The power of meal planning

Meal planning (here’s a sneak peek of my meal weekly meal plan last week, photo above)

Meal planning a game changer.

It might seem like hard work but winging it each night is harder work. And more exxy. And often we don’t make the healthiest decisions at the end of the day when we’re tired.

I find meal planning saves decision fatigue, keeps me accountable, we eat more seasonally and affordably, and everyone tends to get involved and pick one evening meal for the week.

We tend to eat:
🍳 Eggs - 1 night per week (omelette, scrambled, frittata… any which way!)
🍣 Fish or seafood - 2 nights per week (raw/smoked/wild-caught frozen/tinned fish is a winner like poke bowls/sushi rolls and we love prawns)
🥩 Red meat - 1 night per week. Usually preservative-free snags or free range mince. I absolutely love steak but that only happens about once a month!
🌱 Vegetarian meal - typically 1 night per week. We love a good lentil lasagne, pumpkin soup or veggie coconut curry
🍗 Chicken - 1 night per week. There’s nothing like a BBQ chook on a summer’s night or a homemade schnitty/nuggets (usually a simple batter of sourdough breadcrumbs + sesame seeds with spelt flour cooked in a lot of olive oil!)
🍝 🥓 🥧 Whatever we feel like - 1-2 nights of the week (often we opt for homemade Mexican or Thai style dishes).

Hot tip: you don’t need to meal plan a full 7 days in advance 👉Usually meal planning 48 hours in advance is enough to keep you on track