Menu Planner

Because of the overwhelming response that I have received in the past about my organizing projects, I feel obligated to, first, organize and then to blog about it. So, I've been trying to think of some more things around the house that I could organize. I'm kidding! I'm kidding! There is always some organizing project that I would love to get around to doing. Probably only 2 people said that they wanted some more organizing ideas so I thought that I would share. This is so simple and it literally took me 5 minutes!

Before I go grocery shopping I get out my cookbooks and recipes and make a menu for 2 weeks. It usually takes me about an hour of perusing through recipes, but it's only 1 hour every 2 weeks. I save a ton of time in the long run. At this time, the recipes that are not in cookbooks I keep with my menu to make them easier to access over the next 2 weeks. For the recipes that are in cookbooks, I write down the cookbook and page number on my menu so that I can easily find the recipe when I'm ready to cook. In the past, I have just clipped all these together and hung them in my pantry, but it was starting to get too disorganized. So, I made a "Menu Planner" folder. I put my "Menu" on one side and the "Recipes" on the other. So silly and simple, but these are the things that make me happy so I thought I would share!