A Series of detailed articles that Kyle wrote for her blog about food management in the home.....
Grocery Shoping & More I: Shopping List
Grocery, Shoping & More II: Meal Planning
Grocery, Shopping & More III:Price Matching
Grocery, Shopping & More IV: McFood Pyramid
Grocery, Shopping& More V: How the McVays eat
Be a woman with a plan
"She is like the merchant's ships. she bringeth her food from afar."
Proverbs 31:14
This is an organized shopping system that I use to save both time,
money and trips to the grocery store. I am going to break the system into 4 bite size chunks so you don't get overwhelmed.
Step 1
Download and customize my shopping list. Post it on your fridge
and each time you run out of something, check it off. Your husband and kids (If your kids can read) can check off items they
used up! Then when you go shopping (no more than) once a week you don't have to think about the ketchup or the mayo if its
checked off you know you need it! Then never go to the store with out a list again! Get used to using a list for about a 2
weeks to a month before you go to step 2!
Kyle's Meal Planning and Grocery Shopping list download
click here to download file
Step 2
Think of 7-14 dinner meals you make for your family on a regular basis. Write them down on a piece of paper.
Locate all of the recipes, do not do this from memory, it is not okay (you have children...your memory left
years ago!).
Getting Started Meal Planning
Lisa Whechel's wonderful Menu planner
Step 3
Get on the computer and create a table in Word Perfect or use excel (Or you can simply customize the meal
plan you downloaded in step one). Input your meals. Use it when you go shopping.
Step 4
Continue slowly adding more and more recipes to your meal list. Slowly start adding breakfast, dessert
and appitizer recipes to your meal planning list. Set a goal of 45 dinners and 10 breakfasts, 15 lunches, 20 desserts and
2 appetizers and within 6 months.
The great thing about this system is that when you have completed your list it only takes a minute to add
or subtract a meal. Imagine a meal rotation of 90+ dinners, 30+ lunches and 45+ breakfasts and 2-10 appitizers and 45+ desserts!
Imagine not having to go back to the store to get that one missing ingredient and only going to the grocery store once a week!
Finally imagine your husband praising you like the Proverbs 31 Woman!
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