How We: Meal Plan!

Hey ladies!

It's a "How We" Wednesday with Erika and Shay.
I haven't linked up for quite a while, so I'm super excited to see what everyone has to share today.
I love meal planning and find it so essential to running regular life with ease.
I'm always looking for ways to create quicker, healthier and more fulfilling meals!

The second Wednesday of each month these ladies share a new "How We" topic. 

If you're interested in the topics so far this year or ones to comes, check out the graphic below.

This month we're sharing: 

How We Meal Plan...

Before I've posted that I would go to the grocery store on Thursday and that allowed me to plan out in advance so that I knew what I was making the next week and could get all of those ingredients in ahead of time.
Since it's been the summer and I was off all of the time, I let go of my normal Thursday grocery shopping and went when I found it convenient.
Once it starts getting darker sooner I probably will jump back into that routine.
For now, I've been grocery shopping at a more local grocery store after church on Sunday's.

On Saturday or Sunday I typically plan out our meals for the week.
I ask Alex for suggestions and then write out the meal plan for each day.

Then, if time allows and I always hope it does, I make a few meals on Sunday.
Here I am on Sunday making hamloaf and then I actually made the meatloaf on Tuesday evening.
If I make a big batch, I will freeze half of it.
This keeps us from wasting food and also provides another meal for the freezer!

I simply write what it is and the date on whatever sticky tags I have in the drawer and pop it in the freezer.

The meatloaf was a special request by Alex.
He wanted it in the Instant Pot, so it's ready for Wednesday evening!

This allows me to have meals ready-to-go for the week.
I can pop them in the oven or put them on the grill when I get home from work.

I'm the type of person who has to eat at least three meals a day.
If I don't know what I'm going to eat for the next meal I'm stressing about it.
Having a plan is so convenient and makes life so much less stressful.

With that being said, I need new breakfast ideas.
Alex was asking me the other day about making a breakfast casserole on the weekend and having it to heat up during the week.
I'm open to that and new breakfast casserole recipes or other recipes to jump start our mornings.
We typically don't have a ton of time in the mornings as we both are usually out of the house by 6.
We find waffles and other processed foods don't hold us over very long.
Right now we are doing oatmeal and eggs, but eggs do take a bit of time.
Any and all suggestions are greatly appreciated!