25 No-Cook Freezer Meals
25 no-cook freezer meals? Is this a joke? Too good to be true? No, this is exactly what happens when I run out of meat in my freezer and buy $250 (CAN) worth of protein in bulk.
14 Meals for $100
$100 Canadian plus 14 meals equal approximately $7 a meal. As a family of 6, it comes to $1.20 per person, all this work was done in about 2 – 3 hours while my toddlers napped. Curious as to what recipes I chose? Continue reading
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$150/Week Food Budget – Canada (February)
With the month over, here is our meal plan. I didn’t do so well with budgeting. I set a budget of $150/week and for 4 weeks I should be at $600, and I came to $648 eeeeeekkkkks!!! The point is that I am trying and will continue to try and do better. At least I am working with a budget is what I keep telling myself.
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MAKE YOUR MEAL PLANS
Ready-Made Meal Plans not what you are looking for? That is completely fine!! If you want to make your own plan, it is possible as you already know. Now, where you might be getting stuck is finding your meals, right? Let me try and help you fill in those gaps for meal ideas. Meal Ideas with links to recipes Beef Options: Lasagna Instant Pot by Simply Happy FoodieRoll-ups by Betty CrockerTraditional by Great Grub, Delicious TreatsCasserole by Great Grub, Delicious Treats Meatballs (for a super simple method, buy pre-made frozen meatballs) Honey Garlic by Fabulessly FrugalItalian by RecipeTin EatsSweet &...
READY-MADE MEAL PLANS
Now if you are like me and do not have the time to plan out all your meals, research different recipes to feed to your family. Have a look at the following different programs below. Most programs offer a trial period which is even better. You do not have to commit unless the plans work for your family. This is a huge time saver for me and removes the need to make decisions. I do not need to decide what we will eat as a family every single night. Of course, some meals may not work for us, but at...
HOW TO FREEZER MEAL & FLASH FREEZING
Wouldn't it just be ideal if all meals could be cooked ahead of time, be freezable, and not lose any of the freshness or quality? Yes, that would be a perfect world but unfortunately, it isn't the case. With pre-cooked freezer meals, you will lose a bit of freshness and quality; however, you will gain a huge convenience of ready to go meals. I will not pretend to be an expert in this section, but I have obtained experience from making multiple meals and testing different recipes. This is how it works for me. Meats If I have meals that...
How to Meal Prep
MEAL PREPPING My recommendation is to start small. If you are going to cook a few meals ahead of time, only do two or three meals maximum. Don't go all in right away. Get used to the idea of preparing more than one meal at a time. I mean, cooking one meal can be lots of work, but trying to do three meals is a challenge. Try to get used to multitasking and cooking or prepping more than one meal at once. I will look at the suggested recipes for the week and will decide which ones will work for...
Meal Planning – Batch cooking & sales
Do you find yourself constantly dreading cooking for the family? Are you running out of ideas? Or, do you regularly find yourself making your go-to recipes over and over? Welcome to my world!! This is how I have been feeling for the past seven years. Every time 4 o'clock rolled around, I knew I had to start getting supper prepped and it didn't bring me joy. Now, I have flipped that mentality and look forward to mealtime. How have I done this? What was the magic pill that I swallowed? Have I gone nuts? Did I take cooking lessons? What...
How To Start Meal Planning
Ready-made meal plans As I was searching through Pinterest or googling new ways to cook for the family, I stumbled upon a few meal plan ideas. I was curious as to what a meal plan was like? What did it mean to meal plan? Did I have to do all the planning? How far in advance did I have to meal plan? How organized did I have to be? How much time would it require? Remember, I didn't have very much time, so that was my most significant factor. I didn't want to be planning my meals. I was too...
Fall & Winter Freezer Meals
(This site contains endorsements for products and services, which means when you click on a link that I recommend, I may receive a commission. Please review the disclosure page for more information.) As you all know, I LOOOVE stocking my freezer with freezer meals, especially with the start of school year, and all the kid's activities. Even though I am home on maternity leave, I want to make a few meals ahead of time. This is my way of testing recipes, meal plans and practicing my meal prepping before I head back to work next year. With that, I thought...