1. Find the time

Find a time each week to sit down and plan out your weekly meals and grocery list using a weekly meal planner. When you write it down and have a weekly cooking plan, you know exactly what you have to make for dinner and it’s easier when it comes to dinnertime to just look at your menu planner and pull out the ingredients you need for that specific meal. I like to shop once a week for my produce and I usually go every two weeks for my canned goods. I found this meal planner notepad* that I absolutely love. On one side you can write down what meal you want to have each day and on the other side is a grocery list that you can tear off and take to the store with you. It’s also magnetic on the back so you can keep it on the fridge and have handy when it comes time to make dinner.

*The notepad I use is currently sold out, but should be added back shortly.