Food: Meal Planner -
This meal chart works for any type of food choice or diet.
It will help you put together Recipes and Menu Ideas from the food you have on hand in your fridge or pantry.
Below is a meal planning chart that really helps you stretch the dollars. You can easily see what items you need, are running low on, or have a lot of.
It gives you a place to write down the various food items in your home, and organize them into meals.
For instance, even from the simple list below, you can see at a glance that several small meals and snacks are possible.
*Such a chart can also help you to balance the protein/starch/fat ratios in your diet, or to track fruit and vegetable exchanges for other dietary needs.
EXAMPLE MEAL-CHART PLANNER:
This meal chart works for any type of food choice or diet.
It will help you put together Recipes and Menu Ideas from the food you have on hand in your fridge or pantry.
Below is a meal planning chart that really helps you stretch the dollars. You can easily see what items you need, are running low on, or have a lot of.
It gives you a place to write down the various food items in your home, and organize them into meals.
For instance, even from the simple list below, you can see at a glance that several small meals and snacks are possible.
- Breakfast: Cereal with Milk, Juice and/or an Orange.
- Lunch: Tuna Sandwich (Bread, Tuna, Mayo, Lettuce).
- Dinner: Spaghetti (Noodles) with Meat Sauce (Ground Beef & Pasta Sauce) with Salad w/ Dressing (Lettuce & Tomato) and Bread w/Butter.
- OR: Stir-Fry w/Rice, Onion, Green Pepper, Chicken, Soy Sauce.
- Snacks: Raisins, Oranges, Chips.
*Such a chart can also help you to balance the protein/starch/fat ratios in your diet, or to track fruit and vegetable exchanges for other dietary needs.
EXAMPLE MEAL-CHART PLANNER:
Vegetables -
Tomatoes Green Pepper Lettuce Onion Fruit - Apples Oranges Raisins Condiments - Mustard Mayonnaise Dressing Ketchup Butter Relish A-1 Snacks - Potato Chips Corn Chips |
MENU PLANNER:
1. Tuna Sandwich 2. Cereal & Milk 3. Spaghetti w/ Salad 4. Stir-Fry w/ Rice 5. Tuna Melt 6. Pasta Alfredo 7. Cheese Nachos 8. Stuffed Green Pepper 9. Cheese Sandwich 10. Fruit Slices |
Protein -
Ground Beef Chicken Tuna Cheese Starch - Noodles Rice Bread Cereal Sauces - Pasta Sauce Alfredo Sauce Soy Sauce Salsa Beverages - Milk Juice Water |
* Feel free to reorganize the categories in any way that makes your meal-planning easy.
(NEXT PAGE - Traditional)
©FAVOSITY - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.