Whether you are home with the kiddos or away at work all day, finding the time and energy to make healthy dinner meals can be tough! After six years, Stephanie has found a system and two easy hacks that make putting healthy dinner meals on the table for the whole family possible! If you enjoy things that are simple, easy and affordable in this season of life, you’ll want to keep reading! So, let’s just get to it already!
Hack #1 - Mindful Menu
Every Sunday, I log into my Mindful Menu App and review what's on the menu. I select the recipes I want to make either from what they have on the menu that week, previous weeks, or from my Favorites list. I love that I can customize each week depending on our schedule. Sometimes I plan for 3 meals, and some weeks 5-7. There is never a shortage of options. Then, and this is the best part, the app automatically creates a shopping list for me to follow. It will include every ingredient, but if I don't need an item, I just simple cross it off the list. There is also a section where you can add additional items. So not only does the app create the meals, but they make shopping and preparation incredibly easy.
Their Mission
Meal Planning Made Simple
“At Mindful Menu, we strive to make your meal planning simple. We are mindful of your time, health, and budget. We do the planning for you so you can spend more time with your family. Our goal at Mindful Menu is to take the guesswork and stress out of putting meals on your table. We have a dedicated and qualified team to help you make meal planning a breeze. As a member you will receive a weekly meal plan, shopping list, prep list and helpful tips from our team. Our weekly menu will reflect the changing seasons to keep produce prices affordable and your palette satisfied! Mindful Menu is the simplified way to bring dinner to your table each night. Let us help you make mealtime simple.”
One of the things I love most about this company is their team! The founders are a group of like-minded women who love food, wellness and getting dinner on the table fuss free. They come from a background of nurses, teachers and a registered dietitian. Most of the women are moms who desired a simplified way for feeding their family without compromising their health. They created this business of simplified meal planning from a need they found in their own lives. So not only have they solved a very big stressor for this mama, but in return I am able to support a small and local business consisting of female entrepreneurs!
If you know us at How 2 Mom, you know that's our jam!
If you took the time to read this today, you are in luck. Mindful Menu has extended an amazing offer exclusive to our community! If you don’t want to just take my word for it that this app will save you so much time and stress (don’t worry, I get it), and would rather give this app a try and see for yourself before becoming a member, you can contact them now to get 6 weeks FREE! Just make sure to include our exclusive code in the message slot!
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Hack #2 - Grocery Delivery
My next step on Sunday nights is to then take my shopping list that Mindful Menu so graciously put together for me, and place my grocery order ONLINE. Seriously you guys, this is a LIFESAVER when you have little kids. Bringing three kids to any store, let alone a grocery store is just not fun! This way it takes me a whole 10 minutes vs 2 hours to get all of my groceries for the entire week, and sometimes even diapers and wipes. I purchase all of my other monthly consumables online as well, but from a Health and Wellness store.
I either chose delivery for that night or the next morning depending on our needs and schedule from one of these two companies. They shop at different stores, depending on your area. I currently use Shipt for HyVee and Target and Instacart for Aldi, because everyone knows I love me some Aldi!!!
As you can see, we have some special offers for you from these companies as well. We love when we can save our friends money! Happy Shopping!
There you have it! Now, you know our secrets! Motherhood is hard! Managing all the things is hard. Let these hacks help you! You deserve the help. We can’t do it all by ourselves. Thank you for taking the time to read this today. We love to share, and it’s even sweeter when we can bring you things that we personally use and can confidently recommend. Our goal is to help you thrive through motherhood, while finding affordable and sustainable options and methods to get it all done.
