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Pick four dinners for the week
Pick four dinners for the week — step 1 of 10 in Grocery Shopping That Saves $50 a Week. Sit down on Saturday or Sunday with a blank piece of paper. Write four dinner ideas — not seven.
Free everyday life tip: Pick four dinners for the week (step 1 of 10 from "Grocery Shopping That Saves $50 a Week").
Sit down on Saturday or Sunday with a blank piece of paper. Write four dinner ideas — not seven. Four dinners cover Monday through Thursday. Friday is leftovers or eating out, and the weekend is flexible. Choosing only four reduces the mental load and the grocery list. Each dinner should use a different protein: chicken one night, beans another, fish, then pork or tofu.
Look at your store's weekly flyer before choosing. If chicken thighs are on sale for $4.99/kg instead of $8.99, make one of your four meals chicken-based. Planning around sales is not extreme couponing — it is common sense. You were going to buy protein anyway; you are just choosing which protein based on what costs less this week.
Pro tip: Keep a running list of 10 'easy dinners' your household likes. When planning feels hard, pick 4 from the list instead of inventing meals from scratch.
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