Many thanks for all you do!

I was reading the reminders about dinner, and it is SO true that menu planning puts a whole lot of power in your hands.

You KNOW what you are having for dinner from one day to the next, and can plan what you need to shop for the things that accompany that meal.

But just to make things a lot more fun (and economical), what I have done for the last year, is make a list of all the things you have in your freezer (both the big deep freeze, as well as the one in your refrigerator), and then I put them on the computer, and make up meals around what I already have. I then create meals around existing food in the freezer, and make a list of what I need to make those dishes, and shop for the week for the veggies, or other ingredients I need.

Sometimes that works really well for DH and DS, as I usually plan a dessert around the frozen fruit in the freezer, and that usually means dessert EVERY night. They like to complain I don’t make dessert often enough!

Anyways, it puts the panic of what’s for dinner out of the way, as you know exactly what you are making from one week to the next, and CAN actually have time to make dessert. And thinking ahead gives you the opportunity to plan something nice, not a throw-together because you can’t figure out what to make!

Give it a try, it really makes life easier! Again, many thanks for all you do!

FlyBaby on Salt Spring Island, BC

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FlyLady here: Our November Habit of the Month – Menu Planning will save you so much time, stress and money and is definitely healthier than fast food.

We offer such helpful tools in our FlyShop to help make this habit fun and easy! Our Dinner Diva, Leanne Ely, also offers weekly menus and shopping lists.