A Freebie For The New Year: All in One Meal Planner + Grocery Shopping List

I hate cooking outside of breakfast foods and baking. My bank account appreciates when I plan ahead for meals so my budget isn’t blown on mindless spending because I don’t know what we need or remember what we have (I bought shrimp twice in a  week and a half because I forgot I had already bought it. 😩😠 I know you’re thinking, girl why don’t you make a list?.” Listen, Linda, I do but even with a list if I haven't planned out a meal, I end up with lots of ingredients with no real direction on how I’m going to use them. As a working mom, I’m not trying to figure out what’s for dinner as soon as I get home while also dealing with 2 kids asking me for 12,000 different things. Nope, not going to be able to do it. Plus, I’m striving to be more intentional about my eating so I’m doing less snacking. By planning ahead and eating a pre-prepared breakfast 1-2 hours after arriving at work, I’ve given in less to cravings and mindless snacking. Now if only I could get my water intake in check because its absolute trash! But I’ve recently i.e. this week, started drinking a bottle (reusable, thank you) of water before allowing myself to have my usual one cup of coffee a day. That alone has increased my water intake by nearly 2.5 cups a day! But that’s not really all that great considering I was barely getting in one. But I digress.

Meal planner + grocery shopping list

The template I created combines both your meal planning and grocery shopping list into one. There are two versions, one for those who like to plan meals by the day and one for those who plan by the meal. There are two options for each, lined or unlined. #datsit

I hope you find them useful and your life made a bit easier. I have a few ideas I’m working on and hoping to bring to life in the next few months. In the meantime please go enjoy some past episodes of my podcast, The Legacy Diaries. I have a new interview coming soon that I can’t wait to share because I’ve been fangirling over her for years! She’s amazeballs with a 2020 I’m excited to witness.

Until then, Happy New Year!!!