Christina's Basics – Meal Planning

This is part four of a five part series from our friend, PBS show host “Christina Cooks.” She’s been covering the basics of cooking and food prep. In this post she talks about meal planning. Enjoy!
With a little forethought and planning, you can create meals that are familiar and easy…and your family will actually eat them.
How do we make it work? We all work long hours and come home to hungry mouths to feed. But that’s no reason to eat take-out food or compromise on quality, flavor or your health.
Delicious and easy recipes can come together to create a complete meal in the time it used to take you to make one dish. Menu plans help you organize each dish so the meal all comes together at the same time. Discover how to time your dishes and in what order to cook so you will never feel discombobulated as you scurry around getting meals ready.
Things like canned organic beans, pre-washed salad mixes, frozen vegetables, tofu and tempeh all make life easier.
With a combination of freshly cooked foods and some healthy prepared or convenience foods, these dishes will help you gain confidence, win over your family and move you forward to slowing down, enjoying time in the kitchen and cooking from scratch.