Boring Work / Meal Planning go

Yesterday I was busy starting the process of developing a system for meal planning and grocery shopping & delivery. I’m tired of buying groceries only to find that I just bought a lot of snacks and sides. It’s difficult to operate within my current restraints. I have a 10 month old that is definitely a breastfed Velcro baby who either is clinging to me or wants me watching him or he’s running around (yes, running ) getting into things that are dangerous or dirty. He’s currently obsessed with dog bones and antlers - to my intense frustration. In addition, my partner is a picky eater and will only eat healthy foods. He doesn’t eat anything frozen meal type, he seems to not eat leftovers anymore, he’ll only eat one. brand of lunch meat (Boars-head) and only meats from a butcher/deli, and he’ll only eat produce from a specific store as well. We don’t eat pork anymore. He only eats a few snacks like hummus yogurt cottage cheese and Cliff bars. It’s just not a situation similar to my household growing up. Since I’m barely surviving and so overwhelmed- I’ll eat just about anything. So yesterday I spent the day formulating a plan to organize meals and prepare on Sundays for the weeks meals so I can have a grocery list that reflects meals - not snacks. I just accepted that as a SAHM that I will pretty much be running a restaurant. After I implement the system I need to figure out how to freeze meals properly. I’d like to have some homemade frozen meals prepared for when I have the second baby or maybe we will do another meal service thing. We did a meal service during month 2 and 3 of the current baby. We did Green Chef which I really liked. We had it on and off before the baby while I was still doing school and work. The problem is that I relied upon this service and never really established a system or routine without it. So that’s the update - why I didn’t post yesterday. I will be posting twice today.

Jour Treize.