Meal Planning

So, I've been inspired in more ways than one to try to meal plan better. I'm giving my first stab at a month-at-a-time meal plan today (yeah, someone who actually meal plans would probably know a better term for it;)). The plan: to have all the groceries in the house that I need to make all the meals for the month of November. The goals of doing the meal planning:

• Save money on groceries by buying only what we need, finding coupons on the foods we need, and wasting less food because everything we buy will be planned for a meal.
• Save on stress by having everything in the house to make the meals and the dreaded "what are we having for dinner tonight" thoughts and questions that we experience way too often around here
• Saving money by eating out less (good motivation in today's sermon)
• Trying more new recipes as I seem to collect more than I actually try
• Remaking more of the recipes that we love (this bullet and the previous will occur easier if I get myself organized:))

That's the plan...I'll try to remember to report how it goes as the month progresses!