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Instant access! No shipping required! Get a handle on meal planning and family meals once and for all with our all new eBook, Stop the Meal Planning Madness! This eBook will walk you through step by step on how to create 4 monthly meal plans that will take you through the entire year.
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About Stop the Meal Planning Madness
Never again wonder what you will make for dinner with this amazing eBook. This eBook will walk you through step by step on how to create a monthly meal plan, a monthly meal planner, and how to achieve the family meals you have always wanted. For additional details see What's Included, Table of Contents, or read the Introduction. 43 pages
Please note, this product is an electronic eBook in PDF format. Once your order is placed and your payment is processed, you will receive an email with instructions on how to download and save your eBook. To download, read, and print this eBook, you will need Adobe Reader installed on your computer.
What's Included
- 9 chapters of practical meal planning strategies, tools, and resources
- A complete set of all the meal planning worksheets, grocery checklists, and printables you will need to create your own monthly meal plan
- A list of 24 additional resources to help find fun meal ideas, eat healthier meals, and deal with picky eaters
- 20 suggestions for getting kids involved
- 43 pages
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- What Are You Building? - What does family meal success mean to YOU?
- Bridging the Gap - Learn specific strategies to move from your current reality to your vision of success
- Building Your Family Meal Planner - Learn how to build a family meal planner that will hold EVERYTHING you need to plan and prepare family meals
- Family Favorites Meal Plan - Learn how to create 4 monthly meal plans that will let you plan and prepare family meals for an entire YEAR
- Budget Friendly Meal Plan - An alternative to the Family Favorite Meal Plan that helps you stay on budget and take advantage of sales
- Which Meal Plan is Best for Me? - How to choose between the Family Favorite Meal Plan and Budget Friendly Plan
- Putting It All Together - Tips and suggestions for making meal prep easier
- How to Make Meal Planning a Habit - Tips and suggestions to make meal planning a permanent part of your daily routines
- Time Saving Ideas - Quick ideas to save time planning and preparing meals
- Resources to Help - Links to over 24 additional meal planning resources
- 20 Things Kids Can Do to Help
- Vision Examples
- Goal Examples
- Worksheets, Planners, Grocery Checklists
Introduction
A few years ago I began to worry about how my inability to handle certain aspects of running a household and managing a large family were affecting my kids. It was during these struggles that I wasn’t always the best parent or role model for my kids. I would often become short tempered, inpatient, and not necessarily kind. In my heart I knew I could and should do better, so I began a list of all the things I thought I wasn’t doing very well, and slowly but surely worked hard on getting better at each element. The first on my list was how I managed the Christmas holiday, and out of that frustration, 8 Weeks to a Frazzle Free Christmas was born. It is a week by week Christmas organizing plan that thousands of busy parents use every year to get ready for Christmas with minimal stress.
And second on my list was how I managed family meals. I struggled with EVERY aspect of putting a meal on the table including grocery shopping, meal planning, and meal preparation. Because I was so overwhelmed with all the work that went into planning family meals, I didn’t have the energy or time to enjoy the meals themselves. I was failing miserably. I knew it and my kids knew it too.
So I set out to create a meal planning system that didn’t require a lot of thinking or planning and that would work for my family’s specific needs, wants, and values. It is a meal planning system that I have used for many years now. I spend on average about 15 minutes each week planning meals and about an hour to an hour and a half each week grocery shopping. I RARELY make multiple trips to the grocery store because I have forgotten an item and I have home cooked family meals for my family about five times a week. I NEVER stand at the refrigerator or kitchen cupboard and ask myself what I should cook tonight. I always know!
The system in this book is based on three basic concepts, reuse, simplify, and make it your own.
Reuse What You Already Know – Stop rethinking everything! From our morning routines to our family meals so much of what we do in our daily lives is a simple repeat of what we did the day, week, or month before. With this meal plan, you will reuse and repeat what already works for your family, so that you spend less time planning and preparing meals while maintaining variety and meeting your family’s specific needs.
Everything in One Place – Half the battle of meal planning is knowing what to cook and the other half is being ready to cook. I will teach you how to organize everything you need from grocery lists to recipes, so that you are prepared and ready for each meal.
Make it Your Own – Contrary to popular opinion, I will not teach you how to have home cooked meals on the table every night of the week because frankly, I don’t think this is realistic for most families (nor necessary). What I will teach you though, is how to create a meal plan and prepare family meals that meet the individual needs of your family and how to find peace with those decisions.
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