FFH 015: 6 Ways to Automate Your Meal Plan

Earlier this week I shared my summer oven free meal plan. I mentioned that I like to make seasonal meals. It’s one way I keep from getting stuck in the dinner rut making the same dinners every week. While rotating what we eat by season helps to keep us from getting bored. Sometimes it’s hard to decide what to cook. That’s why I like the idea of automating your meal plan.

You can really save money when you make a meal plan either weekly or monthly. When I have a meal plan I find it easy to make dinner or other meals. But sometimes it’s hard to decide what recipes to make for dinner. Or you just end up eating the same recipes over and over, which is no good. But with these 6 meal planning tips you can have lots of dinner ideas for each week. Come see if you can find a new idea to help you with your menu planning.

When I mention automating your menu plan you might think, that will just get me stuck in the same dinner rut. Which it could but in this week’s podcast I’m talking about how to automate your meal plan without them getting boring at the same time. These 6 tips can help you have a plan so you won’t run out of dinner ideas.

6 Ways to Automate Your Meal Plan

You can really save money when you make a meal plan either weekly or monthly. When I have a meal plan I find it easy to make dinner or other meals. But sometimes it’s hard to decide what recipes to make for dinner. Or you just end up eating the same recipes over and over, which is no good. But with these 6 meal planning tips you can have lots of dinner ideas for each week. Come see if you can find a new idea to help you with your menu planning.

Resources Mentioned in the Podcast

Chicken Freezer Ebook
Pork Freezer Ebook
Free Printable Meal Planner

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If you have a hard time making your own menu plan you might want to try a meal planning service. You can try out the $5 Meal Plan for free for 14 days to see how you like it.

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4 Comments

  1. Great tips, Shelly! A menu plan is definitely helpful, and I love that it’s something I can change easily if necessary. Thanks for sharing. 🙂

    1. Thanks Sandra! I always menu plan but I’m also flexible and switch meals around when I need to. Sometimes I will make something different if we just don’t feel like eating what’s planned for that day. But having the plan makes getting dinner done so much easier.

  2. I think your tips were spot on! Menu planning has helped me so much, but sometimes I run of out ideas for meals and end up having the same things over and over again. I’m planning to make a collection of favorite recipes to draw from each week when I make my menu.

    1. The list of favorite meals really comes in handy when menu planning. I hope it helps you too, Erin.

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