meal planning

Have you noticed planning a week of meals for your family takes lots of time? Do you do this; plan a week of meals or even a few, make your list, shop once for the entire week and feel less stress because you know exactly what your family is eating for dinner every night?  Or maybe you don't plan and at 5:00 you scan the refrigerator/cupboard and think, what am I going to make for dinner tonight?

Planning meals takes time; possibly time you don't have, or you don't want to use for meal planning, or simply can't because you have kids and work and housework and activities and meetings and a busy life....and maybe you can't think of fresh ideas and your kids just want to eat hot dogs and chicken nuggets anyway, so why bother.

Or maybe you take the planning out of weekly meals and eat the same thing every weekday; Taco Tuesday! Pizza Friday!  Are you getting bored with Pizza Friday? Would you like variety? Fresh ideas? Better nutrition for yourself and your kids? A shopping list ready to go at your finger tips?  Meals planned out for the entire week?

If so, you are in the right place, my friend. I am here to help!  I will post four meals a week with a couple of other fun ideas and/or recipes thrown in and all you have to do is check in, print, shop and whip up a nutritious meal for your family...and along the way enjoy a little less stress in your week!

Hope you enjoy!

blackberries

Have you had the pleasure of tasting blackberries this season? I bought my first container last week and ate the entire thing in a few short minutes.  I've found the bigger the berry the better tasting-less bitter.  Get your hands on some of these before they are out of season.
And bonus blackberries are super good for you; packed with vitamin C and fiber and loaded with antioxidents!
EAT! UP!