The kitchen is the center of every home. It is where our nurturing meals are prepared, the meals that bring us together. Yet keeping the kitchen stocked and organized can be such chaos that we dread grocery shopping day. In order to make your week a little bit more pleasant, I will share with you some of my tricks for a smooth and simple grocery shopping and weekly menu experience.
The biggest help to making this errand more pleasant is preparation. I find that if I just try to make a grocery list, it does not get any easier. I actually have to prepare to prepare comes a list of meals for the week before I plan the grocery list. I usually plan for five dinners, which allows for leftovers to be consumed and some meals to be ad-libbed. I personally enjoy the freedom to be creative some nights, but would be overwhelmed if each day I had to think about what I had in my pantry and how I could use those ingredients to create a meal. What’s the trick to make it simple to pick dinners for the week? I keep a running list of meals that my family enjoys. The day before we go shopping, we sit down and brainstorm which meals we’d enjoy.
