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[quote=Anonymous]Definetly planning a weeks worth of meals help, because you can start to plan for leftovers, or using part of the food for the next night.  For example, spaghetti on day 1, and making peanut butter noodles on day 2 or 3 (so you don't have to cook new noodles).  Or plan fresh meals for Mon - THurs, and plan either leftovers or something that is in the freezer for Friday.

Also, cooking can cost you more money unless you are careful about the ingredients you use.  Make sure to use in season produce.  I also switch to using recipes that use more canned things in the winter (due to lack of in season produce).

What takes awhile is getting to know recipes, the amount of food they produce and when to cut back.

A few crock pot recipes we liked, I 've given up  making, because they tend to make too much food, its hard to cut back, and we just never eat half of it.

I also try to buy chicken on sale, and cut it into size and portions I need and freeze it that way.  I don't always have the energy to do this, but love it when I am stocked up.

Our weekly dinner schedule this week (I admit I tend to be kid friendly)
- Homemade soup
- White chicken chili (in crockpot)
- Black bean tacos (good meal to have on hand, but you can skip if you have leftovers to eat)
- Stromboli - made with pillsbury dough, homemade sauce I premake and freeze and other stuff.
- Chicken tenders (chicken breasts cut up, dunked in milk and breadcrumbs)

I add vegetable, salad and fruit (at least 2 of the 3).

Also, sometimes it is just cheaper to use convenience foods.  Those prepackaged chicken breasts are more expensive per pound, but you only use what you need.  So when I know I'm not going to have the time/energy to cut up chicken and repackage to freeze, I "splurge" and buy those.

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