Adventures in Meal Planning...A Reflection on the Experiment

So here we are. It's the end of the month and that means and end to my 30 day Adventure in Meal Planning. I have been sharing a week by week evaluation, but what is my final take on the experiment?


Long story short.

This actually worked for me! I am very very surprised. I honestly wasn't expecting this to be something I could maintain. But I discovered that the WAY that I did it allowed for success because it didn't micromanage every single meal and gave room for change. I actually appreciated looking ahead to the week and not having to "figure out" at the last minute what we were going to eat. I also appreciated all the leftovers it gave us--instant lunches or dinner repeats!

Would I change anything?

Yes. I would make sure we aren't eating chicken the whole entire week! LOL!

I think that this system of meal planning a month at a time can be something I can maintain. October is a wonky month for us though because we will be travelling for half of it. But I will probably go ahead and determine our meals for the part of the month we are here. Then I will go ahead and start plotting out NOvember. The neat thing about this style is that I can find new recipes and go ahead and schedule them. This means no forgetting about "that cool recipe I wanted to try".

My super type A mother LOVED this adventure. LOL. She appreciated being able to ask me a few days in advance what we were going to do for dinner.
Because my "fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants" method didn't go over well with her serious plan it all out nature. Bwahahahaha.

So I guess I will start sharing a once a month meal plan so you can see what kind of recipes I'm working in each month, and maybe that will give you ideas for your own meal planning adventure!

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