Menu Planning

One of the easiest ways to curb spending on eating out, as well as keeping to a grocery budget is planning a menu. It can be weekly or monthly, include all three meals or just dinner, but menu planning is your friend in the battle to embrace frugality, simplicity, and using what you have!

Just beginning to menu plan?

Start here: Frugal Menu Planning for my introduction on how I plan menus for our family.

And then find inspiration, ideas, and recipe links in the menus below. They are separated by season because that's how we eat here, being gardeners, but also because that's the way to spend less- by planning around what's in season (and therefore cheapest).

Menus by Season:

Winter

Spring

Summer

Fall

Favorite Family Recipes Index