Menu plan and a great idea!

For those of you who read organizing blogs, hoping to gain a little insight on your organizing habits, or lack thereof, are just hoping for a little thing:

How can I have more time?  

Well, making dinner, worrying about making dinner and fretting over not having the right stuff to make dinner are huge problems for mommy-bloggers.  I know, I’ve lived it. 

I’ve had to remind myself of the basics that I SAID but forgot recently here: getting started with menu planning for the hopelessly confused. 

Here is what I was doing: Plan the menu on Monday,  Put the trash out on Thursday night, AND then shop on Fridays, and again on Monday and pick up stuff on Wednesday too.  

Something about this is not right. Whadda ya think? 

I had this major thought this week.  Are you ready? drum roll pleassssssseeeeeeeeeeee…..

My menu planning week has to start on Friday.  I even photocopied sheets with FRIDAY at the top.  

So, the new plan is: Clean the fridge on Thursday, put the trash out, plan the menu and make the list.  Shop on Friday because I teach pilates right near the grocery store, so I get the groceries while I’m out anyway.  

Applause.. applause.  Send that Mommy to Harvard, I know. 

AND that once a month planning thing is UP and rolling.  So far, it’s going well and it’s only week 1. I did put a few more hours into tweaking it for my family.  Thanks, Econobusters for the great ideas. 

So, here’s the fabulous menu… (they are all going to start with Friday)

Friday: stir fry chicken and veggies with brown rice

Saturday: soup out of leftovers

Sunday: spaghetti and meatballs and homemade pizzas

Monday: smoked chicken and smashed fingerlings

Tuesday: Martha’s mac and cheese

Wed: Tacos/ taco salad

Thurs: chili blanco

And since I know most of you only check in once a week when you are planning your menu.

I worked hard on this post: what to do with forwarded emails.  You’ll want to forward it to everyone you know. (You’ll get the joke when you read it) 

For more great menu ideas, go to org. junkie’s MPM.

#menuplanning