “P” word. If you’re like many people, just saying Pesach or Passover is something that might make you breathe a little faster. Some people like to start really early, some start the day before. But hey, …

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Meal planning resources

A big part of organizing yourself is finding out what works for you, right? But what works for you isn’t necessarily what works for anyone else, which can make using someone else’s preplanned printables frustrating. So should you give up altogether? Of course not! I have my own Menu plan template and grocery list, including …

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Menu plan Monday

This week, our weekdays look pretty normal, but we’re having guests for Shabbat dinner and going out for lunch. That’s for sure a change for us! Now that it’s getting cold here, I’m instituting our regular crockpot Wednesday. Stay tuned for meat crockpot ideas, resources, and recipes! (I only have a meat crockpot–well, actually a …

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Menu planning Monday

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This week, Yom Kippur throws off a normal Shabbat rhythm. Instead of regular Shabbat meals, there are two meals before Yom Kippur and one to break the fast on Saturday night. Those meals shouldn’t be spicy, salty, or too sweet to help us fast well. Plus we are just coming off of a three day …

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Chesed meals (part 2): So what’s for dinner?

So far in this series, I’ve talked about what to do (and NOT to do) when sending a chesed meal (baby meal, shiva meal, meal for a family with an ill member, etc.). Part 1. Now, let’s talk about weekday food specifics: what’s for dinner? For a non-Shabbat (weekday) meal, the most sent option seems …

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Menu planning Monday

This week, we might be having a few guests for Shabbat but it hasn’t been confirmed yet, so the Shabbat menu is tentative. As always, we keep breakfast and lunch flexible depending on what we’re in the mood (for with the ingredients on hand.) Breakfasts: Yogurt, cereal, and eggs (and fruit) Lunches: Sandwiches, pizza bagels, …

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