If you keep saying you want to eat at home more, but somehow it’s 5:30 and you’re ordering takeout again, this episode is for you.
And before we get into it, I’m NOT here to tell you to stop eating out. 😂 Eating out is genuinely one of my favorite things to do, especially when we travel. We love trying different restaurants and enjoying food, and I still get takeout when I’m in a pinch.
The goal isn’t to cook every meal from scratch or never order food again.
It’s to make eating at home easy enough that it actually feels like an option when life gets busy.
In this episode, I’m talking about how I make that work in my own house, including why I use convenience foods AND cook from scratch, how I prep when I have more time to make busy days easier, and something my dad did when I was growing up that made it possible to get dinner on the table in less than 20 minutes without needing a new recipe every night.
In this episode, we talk about:
- Why eating at home more doesn’t have to mean giving up restaurants or takeout
- Why you probably don’t need more recipes, you need fewer dinner decisions
- Planning meals around the week you’re actually going to have
- Why convenience foods absolutely have a place in a realistic meal plan
- How I use higher-bandwidth days to prep things like rice, grilled chicken, soups, and other basics for later
- Creating a few simple backup meals you almost always have ingredients for
- Making dinner decisions before everyone is hungry
- What to do when the meal you planned isn’t going to happen
- Why eating at home more often is a much more useful goal than trying to eat out never
Want me to take some of the planning off your plate?
If your biggest problem is that you simply don’t want to keep figuring out what everyone is eating every week, check out What to Eat + Prep.
Every Thursday, I send you the next week’s meal plan so you know what to shop for Friday or Saturday, plus a prep plan designed to take less than 60 minutes so you can head into the week with food ready to go.
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Not sure if it’s for you yet? I also put together a Sample Week so you can see exactly what the meals and prep look like before joining.
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Because eating at home more probably doesn’t require becoming a person who lovingly cooks dinner from scratch seven nights a week.
You probably don’t need more recipes. You need fewer dinner decisions.
