Proverbs 31: 15

she provides food for her family
and portions for her servant girls

The above photo is a look into my command center for food provisions.

Here is what it all is:

1. Breakfast/lunch picture menu for the kids

2. Weekly dinner menu planned from Our Family Meals cookbook

3. Nightly requirements for dinner menu recipes so remember what meat to thaw

4. Pen cup

5. Is there any bad place for a monogram, now really?

6. Running grocery list

Next, bring on the servant girls! Okay, so maybe not within my budget.

In the mean time, I thought I’d start making my husband’s lunch for work. Here are some of the provisions for my “worker”. The entire bottom portion of the kitchen freezer is dedicated to Pete’s meals.

I labeled leftover servings of dinner meals with masking tape. You may have a better memory than I, but I strongly recommend labeling, (even if its just Sharpie on the container.)

Otherwise, you will spend way too much time wondering what the mystery meat is/was/suppose to be, and just sit on the ground in front of the freezer trying to sniff a frozen chunk of something with red sauce long enough to see the leftover Thin Mint Girl Scout cookies behind the 1/2 bag of corn niblets.

Not that I’ve experienced this.

Love,

Jess

I am tired. Did I mention I have two newborn baby girls? Of course, I  did.

This means I am too tired to think about meals for more than two seconds…especially when Ryan asks repetitively, “What are we going to eat?”

So, I really needed to make things simple around the kitchen. Think once. Prepare food as follows…

Breakfast

M: English Muffins, Sausage and Jam

T: Toast and Eggs with a side of fruit

W: Oatmeal, Raisins and honey or jam

Th: Yogurt and Granola

F: Pancakes and Syrup

Sat: Muffins and/or Smoothies

Sun: Cold Cereal and Bananas

Lunch

M: Soup, Crackers and Jell-O

T: Pasta and grapes

W: Chicken Nuggets with Veggies and Dip

Th: Sun-nut butter and Jelly Sandwiches and String Cheese

F: Bagel Pizzas and Salad

Sat: Free Choice

Sun: Family Meal (at Grandma’s, a restaurant or the crock-pot)

Do It Yourself

Grab some markers and colored pencils or snag some colorful clip art and create your own menu plan chart! It’s free and might help take some stress out of your meal prep. Some folks will say a fixed meal plan is to predictable or boring. I say so is cold cereal everyday.

My picture menu plan is posted on the refrigerator to help Ryan learn the days of the week and give him peace of mind that, indeed, their will be food (even when I’m tired).

Love,

Jess

This post is linked up with Kimba’s DIY Day