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 …
Weekly food prep and menu plan ideas for August
Last weekend on the Planning With Kids facebook page I shared the following: After doing no food prep last weekend I spent most of last week chasing my tail with food for …
Nut butter cups + my cheat’s menu plan for the month
These nut butter cups were inspired by the Reese’s peanut butter cups, I saw in the supermarket recently. I use some different nut combinations this recipe – ABC butter and hazelnut meal …
Weekly prep and menu plan ideas for June
My weekly food prep jumped up another level in May as I started a 12 week challenge at my gym. The challenge is tailored to our own personal goal – for some …
Weekly prep and menu plan ideas for May
Planning really does set you up for a better chance of success. Taking the time each week and month to plan what we are eating: saves me time over the week and …
My weekly food prep process
Most weekends I will spend between 4 – 6 hours undertaking some weekly food preparation. This does sound like a lot of time, but it is spread over 2 – 3 days …
Basic menu planning
Over the summer holidays, I take a more relaxed approach to menu planning. I have more time and we don’t have scheduled afternoon activities which makes going with a flow a lot …
Christmas menu plan ideas 2015
This post is part of my 10 week Christmas planning series. You can find the rest of the my Christmas planning series here. *********** Over the last few years I have collated …
Updated free monthly menu planning template and meal list
Like all plans and processes, I am constantly refining my menu planning templates. No big changes just small things that make the templates more workable for us. So I thought I would …
Quick guide to easy monthly menu planning (4 x weekly plans)
It has been a little while since I wrote about monthly menu planning and I have had so many new readers join since then, that I thought I would write up a …
Tips for menu planning for a month
I have just put together a weekly menu plans for the family for the month of March. Menu planning is a corner stone of my planning for the family: If I have a …
Packing school lunches – my process
Over the next couple of months I am going to be posting updates on some of my processes. I have been writing on this blog for seven years now. When I first …
Christmas Menu Plan Ideas 2014
This post is part of my 10 Week Christmas Planning Series. Click here to read more posts – Christmas Planning 2014. Over the last few years I have collated some Christmas Menu Plan …
Tips for getting back into menu planning
While I had been menu planning over the last couple of months, I hadn’t been as organised as I like to be. Doing a couple of weeks here, repeating older plans there …
Mini shepherd’s pie pots + Paleo cook book giveaway
Congratulations to Helen Rodgers and Nerrida Vose – you are the lucky winners! Primal Junction is one of my favourite blogs. The recipes are always good and I love the advice they …