What’s for dinner? This question wanted to make me cry. This is how I meal plan as a busy mom and save a lot of valuable time, money and stress in the process.
I have to admit: I’m not the best at time management. Which translated into a nightmare situation at dinner when I just couldn’t figure out how to get organized. I got tired of trying to figure it out week after week, always dropping the ball somewhere, and meal kits were just too expensive (and wasteful…). I needed a different solution. Enter: meal planning!
You may already know that the word of the year for 2024 is: SIMPLIFY (more here)! In a world that often pulls us in countless directions, there is so much power in simplifying our lives to give us room to focus on what matters. Few things are as stressful as constantly figuring out what to eat every day. Put ‘what’s for dinner’ on autopilot with a meal plan – a shameless plug here, but we happen to have the best, Fraîche table, designed by yours truly, does all the work for you, from planning meals to creating grocery lists. You don’t have to do it all by yourself, superwoman.
How can I have lunch?
Here are the 5 steps I take each week to set myself and my family up for ultimate success! Grab a cup of coffee and let’s do this!
1. Look at the calendar for next week
First, I take a quick look at our calendar for the next week to see if there are any nights we won’t be home or days I know we’ll be especially busy.
2. Choose recipes for the week
Then I choose what recipes we want to make for the week. Before Fraîche Table, I used cookbooks and websites for hours (hello Pinterest!) for recipes the family would love, but now, I use it was made for you weeks provided by Fraîche Table.
3. Create a grocery list
Once I know what I’m making, I make a list of all the ingredients I’ll need. This step is a MUST so you don’t have to make multiple trips to the grocery store! Pro tip: If you use Fraîche Table, we make the grocery lists for you!
4. Inventory what I have
Then I’ll take my grocery list and check what’s in our pantry and fridge. Then I’ll either go to the store or order my groceries online (my personal favorite).
5. Use my Sunday to prepare
Adding a little preparation to my Sunday was a game changer for me. I make a few cooked breakfasts like egg and muffin bites, a big salad and a meal or two.
Once you start meal planning, you’ll never go back, it’s truly life changing! It can also be VERY time consuming and can take hours every week: that’s why I created it Fraiche Table meal plan. I wanted to create a way to take that ridiculous stress out of feeding your families. The mental burden of what’s for dinner? Gone at the push of a button!
If the stress of what to feed your family sounds familiar, why not join thousands of people saving time and eating better meals at home with our dietitian-designed digital meal planning platform. Get instant access to over 1700 healthy (and drool-worthy) recipes, prepared-for-you grocery lists, and customizable curated recipe weeks, all for less than a Netflix subscription!
What is Fraîche Table?
To put it simply, Fraîche table is a long-term solution to eliminate mealtime stress. Think of it as your forever answer to getting healthy meals on the table! It’s a digital subscription-based platform that offers dietitian-approved healthy and delicious meal plans. Enjoy the flexibility to adjust your preferences when you need to and the convenience of creating streamlined grocery lists to save time, money, wasted food and a lot of headaches. Healthy recipes for breakfast, lunch and dinner will now be at your fingertips along with bonus health and wellness resources!
Because you will love it
You are ready to say au revoir to “what’s for dinner” worries?! Here are 3 reasons to start Fraîche Table today.
1. Save time
Save hours every week with our trusted, right-for-you meal plans and grocery lists. Choose from 60+ curated weeks, 2000+ simple delicious recipes and customize your plan in minutes!
2. Save money
Say goodbye to expensive meal kits and overpriced tableware. Our streamlined grocery lists reduce food waste, saving you big bucks. Plus, the ingredients in our recipe can be easily found at your local grocery store.
3. Say goodbye to stress
Tired of making decisions? With Fraîche Table, you’ll never have to worry about “what’s for dinner?” again! No more last minute trips to the grocery store or wasted time worrying about what to cook.
What’s Included?
- Access to over 75 weeks of curated nutrition
- Weekly and night prep tips
- Shopping-ready interactive grocery lists
- GF, vegan and unlimited plans for 2 or 4 people
- Choose from breakfast, lunch and dinner or simple dinners
- Over 2000+ easy, quick recipes
- Save recipes to create your own e-cookbook
- Food resources
If you’re on Instagram, run (don’t walk) and give @fraichetable follow and head towards Table Fraiche to start your free meal plan trial. Thank you for all your support and kindness. It means the world to me and I just love our community.
xx Tori
