Tips To Kick Weekly Meal Planning Up A Notch

Create A Calendar Or Schedule

Even if you take all of the previous tips into account, the backbone of any good meal plan with variety is to have an actual calendar, digital or on paper, to show the meals planned for particular days. Without a calendar or another type of schedule that indicates what meals you have planned, you may find you are liable to forget the meals, meaning you might not do the right meal preparation such as chopping vegetables or defrosting meat.

While sticking to the calendar is ideal, you should feel free to switch up your schedule if circumstances dictate it. A prime example of this is craving the pizza you had planned for Friday on another day, such as Wednesday. There is no reason why you should not simply switch what you had planned for Wednesday with the pizza on Friday, so long as you are prepared to put in any extra effort needed.

Continue reading to discover how to make grocery shopping work for your meal plan.