03/14/2026
There’s one small habit that makes our week run a lot smoother: meal planning.
Once a week I sit down with a chalkboard and map out our meals for the week ahead. It helps me think through lunches for my husband and I, avoid buying food we won’t use, and keep our grocery bill a little more predictable.
We usually make lunch our main meal of the day, which means the evenings can stay flexible — sometimes it’s soup, sometimes a snack, sometimes nothing at all if we’re not hungry.
It also helps me plan around the food we source locally:
🥕 a subscription to a farm produce box
🥩 meat from the farmers market
🥚 eggs from a neighbour
It’s not about perfection. The menu changes sometimes and that’s fine.
But having a simple plan makes everyday life feel a whole lot easier.