Meal planning is by far the easiest and most effective way to save money and reduce food waste. Tiny Adventures Journey’s method for meal planning is to plan ahead and make lists so as to better focus on simple living.
Meal planning is made efficient in our home by planning one month at a time, knowing that there will be changes along the way. From there, we take it one week at a time and make our lists.
We make three lists before we do any shopping.
We use a variety of printable sheets for our planning, including the ones listed below. To download your free copies, subscribe to the blog by clicking here.
You can also create a Simple Budget in combination with this plan to save more money and track your spendings.
Life has been so busy lately, we actually decided to take it easy last week. We skipped our regular Tiny Tips post on Tuesday, and took time to enjoy the sun and each other’s company. With all the beautiful weather we were having, we did not end up sticking to our meal plan every night.… Read More Weekly Meal Plan: April 29th-May 5th
Last week we didn’t follow the weekly meal plan very well. Stuff came up, but we still stayed home and made meals even though they weren’t the meals on the list. Because of this, we have leftover food which means less spending for this week’s grocery. MEALS Miso Soup Stuffed Potatoes Tofu Black Beans Avocado… Read More Weekly Meal Plan: April 22nd-28th
We’re trying out meal planning on Saturday this week again instead of Sunday. We did most of our shopping yesterday (Friday) and we actually filmed all of it because yesterday we did our first vlog! We hit up Costco, Superstore, Bulk Barn and Tomavo. It was a lot of stops but it was worth it… Read More Weekly Meal Plan: April 15th-21st
This week I decided to switch it up a little bit and share our weekly meal plan a day in advance! What do you guys think about that? Would you rather see our weekly meal plan post come out at the beginning of the weekend to give you some meal ideas before you go grocery… Read More Weekly Meal Plan: April 8th-14th
Happy Easter to all our readers! We hope you’re all having a wonderful long weekend and spending lots of quality time with your family. Unfortunately, our current jobs don’t really allow much time for that this weekend, but we were fortunate enough to spend lots of time with both my mom & step, as well… Read More Weekly Meal Plan: April 1st-7th
It’s going to be a hectic week, what with family visiting, celebrating two birthdays, not to mention an early Easter dinner, so it’s going to be a flexible week in terms of our weekly meal plan. It’s totally normal for this to happen every once in a while, and that’s why it’s important to roll… Read More Weekly Meal Plan: March 25th-31st
I know it’s not as bad as I think it is, but I can’t help feeling like I’m falling behind on everything this month! It’s as though I’m trying to catch up on all the little things I was putting off in January and February and now the stress is overwhelming me to get everything… Read More Weekly Meal Plan: March 18th-24th
It’s already that time of the week again: time to make our weekly meal plan. We do this to save money, time and effort when it comes to groceries, meal preparation, and cooking. If you’re new to the website and you haven’t heard about meal planning before, make sure to check out our first post… Read More Weekly Meal Plan: March 11th-17th
It’s been so hectic this past week, I’m already behind on so many things! The one thing I didn’t want to push back was doing our weekly meal plan so I’ll be sharing that with you today, ever so briefly. This week, we’re going to visit my mom for a few days, so I am… Read More Weekly Meal Plan: March 4th-10th
I can’t believe February is almost over already! But I’m happy, because the month of March means starting work again at the zoo, and I’m super excited to rejoin my coworkers and get back into the routine. The spring-time routine is especially great because we finish work at 4PM, which means I have lots of… Read More Weekly Meal Plan – February 25th-March 3rd