This free Spring Recipes Meal Plan for March will simplify your season! Use the delicious recipes just as they are, or for inspiration, to have budget-friendly meals all month. Dishes like easy roasted broccoli, almond-crusted baked chicken, and fluffy dinner rolls will surely please the whole family! This is the month where farmer’s markets across the country start to open their doors for business again. ... Continue Reading
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Two Week School Lunch Meal Plan
These healthy school lunch ideas work for kindergarten, high school, and everyone in between! Feed your kids real food that doesn’t break the budget, with these yummy kid-friendly recipes they’ll love to take to school. Enjoy Homemade Spaghetti-os, Homemade Cheez-its, and more! When we switched from homeschooling to a traditional school several years ago, I had NO IDEA how tricky and troublesome packing a ... Continue Reading
One Week ALDI Recipes Meal Plan
Using these ALDI recipes, you can feed a family of four for $75! This Aldi meal plan includes the slow cooker and Instant Pot, and even has ideas for using leftover ingredients to save more money! Who knew that when I published a $50 list of ALDI recipes, it would be one of the most popular posts on the blog?! I shouldn’t have been so surprised, since people love ALDI, people love eating real food, and ... Continue Reading
Easy Airbnb Meal Plan (Healthy + Budget-Friendly)
Here is the perfect one week meal plan for easy Airbnb meals! Includes super easy-to-find real food ingredients that are perfect for the whole family, plus it's budget-friendly! Also check out my 2 month camping meal plan this summer! I’ve been making meal plans for over a decade now, so I feel like I have a pretty good grip on how the process works. In fact, you can get EVERY meal plan I’ve ever ... Continue Reading
One Week Ground Beef Meal Plan
Use this one-week meal plan to get SEVEN ground beef dinner recipes using just 2 pounds of ground beef! Healthy and budget-friendly, you’ll add these family favorites to your master list of recipes - ground beef. Stretch your beef and make these delicious ground beef recipes this week! One thing that has saved my bacon time and time again when meal planning is having a “master recipe list.” Essentially, it’s ... Continue Reading
Meal Planning Made Easy
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6 Tips to Help You Stick to a Meal Plan
Learn How to Stick to a Meal Plan and your grocery budget! Tips for staying organized, making your meal prep plan easier, and having more control over your eating habits. Meal planning has revolutionized my kitchen and my organization. (By the way, if you’re new to meal planning, you can check out my original how to meal plan post). A very short while into meal planning bliss, my husband asked me if we ... Continue Reading
Myths about Meal Planning
Meal planning can be a real struggle, but maybe we make it harder than it needs to be! Learn some common myths about meal planning, and how you can get back on track and keep it simple! Back in the day, a four-week meal plan used to take me less than 30 minutes to create. From start to finish, I had it down to a science, from planning my shopping list to saving money at the grocery store. It was ... Continue Reading
How to Plan for Meal Prep
Learn how to meal prep for the week with this beginner’s guide. Streamline your time in the kitchen to stick with your food goals and save money! If your days are crammed with chaotic schedules, tight timeframes, and the constant allure of not-so-healthy food options, then brace yourself for a game-changing solution: meal prepping. What is meal prepping? Simply preparing a meal (or ingredients for a meal) ... Continue Reading
Thanksgiving Menu Plan
This FREE Thanksgiving Day menu plan includes simple, traditional recipes for everything from the turkey to the sides to dessert and includes a shopping list for an easy and delicious holiday meal. What comes to mind first when you think of Thanksgiving - food or another family tradition? For me, Thanksgiving food tops the list, and I often think of the recipes we made every single year growing up. I ... Continue Reading









