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.
The month of May has finally arrived! And today we are sharing our first weekly meal plan of the month. Some of the recipes listed below are from last week’s meal plan because we ended up having more leftovers than we expected. We still have to finish some leftovers in the fridge, which is always… Read More May 2019 // First Weekly Meal Plan
Spring is officially here! The weather is rainy and warm, and I’m inspired to create a spring time meal plan to reflect that. When you think of Spring, what kind of meals or foods in general come to mind? For me, it’s definitely green foods. I’m going to incorporate lots of green veggies into this… Read More Spring Time Meal Plan
Happy Easter! I can’t believe how fast the month of April is flying by. I started off the month by sharing with you a Monthly Meal Plan blog post about long term planning. And now we’re already past half way through April and Easter is coming up tomorrow! So I’ve dubbed this blog post Easter… Read More Easter Week Meal Plan
In last week’s April Monthly Meal Plan, I talked about wanting to eat veggie packed meals. I want to make sure we’re eating loads of good, healthy food. And the easiest way to do that is by implementing healthy meal into our weekly meal plans. This week’s veggie packed meal plan will consist of a… Read More Veggie Packed Meal Plan
I know I just posted our weekly meal plan the other day, but I wanted to take the time to show you all my Monthly Meal Plan. At the beginning of every month, I take the time to write out an entire month’s worth of recipes. That way I know approximately what I’ll be making… Read More April Monthly Meal Plan
We have so many leftovers, I can’t bear the thought of creating a brand new meal plan. Instead, we will be doing a leftover meal plan! Does that ever happen to you? You end up going out for supper with family spontaneously, or you don’t have enough time to make a full meal you had… Read More Leftover Meal Plan
This past week, we had so many leftover that we hardly got a chance to make any new meals. Therefor we are naming this week’s meal plan a catch-up meal plan. We’ll be taking some of the recipes from last week and integrating them into this week’s plan. And other meals will simply be dropped… Read More Catch-Up Meal Plan
This month of March has been a long one. Winter feels a bit interminable. But we’re still meal planning and we’ve come up with some great recipes for this mid month meal plan. We’re going to be eating some warm meals like soup, and some personal faves like Fettuccine Alfredo. And we’re going to try… Read More Mid Month Meal Plan
In case you missed it on Instagram, I was recently saying how I feel like Max isn’t incorporating enough meat in his diet. What I mean by this is that he doesn’t often add in meat to the meals we make. Since I’m vegetarian – pescatarian, to be precise – that means it doesn’t eat… Read More Veg & Non Veg // Weekly Meal Plan
In this week’s meal plan, we want to encourage you to shop local. In Moncton, I have a few go-to local shops such as Tomavo Fruits & Vegetables, Rinzler’s Meat Market, Dolma Foods, and Nanna’s Bakery. I know it’s not possible to buy everything local, but we’re making the effort to buy what is available locally.… Read More Shop Local // Weekly Meal Plan