My favourite trick for making meal prep easier and less work is to cook favourite recipes in bulk. You can either freeze the extra and use it in another week or use …
Weekly food prep and menu plan ideas for Mar 2019
Melbourne cannot seem to decide if it wants to get cooler or stay hot at the moment, so our menu plan reflects that with a mix of meals for both types of …
Weekly food prep and menu plan ideas for Feb 2019
Back to school and back to menu planning for the month again! A bonus from having menu planned for so long and having being able to use my app for many years …
Weekend meals that will make your week days easier
One of the key tips I suggest to people who are wanting to get started with meal prep, is to get smart about the meals you cook on the weekend. I do …
How to weekly meal prep for the family
{If you are reading via email, click here to see my short little video!} If you have been reading this blog for even a short time you will know that each …
The Planning With Kids Menu Planning Process
I have been writing on Planning With Kids for over 10 years now. Over that time I have written many posts on menu planning as I am such a huge advocate of …
Weekly food prep and menu plan ideas for April 2018
During school holidays I take a break from doing an extensive weekly prep session. As much as I love routines and plans it is nice to have break, go a little off …
Weekly food prep and menu plan ideas for Mar 2018
I tweaked some very old menu plans (from 2013) from a variety of months to pull together a month of menu plans for March. Back in 2013 I included my lunch box …
Weekly food prep and menu plan ideas for Feb 2018
Over the summer holidays I went with the flow a lot more with our evening meals and would plan for meals for a week out at the most. With not having to …
Changing the family diet – an update 2017
Today’s post answers a back to school reader question. You can read previous answers to readers’ questions here. This week I am answering the following question from a reader and of course it …
Weekly prep and menu plan ideas for June 2017
You know the absolute beauty of menu planning is that you can recycle them. It is super easy for me as I post them here on the blog, but to make life …
Weekly food prep and menu plan ideas for May
Another month swings around! The last month before winter for those of us in the Southern Hemisphere 🙁 . Two of the five kids will take a thermos to school with left …
Weekly food prep and menu plan ideas for April
April is an easier month for us in terms of school lunch boxes. We have school holidays and public holidays so not so many to worry about! As much as I love …
Why I still insist on family dinner time
One of the first posts I wrote on this blog all the way back in January 2008 was Why Planning Meals Works and the Importance of Shared Meal Time. At that stage …
Weekly food prep and menu plan ideas for March
This post should have been up a couple of weeks ago! While I planned out our meals, converting them into a format for the blog, takes a little time and I could …
Christmas menu plan ideas 2016
This post is part of my 10 week Christmas planning series. You can find the rest of the my Christmas planning series here. *********** Each year as part of my Christmas planning …
Weekly food prep and menu plan ideas for November
Planning out the evening meals and prepping some food on the weekend is always a good idea, but I find it is even more valuable this time of year as the extra …
Weekly food prep and menu plan ideas for October
I am writing this post while on school holidays and one of my favourite things about school holidays is not having to make school lunches! It gives me a break from big …