moms do you plan meals or just fix whatever?

Question:

this seems like SO much work to me. and especially to not have anything on hand like chips is odd to me. so do you plan meals, moms? how dedicated to your plan are you?

Answers:

She will save a ton of money shopping like that. Since she's a sahm she has the time to plan these things out and shop accordingly! I plan one week in advance and only buy what I need because our money is pretty tight and there's no need to go buying a bunch of extra junk we don't need. I buy healthy snacks that I know my boyfriend and I both enjoy that way we don't even think about wanting a bag of doritos or oreos.

In the end it saves time because you know what you having each meal. I plan breakfast and buy what I usually like to eat. My son eats the same thing for breakfast every morning and I buy a few things to toss it up once in awhile. I love coupons, they really add up in the end!

take care

let's just say i'm the complete opposite of your friend..lol. I kind of just make whatever is most convinient for that day.

Wow, even reading this made my head spin. I wish I could do this, but there's no way I could be so organized. Kudos to your friend.It depends on how busy i am or if im in school..usually its whatever..I generally have an idea of what we will eat for meals before I go shopping...then as I go down the isles I think of more things to buy. I try to plan about 8-10 dinners, and we kind of play it by ear for breakfast and lunches. Right now my kids like muffins, nutrigrain bars and fruit-n-yogurt parfaits for breakfast. My older son has ham and cheese roll up, fruit, chips and a drink for lunch 5 days a week.I would like to add that It only takes a little bit of time. I go in the freezer to see what kinds of meat we have, then decide what to make in the week or shop for. At the store I will decide on some meals too. I just have a "half idea" when I am at the store. It takes only 10 minutes to decide what meals to shop for. You might like saving dinner dot com. Thye are a meal planning website, you basicly buy a menue and they give you a grochery list. The menue is based on your health needs. I did it once requesting only crock pot recepies (since they are soo easy)It's really helped us on our expenses because I buy food we actually eat versus what sounds good and then just letting it sit in the refrigerator or on the self.