Investing less than 30 minutes per week to plan out our meals has made life easier for me. This way I only have to think once about dinner for the week. Each night as I close the kitchen, I look at my plan to see if I should take anything out of the freezer. When it comes time to cook I just walk into the kitchen and start cooking.
Here is what’s for dinner this week:
Spaghetti
Lentil Burritos
Black Bean Pasta Salad
Chicken and Corn Chowder
Homemade Pepperoni Pizza
Omelets.
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Cindy, your thinking on menu planning is just like mine! Though each weekend I tend to think, “Uh oh — I have to make a menu plan,” I so appreciate having it done the rest of the week. You’re right — it eliminates having to wonder what to make for dinner every single night. Enjoy dinner tonight. Chicken and corn chowder? Yum!
I could not survive without menu planning. The Chicken and corn chowder that i made falls somewhere in between these two recipes:http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/potato-corn-chicken-chowder and
http://www.recipegirl.com/2008/10/20/quick-chicken-corn-chowder/ .
Thanks for touching base!
Cindy