And yes, I know February doesn’t have 31 days, but I want you to have tons of dinner ideas at your fingertips! Today, in sharing my free 31 days of dinner ideas (February) organize with me post, I want to encourage you to take baby steps toward easing your homeschool load.
Free 31 Days of Dinner Ideas
Hear my heart. Menu planning may seem like one more thing in your whole long list of things to do to get organized, but homeschooling begins with the home.
That means making top priority your family and health. The result is a lighter homeschool load because things like cooking just fall into place when you have a plan.
When I get bogged down with menu planning or cooking, I have learned to step away from school for a day or even delay it for a few hours until I get a handle back on what is important.
Taking a baby step that is really huge meaning it’s a small step with a large payoff because having a plan each month you have a direction each week for what you are buying at the grocery store.
Too, by giving you a menu plan for the area I struggle with the most and maybe you too, which is dinner because I don’t want to think about what to make for dinner, I am hoping to help you to get dinner on the table faster, with meals your family likes.
So my menu plans each month reflect what my family likes to eat, but from it I am hoping to inspire you on to creative ideas for feeding your family.
Guess what? If you stick with me for the whole year, we will both have MORE than 365 dinners! Maybe we will make a cookbook together. (okay, okay)
Why Menu Planning for the Month Blows Away Weekly Planning
Back to a few more tips I want you to know.
- Organizing for the month is so much more easier than the week. It takes about 20 or 30 minutes longer, but you get relief for the whole month. Have you noticed how fast the end of the week gets here? Before you know it, you have to menu plan AND lesson plan. No thank you. I want one of those huge tasks done. I don’t like beginning of the week stress.
- Planning 31 meals for the month regardless of the days of the month gives you options and flexibility.
- Monthly planning is for rebel cooks because contrary to what some people think, you are not stuck with having to cook what is on that day. No, you have 31 choices to choose from. Nobody said you have to cook what is on each day, unless of course you want to. Either way 31 day menu planning is about options! Give me 31. That is why this month and every month will have 31 days of dinner ideas and it has nothing to do with how many days are in the month. You always get to decide if you want to follow it to make the dinner idea each day or change it around and choose something else from the list.
I have a few more tips I will be sharing next time, but for now grab my dinner ideas below.
DOWNLOAD HERE 31 DAYS OF DINNER FOR FEBRUARY.
(where possible, I linked recipes for your quick reference. However, I have been cooking for a long time, like you probably have to and have many recipes not on line. Eventually, I will have my recipes on my site or link for you, but in any case, I want you to have the ideas.)
DOWNLOAD HERE FREE 31 DAY MENU PLANNER . To plan 3 meals a day and it is editable!
Let me know how you’re doing with organizing those meals!
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Love this printable! I’m going to pin, stumble and tweet this. I find it so hard to plan for an entire month of meals… heck I struggle with one week! Hopefully this will help.
Thank you Lindsey…I will be doing the entire year for you…..and it takes just a few minutes more, but you have the whole 31 days…