New Mom Sanity
Tuesday, April 20th, 2010In a few short months I’m going to be a new mom. Nuts! With this new responsibility I thought that I should really get to getting on the whole making dinner EVERY night thing, and working on cutting back on our expenses. We also have been looking at how much we spend on food monthly, and it’s…well, let’s just say it’s not good. Soooooooo, we decided to try a something called E-mealz.
E-mealz is a kid and family friendly meal planning resource for busy/frugal moms and family cooks. E-mealz makes weekly meal plans based on current sale items at the grocery stores, with various types of plan options (i.e. – two people, a family of 4-6, a low fat diet, a low carb diet, and for those who are following a point based diet system) . The recipes are yummy and easy to follow.
We have only been doing this for two days now. Our 1st two meals have been delicious! Last night we had chicken puffs and tonight we grilled out some turkey burgers. I’m sure there will be meals that we will not particularly care for at times, but hey that’s life. There is a new meal plan, w/ an isle-by-isle grocery list, posted each week. The cost is just $15.00 every 3 months. Not only does it help clueless people like me who tend to say, even after visiting the grocery store, “We have nothing to eat/make…let’s go out”, but it also helps you save money. With this sweet idea you are only purchasing the items you NEED, and since E-mealz plans your meals around sale items it also helps you save $$$$.
We are trying this out for 3 months. After that we will re-evaluate our food expenditure, and make a final decision. After hearing from others that have children, it may be a nice deal to have someone/something else plan out your weekly meals so you have one less thing to worry about. We only spent $57 dollars for our entire weeks groceries this week (including yummy snacks for my belly at work during the week) Not too shabby.
E-mealz goals of their program are as follows….
Goal #1
Spending time with your family
Goal #2
Save time and money
Goal #3
Serve delicious food
Goal #4
Save yourself from multiple and last minute trips to the grocery store
Goal #5
Stare at your children across from the dinner table rather than into the pantry looking for a dinner idea (I totally do this…minus the kid part)
Goal #6
Lose weight without preparing separate meals for the family. (Every meal plan is designed to be family friendly, even the weight management plans! See sample)
This program is a favorite of Dave Ramsey (the money saving guy), and has been boasted about in Southern Living magazine. If you are a busy mom who is looking for a bit of sanity and a way to save a dollar, or just someone who finds it difficult to make meals for only two people; then I really think you should give this program a try.
































