Rosy Blu’s Meal Planning Kit launches just one week from today! I was telling my mom so the other day, and she asked what makes my meal planner different than others. And I thought…if my own mother wants to know, then some of my dear readers must also share the same question.
My answer, dear reader, is this:
This Meal Planning Kit was written by a person who was resistant to meal planning…for years. I tried following online tips and tutorials, but they all seemed too rigid, too time-consuming, too much work when what I wanted was to do less work. (Don’t we all?)
I got a really cute notepad from my grandma, and decided to give meal planning one more go. The anticipation of using this lovely notepad helped make the habit stick in the early weeks…and soon, I found the convenience and ease of knowing what was for dinner to be…addicting. As I planned my meals and shopping list each week, it took less time, and I found ways to make the process easier.
But the system wasn’t yet perfect, and over the next three years, it would evolve into what was to become my {ever-so-reasonable} Meal Planning Kit.
Here are the things I learned about meal planning:
- It should not take forever. If it takes too long, I’ll never do it. Ten minutes tops, including making my grocery list—unless I’m in the mood to drool over my cookbooks for longer than that, just for fun (which does happen, I admit).
- Huge rookie mistake is not starting with the ingredients you already have—and for me, I found I easily forgot unless those ingredients were right in front of my face.
- Most people are fine with eating the same thing for breakfast or lunch a few times a week…which is great, because it makes planning & shopping easier.
- As much as possible, Meal Planning should resemble a fill-in-the-blank experience. It’s hard to stick to a routine when you need to choose 7 recipes out of 7 BILLION available on the internet.
- If your tools are beautiful, you’re more likely to use them.
I set to work designing a weekly Meal Plan that accommodates all of these truths, and over a period of three years, tweaked my system and routine for meal planning.
The girl who once scoffed at meal planning as too much work now finds it to be an indispensable piece of my self-care routine.
It makes grocery shopping easier.
It makes eating easier.
It makes me less hangry (hungry+angry).
It saves me money.
It helps me keep from wasting food.
I know there are others who don’t feel like they’ve mastered the art of getting meals on the table with ease, which is just the way I used to feel. I decided to share my guide, because I have a hunch this approach can help you develop a routine that makes your life easier, the way it has for me.
Do you already have a meal plan routine that works for you? That’s awesome too! You’ll love the beautiful printables, including a Weekly Meal Plan PDF, a Shopping List PDF and a Meal Ideas PDF to keep in your recipe binder to help you remember your favorite meals. I enlisted the help of the incredibly talented Leyton Parker to create custom illustrations for these printables (and of course, the complete guide), and I can, with 100% bias confirm that they are the most beautiful meal planning printables in the entire world.
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