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Learning the Basics: Meal Planning
This week's post is branching out a little, because I haven't looked at more of the links that ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
ysabetwordsmith sent me yet. I would still like to make a post this week and since I'm away from home, I'm going to post about something related that I already have information on.
In working through the links, I started by filling out the Circle of Life (I think that's the name). One of the areas I wanted to improve on was home meals. In an effort to do this, I have been working on planning my meals for the week ahead of time, to lessen the stress of choosing and preparing meals. It's been a little slow going, but I have been making more food and eating out less. They aren't quite balanced meals yet, but (hopefully) more nutritious than what I was eating before.
I am still working on sitting down to actually plan things, so I have choices ready to hand, instead of choosing on the fly, but I did get some good options from responses to my comment on "Hard Things". Between that and my cookbook, I've made a few recipes that went well. With a few under my belt and resources to go back to for more choices and tips on planning, it feels a lot less overwhelming. If I manage my time right, my hope is to end up with a couple hours to actually go through the planning links and get myself set up with a solid plan, instead of the half measure I have right now.
I will try to remember to post the links tomorrow (likely as an edit to this post) when I have the spoons to do it. Especially since doing it tomorrow will allow me to use my laptop instead of my phone.
ysabetwordsmith sent me yet. I would still like to make a post this week and since I'm away from home, I'm going to post about something related that I already have information on.In working through the links, I started by filling out the Circle of Life (I think that's the name). One of the areas I wanted to improve on was home meals. In an effort to do this, I have been working on planning my meals for the week ahead of time, to lessen the stress of choosing and preparing meals. It's been a little slow going, but I have been making more food and eating out less. They aren't quite balanced meals yet, but (hopefully) more nutritious than what I was eating before.
I am still working on sitting down to actually plan things, so I have choices ready to hand, instead of choosing on the fly, but I did get some good options from responses to my comment on "Hard Things". Between that and my cookbook, I've made a few recipes that went well. With a few under my belt and resources to go back to for more choices and tips on planning, it feels a lot less overwhelming. If I manage my time right, my hope is to end up with a couple hours to actually go through the planning links and get myself set up with a solid plan, instead of the half measure I have right now.
I will try to remember to post the links tomorrow (likely as an edit to this post) when I have the spoons to do it. Especially since doing it tomorrow will allow me to use my laptop instead of my phone.