You may not be Mother Hubbard, but when you look in your cupboards and can’t figure out what to make for dinner, your cupboards might as well be bare. We all know that good planning makes for healthy, easy-to-prepare meals, but some weeks you may barely have time to cook, let alone plan. Synching your pantry, grocery list, and your weekly schedule can seem very difficult. That’s where a meal-planning service like Say Mmm can help. Sign up for a free account and then click on the tabs at the top of the screen to plan your menu or your grocery list.
While we may aspire to be culinary wonders, the fact is that macaroni is on the menu fairly often. Save time writing in meal ideas. You can keep a list of the different meals that you eat frequently and simply move them into your calendar. The web site also offers a drop down menu of the recipes you have already used.
The web site also offers a free service that helps you plan your grocery list. You click on the sidebar that contains the grocery items, and they appear on your list. You can add or subtract the number of items you want, and you can sort them into sections like cleaning products. You can also place items into the list from your meal plan calendar so that you don’t forget any key ingredients.
Say Mmm also offers you new recipe ideas that are designed to inspire your weekly cooking. You can also exchange recipes with your friends and family if you wish. They have recipes in many different cultural cooking categories. Unfortunately for vegans and vegetarians, you do need to search through or modify the recipes to suit your cooking style. You can save up to 100 recipes for free.
Say Mmm is also available as an app for your phone, so you can sit on the bus and make up your grocery list at the same time.
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