Menu Planning 101

Why Menu Plan? Because it saves money, time and your health! Unfortunately, with supermarkets on every corner carrying every kind of food imaginable, it's easy to head up to the deli for dinner.

Two years ago my homeschooling friend and I reached a turning point. Both of us wanted to feed our families healthy, interesting meals but neither of us could find the time to prepare them. So we came up with an idea: every Sunday we'd call each other on the phone and plan our week's worth of meals.  Suddenly, we both had an extra 30-60 minutes in our day, just from planning meals! Not only did we find extra time but we discovered how relaxing and enjoyable dinner could be when there wasn't a lot of stress involved.

Like every good parent I want to feed my children good food consistently. Unfortunately, with our busy schedules it was getting difficult to follow through with that. Discovering this simple planning tool was a real blessing. As Sunday was a quiet time for our families it was the perfect opportunity for us to discuss menu's. We followed a simple format that involved the whole family and made sure we took into consideration .....Read more.

Take the pain of planning dinner out of your life!  For $10.00 per month you can have your dinner menus sent right to your home computer.  The plan includes a shopping list, recipes, Healthy Yimbits, Self Care Ideas and thoughts from The Healing Kitchen.  The meals have been created by our own Kitchen Chick so not only are they delicious but also healthy, easy to prepare, and health promoting.

The recipes follow a simple format per week: one crockpot meal, 2 stir fries, 2 ethnic meals, 3 vegetarian dishes, a seafood recipe, yummy and healthy desserts, and some breakfast and lunch ideas.  There is plenty of variety in the dishes and for those on an allergen free diet, most of the recipes are dairy, egg and wheat free. Check out a sample week here.