Your Ultimate Cooking Utensil

The Hippie Housewife: Meal Planning Ah, Monday. My quiet day, my thoughtful day, my day of preparation for the week ahead. I start the morning with a slow wander through Scripture, usually a chapter from Proverbs and a few chapters from whichever Book I am reading at the time (John, currently). Sometime around noon, I sit down with two pads of paper: my weekly tear-away calendar where I write down our appointments and meal plans, and my grocery list, already started and ready to round out with anything we need for the week's meals. After reviewing our plans for the week and browsing the kitchen to see what we have on hand, I start allocating meals. Where to begin Busy nights call for easy meals - spaghetti, usually, using spaghetti sauce from my perpetual supply in our freezer (replenished whenever I happen to have spare ground beef and a few extra minutes), or a chicken pot pie if I have some frozen spare filling from the last time I made a batch. A typical day gets a typical recipe. Recipe organization Meal planning benefits