December 28, 2016

6/19/2015

Menu planning 

One great way to save on groceries is to have a menu planned out for the period you grocery shop for. You can make it as complex or simple as you like. You could do for all three daily meals or only the main meal of your day.

I personally do only dinners. We have odd schedules so breakfast hardly happens at my house. I eat lunch at work. So dinners are all I plan. 

I make an inventory of our freezers and pantry and use up frozen leftovers for dinners on my work days. On my weekends, I try to cook. 

I like to do a bunch of cooking on the weekend to freeze for the week. I usually eat leftovers from the night before for my work lunches. 

I like to have a meal plan so I won't come home from work and not want to cook and keep from spending money on take out.