Do you sit down to dinner frazzled and sweating, or fresh and relaxed? I must admit, I’m usually closer to the latter than the former! I do a meal plan every week, but I struggle to carve out time early in the day (or week) to prep our evening meals.…
It’s January, which means most people have more time than they did last month (projecting) and more energy for self-care, including planning and trying new recipes (also projecting). If that’s you too, how about using some of that extra headspace to set up a life-proof system for meal planning, so…
Happy New Year! (Can I still say that on January 15? Well I’m going to because it’s my first post of the year.) Last month I asked readers what topic they might be interested in learning more about, and “Meal planning your way to 30-minute heart healthy meals” was the…
Earlier this week the lovely ladies on the Taming Crazy podcast talked about heart disease in women and reviewed my 30-Minute Heart Healthy Cookbook *. I listened and enjoyed their casual banter about the realities of midlife for women. It was like having coffee with friends. One comment about the cookbook caught my attention: One of the…
One of the complaints we hear about meal planning is that it’s impossible to predict our lives with that kind of precision: Who will be home? At what time? What will they be in the mood for? Will there be leftovers from last night? My solution: Pantry meals! What are…
Welcome to week #4 of my four-week meal plan sharing experiment. (If you missed them, you might want to check out the introduction/week #1 , week #2, and/or week #3 .) The meal planning theme of the week is summer… Temperatures are rising, my kids will be back from their rainy Saskatchewan fishing/camping trip, and Calgarians are…
This week’s meal plan will be unique because my kids are going fishing in Saskatchewan, so I’m planning more adult-friendly food and experimenting with a few new recipes. My preference is vegetarian with a bit of fish, so it’s that when the kids are away. If you missed them, you…
As I explained last week , I’m sharing our weekly meal plans for four weeks, to see if people find it helpful. It’s only been out there a week, and it’s risen to #4 on my blog, after three older posts that get traffic from Google searches, so that’s a good sign! We’re heading into…