Introduction

Welcome Friends and Foodies!

Mathis Meal Planning - Explained.

As a stay-at-home mom and wife, saving money and healthy eating are both very important to me. I buy organic as much as I can, and cook from scratch as much as I can using as many whole nutritious foods as I can.
Avoiding things like BPA and hormones as much as I can.
I try not to be too hard on myself and let us eat frozen foods occasionally and spurge on things like ice cream :)

Every week I plan out our meals so that I can easily cook dinner and limit my time spent at the grocery store.

I plan and cook between 5-7 dinners a week. When money is tight, I cook every night, other times I plan 5 meals to cook, one take out and one night of leftovers. It varies.

When I first started meal planning I found it helpful to have different types of food assigned to each day of the week so I could just pick a recipe from the category.
I made pinterest boards for each day of the meal plan so I could easily organize all my recipes.

Now I feel much more at ease with my planning and don't always follow the guidelines I had in place.

When I'm stuck or in a rut though, I plan my meals like this:
Monday - Pizza or breakfast-for-dinner
Tuesday - Soup/salad
Wednesday - Take-out night
Thursday - Pasts or casserole
Friday - International (Mexican, Greek, Asian etc.)
Saturday - Sandwiches or burgers
Sunday - Leftovers

I also try to plan one dessert per week, but this does vary week to week.

Also, as Elly starts to eat more and more food, I am making sure I make something yummy with her in mind as often as I can. Though most food we eat is fine for her as well, we are holding off on feeding her some things until she's a bit older.

I hope this blog can be helpful or inspirational for your home cooking!

I welcome all comments and questions as well :)

Happy eating!