On Thursday night, my friend Julie taught a meal planning class at her house. It was so much fun! We each had to bring two recipes to share and a tip that makes our work in the kitchen a little easier. Then Julie introduced us to her method of meal planning for her family. She keeps a binder (similar to what is pictured above) that includes a list of her family's favorite things to eat, the recipes for the favorites, a meal planning template and more. I really liked her system and am determined to try it for our family. Julie has a website here with product information (she sells meal planning notebooks and an instructional DVD) and a link to her blog, where she shares ideas for cooking. If you click here, you will find her helpful templates. I'm all about fun organizational projects so I made my own binder. I couldn't decide which of the designs to use as the cover, so (as you can see above), I did both! Luckily, it is double sided craft paper so I can switch them around when I am tired of looking at one of the designs. :) Now, I love to do these organizational projects, but I am not always great at follow through of these projects. So feel free to ask me if I'm keeping up with my meal planning every now and then. Haha! Now I shall go forth and plan!
3 comments:
That looks very cool, let me know if it works. I've also played around with the idea of making something like this, but you know me and recipes....
Hi Kristen! I found you through Shannon's blog, which I stumbled across. I've often wondered how you and Trevor are doing and see you have a baby girl now- how exciting!
If you don't remember me- I used to be Sarah Gatz... married now and living down in the Kent/Seattle area. Looks like you guys are still up in Bellingham. We love it up there, it's so beautiful! We went up to visit and get away a few weeks ago.
Related to your post, I love cooking and meal planning- recipes or no. I should check out your friend's products because I am so disorganized about my system. I plan and shop every week but it's all just in a plain notebook, nothing very exciting or organized.
How fun to get to read about where you guys are in life. Blogs are so fun! :) Hope all is well for you!
Sarah Dempsen
I see why you couldn't decide which one to use! I love them both!!
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