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.
This week’s meal plan will consist of using up a lot of the time we have in our basement stock pile. We call this a stock pile meal plan. Instead of going out to buy a full grocery, we will only purchase the basics. All the other ingredients should already be in our pantry or… Read More Stock Pile Meal Plan: December 9th-15th
Finally flying home today and one of the things I am most looking forward to is getting back to basics when it comes to meal planning. Having to cook for one person for almost two weeks time has really changed the way I look at planning my meals. I don’t think I was ever really… Read More Back To Basics Meal Planning: Dec 3rd-8th
I’m on the road all week long this week. So much so that I’m publishing this post a day late. But better late than never. This week’s travel meal plan will consist of very simple meals, all containing similar ingredients. Some meals will even be repeated to save on food waste. Travel Meal Plan Sunday… Read More Travel Meal Plan: Nov. 25th – Dec 1st
The hardest part of meal planning is when you aren’t home to do it properly. That is the biggest challenge for me. I’m unmotivated to make meals and eat well when I’m travelling. So with my upcoming two-week trip to Toronto, I thought I would take the opportunity to rise to the challenge and meal… Read More Meal Planning When You’re Travelling (Nov. 18th-24th)
Meal planning isn’t always easy. Sometimes you have to work around changes. And this week’s change is that Max will be gone hunting so I am meal planning for one person only. This can be challenging because most meals make a large amount of portions, usually to feed an entire family. The approach I am… Read More Meal Planning For One: November 11th-17th
If you’ve been following along our Insta-stories on Instagram, you must be aware that Max is currently in North Carolina. Since he’ll be travelling for a couple of days, this week’s meal plan will consist of smaller, simpler meals for one. Make sure to keep an eye out for next week’s meal plan – it… Read More Meal Planning: November 4th-10th
This week, I’m featuring a shortened weekly meal plan. The weekend was crazy busy what with Blog Jam taking place that I didn’t have time to plan my meals. Yesterday night we ate some quick pasta just to get us through the night but now it’s time for a real meal plan. Weekly Meals Slowcooker… Read More Shortened Weekly Meal Plan: Oct 29th – Nov 3rd
Our weekly meals are being planned a little bit later than usual this week. This will occasionally happen, and it works out just fine. The reason for our tardiness this week is because we had some things pop up that made us cancel a trip. Initially we were going to drive to Sydney for 3 days,… Read More Weekly Meals: October 21st-27th
The hardest part of meal planning is trying to stick to it when you’re travelling. You run into a lot of unexpected circumstances so it’s hard to plan ahead. And travelling causes a lot of stress, which makes me want to get take-out instead of prepped meals. So today, I’m going to create a modified… Read More Modified Meal Plan: October 14th-20th
Another week has flown by. We didn’t stick to last week’s meal plan to a tee, but we did manage to use a lot of the food we had in the fridge. Reducing waste is one of our highest priorities. But sometimes so is take-out pizza. For our upcoming weekly meal plan, we’ll be reusing… Read More Weekly Meal Plan: October 7th-13th