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The Meal Planning Game (Part Deux) – Creating Your Cookbook
Now that you have your spreadsheet of the meals you will chose from (The Meal Planning Game – Overcoming Our Aversion to Planning ); it is time to get a little more organized. Look, most of us hate to spend the time to organize and plan but if you take it little by little, eat the elephant one bite at a time as they say, you may find yourself in good shape without much pain. Okay? deep breath…better…let’s get started.
On a separate sheet of paper or file card, take the first meal on your spreadsheet and write down the ingredients, the amounts and how many servings the recipe or meal plan is for. This is important as you progress to developing a shopping list for the meals for whatever period you are planning. Don’t try to do your entire spreadsheet at once or you will overwhelm yourself. You have spent this long without planning so a few more days won’t hurt anything. Now repeat this procedure with the rest of the meal plans on your spreadsheet. It may be helpful to number all of the recipes on these sheets and match them with numbers on your spreadsheet to avoid confusion down the line. Remember, you are doing this to save money, feed your family better and save your sanity…keep this in mind and push through.
Congratulations, you now have your own, personalized cookbook and a spreadsheet to assist you in making meal planning decisions. Next up…Making a Game of Meal Planning.
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