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 …
10 Simple Ways to Reduce Your Child’s Sugar Intake
Disclaimer: This post is contributed by Planning With Kids partner Pureharvest. 10 Simple Ways to Reduce Your Child’s Sugar Intake Always read labels carefully. It’s important to know what’s in the food …
Menu planning for cooking in bulk
We have a standard size fridge with a standard size freezer, then a small snack fridge for the kids. The top part of our freezer looks like this: It is made up …
Christmas Menu Plan Ideas 2013
This post is part of my 10 Week Christmas Planning Series. Click here to read more posts – Christmas Planning 2013. Over the last few years I have collated some Christmas Menu Plan …