How to make meal planning easier?!


Question: How to make meal planning easier!?
I will have party but I always have trouble making dinner finished on time!.Www@FoodAQ@Com


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Here are seven ways to make meal planning easier:

1!. Do your meal planning in advance!. Choose simple, quick-to-fix meals for the days that you know you will be rushed!. Plan a week's worth of meals and shop for all the groceries for those meals on weekends!. Having the ingredients on hand, together with a plan to use them, will help eliminate the temptation of picking up a pizza on your way home from work!. Your meal plan doesn't have to include anything more than a meat (fish or poultry), a vegetable, a salad and a dessert!.

2!. Get help from your family!. Choose one night a week for each family member and make it his or her responsibility to plan and cook that day's dinner!. Even children as young as 10 years old can help with meal planning and preparation!. If one family member cooks, another should be assigned the cleanup chores when dinner is finished!.

3!. Cook extra for future use!. When you have extra time to cook, make enough food for more than one meal!. For instance, grill extra chicken on the weekend and use the leftovers for chicken pot pie or pasta during the week!. If you make lasagna, instead of making one, make two!. Put one of them in the freezer for unexpected company!.

4!. Have a neighborhood dinner swap!. One night each week, a neighborhood family cooks enough to feed another family in the neighborhood!. The next morning, each neighbor involved in the swap gives another neighbor their leftovers!. Leftovers are great if they're not YOUR leftovers!

5!. Use your crock pot!. Get up 10 minutes earlier in the morning and put a beef roast, onions, potatoes and carrots into your crock pot!. Add some herbs and spices, put on the lid, and cook on low for eight to ten hours!. Dinner will be ready when you get home from work!.

6!. Keep nutritious frozen meals in your freezer!. On those nights when you get home from work too late to cook, let family members choose the frozen dinner they like best!. Many of the frozen meals available these days are nutritious and tasty!.

7!. Keep your pantry stocked!. Make sure that you keep your pantry filled with staples that you use every day!. also have enough produce in your refrigerator that you can use for a quick meal!. It's easier to figure out what to cook if you have the ingredients on hand for different choices!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

A little organization and you'll be fine!. You can do a ton of prep work the night before!. Set out the dishes for serving, the plates, silverware, chop stuff and put it in the fridge!. Make a list of things to do first, second, etc!. And multi-task!. While something's in the oven and something on the stove simmering, you have time to slice bread or put something in the microwave or run a load of dirty pans in the dishwasher!. And give yourself an extra hour built into your schedule for emergencies, like realizing you need to replace the toilet paper or empty the bathroom trash or someone calls you!. And if there's no emergency, then you have a bit of time to spruce yourself up and relax so you're great for the party!. Sit down with a pad of paper and make lists and cross things off as you go!. It'll go by so easily when you can refer to them!. And crank up the music and have fun!Www@FoodAQ@Com

Choose dishes that can be made before hand and put into the oven!. Do your preparation like cutting vegetables the night before!. You can even par-cook your pasta and lightly oil it and keep it cool overnight and then it just needs a brief dip in boiling water to be ready to serve!. Try not to pick dishes that all need last minute attention in the kitchen!. Make sure the number and type of food you choose is appropriate for your equipment!. Such as the number and size of stove top burners and the amount of oven space you have!. get your recipes and make a shopping list to be sure you have everything on hand and pull out the pots and pans and serving utensils you'll need a head of time!. You can set the table the night before as well!. Www@FoodAQ@Com





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