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Meal Plan Primer

How to Menu Plan When You’ve Done It a Long Time and You’re Tired of Making All of the Decisions

January 2, 2019 By Heather Solos 12 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Menu planning saves time, energy, and money. You don't have to wait until you are an accomplished cook to start. This is the couch 2 5k of feeding yourself healthy, budget conscious food.

Personal update at the end, skip to it if you prefer.

Menu planning saves time, energy, and money. You don't have to wait until you are an accomplished cook to start. This is the couch 2 5k of feeding yourself healthy, budget conscious food.

Home Ec 101 has been around a long time, almost 12 years.  I have shared many weekly meal plans, but the ones on the site are by no means the only ones I’ve made.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: Cook It Tagged With: Meal Plan Primer, Menu Planning

Choosing Sides, Meal Plan Primer Part IV

March 29, 2010 By Heather Solos 7 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Dear Home Ec 101,

I need to get our food budget under control, we spend a ton of money eating out.  It’s starting to cause fights.  I can’t cook, I can’t plan, and even if I could I wouldn’t know where to start.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: All Tagged With: From the comments, Meal Plan Primer, Reader Questions

Stop Overvaluing Your Time

May 26, 2009 By Heather Solos 9 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Heather says:

I promise, I’m not going to wax all nostalgic and talk about how no one ever wishes they’d have swept just one more time. No, that’s not my direction at all. Yesterday, I was listening to This Week in Tech, mostly because I’m a huge geek and partly because my cabinets needed scrubbing.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: All Tagged With: Frugal Living, Meal Plan Primer, Waxing inspirational

Meal Planning: A Primer (Part 3)

August 1, 2008 By Heather Solos 2 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Menu planning saves time, energy, and money. You don't have to wait until you are an accomplished cook to start. This is the couch 2 5k of feeding yourself healthy, budget conscious food.

Menu planning saves time, energy, and money. You don't have to wait until you are an accomplished cook to start. This is the couch 2 5k of feeding yourself healthy, budget conscious food.

Dear Home Ec 101,

I need to get our food budget under control, we spend a ton of money eating out. It’s starting to cause fights. I can’t cook, I can’t plan, and even if I could I wouldn’t know where to start.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: All, Cook It Tagged With: building a pantry, Frugal, frugal grocery shopping, Frugal Living, grocery shopping on a budget, Meal Plan Primer, meal planning, Menus, pantry shopping, Reader Questions

Learn How to Menu Plan (part 2)

July 26, 2008 By Heather Solos 8 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Menu planning saves time, energy, and money. You don't have to wait until you are an accomplished cook to start. This is the couch 2 5k of feeding yourself healthy, budget conscious food.

Menu planning saves time, energy, and money. You don't have to wait until you are an accomplished cook to start. This is the couch 2 5k of feeding yourself healthy, budget conscious food.

Dear Home Ec 101,

I need to get our food budget under control. We spend a ton of money eating out.  It’s starting to cause fights.  I can’t cook, I can’t plan, and even if I could, I wouldn’t know where to start.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: All Tagged With: Cooking Basics, Frugal Living, Meal Plan Primer, Menus

Learn How to Menu Plan

July 18, 2008 By Heather Solos 19 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Menu planning saves time, energy, and money. You don't have to wait until you are an accomplished cook to start. This is the couch 2 5k of feeding yourself healthy, budget conscious food.

Dear Home Ec 101,

I need to get our food budget under control, and we spend a ton of money eating out.  It’s starting to cause fights.  I can’t cook, I can’t plan, and even if I could, I wouldn’t know where to start.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: All, Cook It, Tutorial Tagged With: how to menu plan, Meal Plan Primer, menu plan, Menu Planning, Menus, Reader Questions

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