Meal planning is by far the easiest and most effective way to save money and reduce food waste. Tiny Adventures Journey’s method for meal planning is to plan ahead and make lists so as to better focus on simple living.
Meal planning is made efficient in our home by planning one month at a time, knowing that there will be changes along the way. From there, we take it one week at a time and make our lists.
We make three lists before we do any shopping.
We use a variety of printable sheets for our planning, including the ones listed below. To download your free copies, subscribe to the blog by clicking here.
You can also create a Simple Budget in combination with this plan to save more money and track your spendings.
In case you’re not familiar with my meal planning posts, I highly encourage you to give this post a read before moving onto this June Meal Plan. Today, I’m sharing my June Meal Plan in hopes to encourage and motivate you to meal plan for the coming month. Meal planning is essential for saving money… Read More June Meal Plan
As many of you may know, meal planning has always been a passion of mine. Frugal living has also been a big part of my life in the past 10 years. I’ve written posts about what meal planning is, how to save money by meal planning, as well as how to cut down on grocery… Read More Meal Planning On A Budget
The whole reason I started meal planning was to save time, save money, and become less wasteful. I started prioritizing my stock pile and purchasing low-priced items in bigger quantities, but I also started prioritizing the idea of planning ahead. To give you an idea of what my weekly meal plans look like, I’ve decided… Read More 7 Easy Meals for Meal Planning
This week, I wanted to take the time to share a minimalist meal plan. It will consist of 7 meals, as all of our other meal plans, but that focus on simple easy recipes. Our aim is to minimize the amount of ingredients necessary, and also to minimize our spending for No Spend September. Minimalist… Read More Minimalist Meal Plan
In case you missed it, I decided to start a #useitallup challenge. The idea is to use up what you have at home instead of buying something new that might be similar to what you already have. Part of this challenge is about using up products such as makeup, soaps, etc. But another part of… Read More Use What You’ve Got Meal Plan
Meal planning is one of the easiest ways to save money. It also helps to cut down on food waste. And today, I want to share with you a No Spend Meal Plan. This weekly meal plan consists of 7 meals for which we have most of the ingredients. You’ll probably notice that a lot… Read More No Spend Meal Plan // Frugal Living
Weekly meal plans might not be as exciting for some people as for others, so I decided to make themed meal plans. Featured in this blog post is my Taste of Asia Meal Plan. The recipes featured are inspired by asian meals, but aren’t necessarily true asian cuisine. If you have suggestions of others meals… Read More Taste of Asia Meal Plan // Meal Planning Made Easy
After a month-long break from meal planning, I’m jumping right back in. Today, I’ll be sharing a Pescatarian Meal Plan. If you’re new to the meal planning series, you’ll see that I have use a specific strategy. In the blog posts, I always share a weekly meal plan that includes a list of 7 meals,… Read More Pescatarian Meal Plan
It’s the long weekend, and I couldn’t be happier! There is so much going on lately – did you hear the big news? If not, you better go over there and read about it. Aside that, I’m just trying to keep life as balanced as possible so I decided to make a Long Weekend Meal… Read More Long Weekend Meal Plan
This coming week is going to be a busy one! With my choir concert coming up and mom coming to visit, we need to get things planned. So today I’m sharing with you all a busy week meal plan. Busy Week Meal Plan Spaghetti Pizza Macaroni Casserole Lo Mein Casino NB for a Belated Mother’s… Read More Busy Week Meal Plan