Filling Your Plate: Part III - Meal Planning

Meal Planning

Meal planning can be intimidating for beginning cooks. Take a few minutes to organize your recipes and read through this article to help you begin, and soon meal planning will be second nature.

On January 12, 2005, the FDA released a New Food Pyramid, with some changes. The changes aren't significant, except for stressing exercise and increasing the number of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains that you should eat every day.

Plan meals to meet your family's nutrition needs. The old way of planning meals was the Basic Four: Meats, Vegetables and Fruit, Grains, and Dairy. After many nutrition studies, the USDA has created an updated Food Pyramid that should be used as a guideline. This graphic is courtesy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The range helps the Pyramid fit into anyone's caloric needs. For serving sizes, see Thrifty Living.
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Learn how to plan a meal using pantry staples, what's in your freezer, and what is in season and on sale at the grocery store. How to plan a meal.
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Meal and Menu Planning for Two Weeks

Do you struggle with planning meals for your family? I do! I don't mind cooking but I have trouble coming up with ideas and when I think of something I usually don't have the ingredients I need. So I made this Menu Planning Chart to help me figure out what I'm going to make for the next two weeks.
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Disaster Meals
Food for Emergency Situations

Are you prepared for a disaster? From tornadoes in the summer to earthquakes anytime to hurricanes in the fall and blizzards in the winter, Mother Nature can take us by surprise. Take some time and think about your own emergency preparedness and disaster survival preparation.
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