Meal Planning & Prep Articles

How to Plan a Week of Meals Around What You Already Have

Planning a week's worth of meals doesn't always mean starting with a blank grocery list. In fact, one of the easiest ways to spend less on groceries is to do the opposite: start with the food already sitting in your kitchen. That half-used bag of rice, the chicken in...
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How to Turn One Grocery Item Into Several Different Meals

One of the easiest ways to make a grocery budget stretch further is to stop thinking about ingredients as belonging to just one meal. A package of chicken doesn't have to become chicken and rice every night. A bag of potatoes doesn't have to be served as a side dish....
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Leftover Makeovers: How to Get More Meals From the Same Ingredients

Leftovers get a bad reputation. For some people, the word brings up an image of eating the exact same dinner three nights in a row. It's no wonder leftovers sometimes get pushed to the back of the refrigerator until they eventually get thrown away. But leftovers don't...
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Five Ways to Use the Same Ingredients Without Eating the Same Meal

Buying groceries for several meals can get expensive when every recipe calls for a completely different set of ingredients. One dinner needs chicken, another needs beef, another needs a special cheese, and suddenly your refrigerator is packed with half-used...
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