Meal Planning Card System

I found a wonderful meal planning card system on the Nurture Mama blog. I knew Kristi before I knew she had an amazing blog geared towards moms with young children. She really practices what she preaches and has a wonderfully organized AND happy family. I used to do meal planning using a variation of this system when my children were young. Since feeding children is a daily occurence (!), moms (or dads) will save time and energy over the long run by taking a little bit of time now to make a system that can be used over and over again in the future.

I always tell my clients and students everything in your life needs a 'home' so that it will be easy to find and use. Kristi uses this idea with her menu cards, taking recipes from several locations, putting favorites into 1 location (or 'home') and then using those to plan her grocery shopping for the week. She has great photos showing what the cards look like and many favorite recipes too.