On each post-it page marker, place a star or number rating to show which are your favorite family meals, or lowest in calories, or even how fast food prep is! Do it in a way that works best for you! Other Helpful Tabs To Add To Your Meal Planning Binder If you really want to get detailed, you can even include important elements like snacks, dessert items, drinks, and more! There are printable categories for each of these if desired! Add Meal Ratings Or have an impromptu “leftover day” for whichever day in the week that life gets busy. It can be included at whatever point in the week it makes the most sense, and fits with the meal plan. It’s important that you aren’t wasteful and make the most of all that hard work! Make a few post-it note markers that just say “leftovers” on them. Factor In Leftoversĭon’t forget to include leftovers into your weekly meal schedule. It also indicates how varied your meals are! Are you pulling from the food pyramid for a healthy well-balanced meal? Then likely your sticky tabs will display a variety of colors that week. This makes it easier to put back in place and keep organized. Use different color post-it note markers for the different food categories. There are a few things to take into account when using this meal plan template: Use Different Color Post-It Page Markers But if you really want to save money, choose your dishes based on the sale fliers for the week! A Few Tips For Best Use This is also the time to make your shopping list based on the menu plan. Next glean dishes from your Menu Idea section to populate your Weekly Menu Plan. Include both recipes that make you look like a superstar, and the trusty dishes you cook weekly. These little sticky notes will be easily moved between the Menu Idea section and the Weekly Plan page.
Go crazy! Write down all of your favorite dishes on post-it page markers. Populate The Menu Ideas Sectionįirst populate the Menu Ideas section. Make sure you place your pages so they are front and back.Īfter laminating, use a hole punch right through the laminated sheets to add it to your binder.
PAGE PROTECTORS DO NOT WORK! If you don’t have a laminating machine, then use self-sealing laminating pouches. You MUST laminate the prints in order for the sticky notes to adhere to the page, and not get stuck to each other when you close the book. Print pages so they are front and back (or prepare to place two pages back to back in the next step) Step 2. You could even plan the whole month in advance if you are that organized. Just pull it off, and stick it on your plan for that week. Using post-it page markers allows you to easily move that recipe/dish idea from the Menu Idea section to the Weekly Planner. The Menu Idea Section is organized by food categories (grains/pasta/potato/entrees/etc.), and you can even fine tune by meal times (breakfast/lunch/dinner) if you want to! This just makes it easier to organize your favorite dishes, and put together a well-balanced meal. The Menu Ideas Section: where I choose favorite foods to populate my weekly meal plan and have my entire week (or month) planned in advance!.The Weekly Planner: which I reference to see what I’m making each day of the week.The genius is that this planner has two important parts: I invented this planner out of sheer desperation, to meet the everyday needs of the home cook. Am I the only one who finds themselves frantically scouring the kitchen just moments before meal time? All while my kids dramatically clutch their tummies and exclaim how hungry they are! Why does it seem the hardest part of making meals is figuring out what to make, and getting the gumption to get started?
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