Do you want to make meal planning easier? Use this Free Family Favorite Meals Printable to save time when sitting down to plan out your meals for the week.
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Meal planning is one of the best ways that you can save money on your grocery bill. Not to mention it saves you time in the kitchen.
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There are no more last-minute runs to the grocery store for forgotten items. Dinner is easy peasy because you know exactly what you are going to have so you’ll no longer be stopping at the drive-thru on the way home.
If you don’t know how to meal plan but would like to give it a try, I share beginner tips in my easy guide to meal planning.
Planning out your meals can definitely be intimidating at first because of how time-consuming you think it may be. But, it’s actually quite simple especially when you use helpful tools such as theme night dinners and a family favorite meals list.
How to Create a List of Family Favorite Meals
Creating a list of the meals that you know that your family enjoys makes meal planning a breeze. When I plan out my meals, I will usually start with giving each day of the week a theme such as Taco Tuesdays or Pizza Fridays.
Then I will look through our list of family favorite meals and choose one that goes with the category for that day. My family loves chicken enchiladas, so I would add it to Tuesday and so on.
To get started, make a list of all of the recipes that you know your family loves. You can pull out old cookbooks or recipe cards and, go through your Pinterest boards to find your go-to recipes.
Of course, this is just a helpful guide. Make sure to leave room on your meal plan for new recipes to try. If your family enjoys them, don’t forget to add them to the list. I know I’m constantly adding new recipes all the time.
Quick Tip: Use a binder or recipe tin to store all your favorite recipes so they are quick to access when you want them. I have a Happy Planner recipe organizer like this, to help me keep track of all of our favorite recipes.
Free Family Favorite Meals Printable
Once you’ve made the list, you can use my free family favorite meals printable below.⇓ The printable will help you categorize your meals, making it quick and easy to add recipes to your meal plan.
This printable is the perfect solution when you are in a meal planning rut and can’t think of what to have for dinner. It will also help you avoid eating the same dinners week after week.
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Looking for more easy meal ideas?
- 85 Easy Budget-Friendly Meal Ideas -that are kid-friendly and perfect for hectic weeknights.
- Best 20 Minute Meals for Busy Weeknights–easy dinners that take less than 20 minutes your family will love.
- 28 Easy Shortcut Rotisserie Chicken Dinner Ideas- Skip takeout and use a $5 Rotisserie Chicken for dinner instead.
- 35 Quick and Easy Ground Beef Dinner Ideas– Quick dinners that the whole family will love.
- 26 Quick and Easy Pork Recipes– Simple pork recipes that are so delicious they will please the pickiest of eaters.
Let’s face it, taking the time to find easy ways that can save you time and money makes our lives easier. I know that these meal planning tools have helped my family over the years. Hopefully, they will be just as helpful to you.
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