Meal Planning Archives - The Chirping Moms

A Week of Grown-Up Friendly Kids Dinners

September 11, 2019

By: Kristin Orr When I went back to work full time, my son was just about the age where he was eating three full meals a day. Luckily, the nanny handled the first two meals, but I was in charge of dinner each night. My son was a great eater so that wasn’t the issue, but I struggled with finding… Read More

Summer Meal Planning: Farmer’s Market Meals

July 7, 2019

By: Andrea Westervelt Farmers markets are back open around the country, and while it is so exciting to have access to fresh local produce and hand-crafted foods, sometimes it’s overwhelming to know how to turn that food into an actual dinner! My family shops at a LOT of farmers markets doing delicious research for Farmspread.com, so I have several go-to… Read More

Easy Summer Salad: Avocado, Black Bean & Corn

May 9, 2019

Memorial Day is jut a few weeks away! I can’t wait for the start of summer: days at the pool, no schedule, beach day and all my favorite summer meals… Today I’m sharing one of my summer favorites. It’s a salad we enjoyed last year and already kicked off bbq season with last weekend: Avocado, black bean and corn salad…. Read More

Monthly Meal Planning Calendar: March

February 25, 2019

By: Andrea Westervelt March starts this week and it’s time for a March meal planning calendar! I am definitely ready to get into some warm weather and starting to see fresh veggies at the farmers market again. So what can you find at the farmers market in March? Well, for many of our farmers, especially up north where I am,… Read More

Monthly Meal Planning: February Meal Calendar

January 28, 2019

By: Kristen Mider As moms, we all have goals for our family’s eating. We want to bring healthy meals, which feature lots of veggies, to our dinner tables. We want our kids to try new things like beans or fish or maybe new flavors. We want our meals to be relatively quick and easy. And, maybe, once a week amidst… Read More

30 Days of Dinners: Another Month of Meal Planning

February 10, 2015

Last month, I decided to meal plan for the entire month ahead of time & it was awesome. (You can view last month’s post here, 31 Days of Dinners!) 30 days of meals planned out makes life easier! No more stress every weekend about what we were going to eat the following week. No more scouring Pinterest & cookbooks to… Read More