What's For Dinner, Mom?

Being the mother of five beautiful children, the multiple chiming of, "Mom, what's for dinner?" sometimes comes close to driving me right over the edge.  We all lead hectic lives and often finding the time to figure out what to make for dinner is hindered by what you have in the cupboard or time constraints.  Well here is a tool to help you on your way.  I've always had lofty aspirations to figure out on a weekly basis what I am cooking then shopping for all the ingredients to take all the day-to-day planning out of it.  Unfortunately these aspirations have always stayed just that, aspirations.  I'm not sure if it's the dedication of such a large block of time on Sunday to sit down and figure it all out or my own tendencies to over-think everything and get easily distracted by all the yummy possibilities out there.  If only there was something out there that did most of the work for me.  Insert sigh.  Wait a tic...there is!  Tom discovered this website and shared it with me today. I think I will be using this a lot in the future.  Meals for You gives you options to search for meal menus by Ingredient, International Collections, healthy options and many more.  Each meal menu breaks down nutritional information as well as how long it takes to prepare.  Then once you've decided on which menus you want to prepare you can add it to your shopping list which breaks items down by department; print it, and off you go to the store to prepare your meals for the week with limited effort on your part!  In addition you can search individual recipes and if you like any of the recipes you've tried, you can create your own cookbook to save them!  As if all that isn't enough, there is also a tab with tips and guides with some pretty useful information.  Check this site out, hopefully you will find it as helpful as we did and happy cooking!

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