Meal prepping is my saving grace to ease my stress as a busy mom during the week!
I always hated when 4 PM rolled around and I had NO clue what to eat and then when I'd figure out something I would be missing an ingredient. It was a bad cycle of unneeded stress on my part!
Meal prepping for me looks a bit different than what you would normally see!
You might be thinking of something like this below:
It looks beautiful and convenient to have on hand, but here are the reasons I have trouble with that:
1. I don't like reheated meat. (ewww)
2. This is honestly MORE work than I am willing to do.
3. My goals are not to compete in a bikini competition.
SOOO for those three reasons I bring you my SUPER easy way to ease stress and make sure you stay on track with healthy choices all week for you AND your family!
Step 1
On Monday morning or Sunday night I will browse through my cookbooks, Pinterest, recipe folder, or anything else I have to figure out what DINNER meals we will be eating for the next week.
Step 2
I will then WRITE out what we are having on my fridge magnet white board (Target dollar section find!) AND I will make a grocery list of everything I DON'T have for those ingredients as well as any staples we need for breakfast, lunch, and snacks.
Step 3
Go shopping on Monday to pick up any needed items! For a family of 4 I try to keep it to $100 per week. Sometimes it's less and sometimes it's more depending on what I need to get. "You may also notice some "unclean" items on the table, but we live by the 80/20 rule around here! Balancing is what works for us.
AND that is honestly ALL I do!
Keeping it simple keeps us on track and helps me stay SANE when dinner come everyday. The trick is to find what works for YOU.
For a little more info on this topic I also have this YouTube video I made for my Free 7 Day Clean Eating for Families group!
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