Meal Plans

Meal Planning Class!

April 20, 2012
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Little House Living (aka me!) will be holding our first ever live meal planning class at 6pm at the Piedmont Library on May 10th. The class will cover several different types of meal planning, help you figure out which plan is the best for you, talk about making food ahead, preserving, saving money with meal [...]

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How to Plan a Baking Day

April 16, 2012
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So I’ve mentioned before that I’m not into once a month cooking…too much work and I never have a full day to do nothing but cook. But I do like having meals planned and ready for us. So instead, I do a baking day about once a month or once every 3 weeks where I [...]

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Meal Plan Monday 3/26

March 26, 2012
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I was having trouble this week coming up with what to eat but thanks to all the inspiration over on our Facebook page I got it figured out! Monday: Cheesy Baked Chicken and Mashed Potatoes Tuesday: Bean/Beef/Cheese Burritos Wednesday: Pasta/Tomato Gravy/Meatballs Thursday: Leftovers Friday: Pizza Night! Saturday: Hamburgers Sunday: Leftovers Make Ahead: I’ve been pretty [...]

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Meal Plan Monday 3/19

March 19, 2012
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Even though winter never really came I feel like spring is just around the corner. We’ve been seeing baby cows in the fields in the last week and the grass is getting green already! I’m feeling adventurous this week in the kitchen and wanting to try out some new recipes. I’ll use be using produce [...]

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Meal Plan Monday 3/12

March 12, 2012
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We did a little land hunting over the weekend and it was quite the experience. The land we checked out was 10 miles from the nearest town(which is super tiny) and 40 miles from a decent size town. We weren’t too sure on the directions so we called theĀ RealtorĀ ahead of time. He assured us it [...]

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Meal Plan Monday 3/5

March 5, 2012
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How can it be Monday already? It feels like the weekend just ended! Although I’m wondering if I’m still actually on stuck on Sunday since there was no sleep to be had in our house last night. Ah babies This week we are headed out of town for a quick overnight so I can meet [...]

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Meal Plan Monday 2/27

February 27, 2012
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We actually still have a few meals left from my big baking day so I’m only making a few things this week to go along with what’s still in the freezer. Ready to Bake Cookie Dough Cream Cheese Danish (Going to make extra again and freeze them!) Sausage Patties Freezer Smoothies *new* We still have [...]

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Why We Fail at Meal Planning

February 20, 2012
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Pin It Last week I did the cooking for 2 weeks. I’m not a super woman that makes all perfectly portioned meals but I like at least having part of the meal cooked ahead of time so it doesn’t get to be 5 o’ clock and hubby starts wondering what I’m going to be making… [...]

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Meal Plan Monday 2/13

February 13, 2012
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We had a new foster arrival at our house last week. So this weekend I focused on getting as many meals into the freezer as I could. Instead of having a meal plan this week we just have all these meals and foods in the freezer to pick from when we need them! Here’s what [...]

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Meal Plan Monday 2/6

February 6, 2012
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My brain is still trying to get back on track from being gone over the weekend but here is a list of our meal plans for the week. I have a bunch of new ideas to try out this week after getting some inspiration from a weekend away! Monday: I’m not sure yet…any suggestions for [...]

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