Meal Planning
Don't miss a deal, subscribe to Faithful Provisions daily email. Use my Category Page to help you find what you are looking for. New to couponing? Check out my Getting Started page. Thanks for visiting!
A resource page for all your meal planning needs.
Menu Plan Mondays – Actual meal plan I prepare each week.
Meal Planning Series: Part 1 – Tips on how to get started with a meal plan.
Meal Planning Series: Part 2 – More tips on writing a weekly meal plan.
- – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - – - -
Website Resources:
$5 Dinners: An amazing resource for meal planning, that also has a store specific bargain meal of the week!
All Recipes: Plug in your ingredients to find recipes that match what you have on hand!
Crockpot 365: A full year (yes EVERY day) of crockpotting!
eMealz: Subscription service whose meal plans are based on Sales Cycles at the stores they cover (in the South and West – but includes WalMart, Kroger Affiliates and an “any store” plan).
Food Network: Recipes and demonstrations on many different kinds of meals. You can follow different chefs and grab their recipes here!
Meal Planning Mommies: Great new resource for weekly meal plans, with daily recipes and pictures to show you how to prepare the meals.
Mommy Snack’s Menu Planning Recipe Box: An excel sheet of menu planning ideas with links to each recipe.
Organized Junkie’s Menu Plan Monday: Lots of ideas for your weekly menu.
Recipezaar: Contains a massive ingredient search database, to find recipes to match items you have on hand!
Relish!: A subscription service, where you choose your weekly recipes, the grocery list is tabulated, shop once a week and have all of the ingredients needed for five meals. They also have gluten-free menu planning!
SuperCooks.com: A new recipe search engine that finds recipes you can make with the ingredients you have at home.
Articles on Menu Planning:
Stretching A Buck: My Approach To Meal Planning
{ 15 trackbacks }
{ 6 comments… read them below or add one }
Thanks for including us on your resource page! We stumbled across your website today and love it!
The Meal Planning Mommas!
I have the perfect meal plans for all walks of life with Homemade Gourmet, they even give the grocery list that is needed with the dry mixes. For 50.00 you can get between 6-12 meals to feed a family of 5-6 by just adding the wet ingredients. Most of the wet ingredients you probably have in your pantry as we speak, email me if you are interested. Karen
At your class you discussed stockpiling and keeping an inventory of your freezer and pantry, which aids in meal planning. You mentioned it being an “In/Out” list. Is this something you post on your pantry and freezer or is it listed in a notebook in your kitchen? I’m trying to get organized and will take any suggestions you have. Thanx!
It is a spreadsheet that I keep on my freezer/pantry, but it is up there w/ a magnet, so I can take it down when I meal plan to use!
I am working hard at using what is in my freezer…we have a lot of meat stock piled in there! YAY!! But, I would love some input on a few things. I am a morning person….so as much of my cooking that I can do ahead of time the better. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with freezing casseroles? Like chicken and rice, etc. I’m wondering if I just cook a few up at a time and the freeze them if they will reheat okay? thanks!
Hi, Kelly! I wanted to tell you that my husband and I finally started emealz! We LOVE it! I've wanted to since I read about it on your website a few months ago. My husband heard of it from Dave Ramsey. I wish we started long ago! I've had a really hard time getting it together to meal plan and cook on my own. This is our second week using emealz, and it fits our lifestyle perfectly. Thank you for including it in your meal planning advice. We have two children two and under.
All the best!