10 Reasons Why You Should Have A Meal Plan

Making a meal plan, for those who have not tried one, is not that difficult.  Not having one is far more difficult.  I’ve listed down some reasons which will convince you beyond any shadow of doubt, to have your own meal plan.

1. A meal plan takes only an hour of your time each week and only minutes when you’ve gotten the hang of it.  All your meals for each day are already decided on the moment you post your menu on the ref door.  When you don’t have a plan, you wrack your brain for what to eat every meal of every day.
2. A meal plan involves listing down all ingredients of all meals of all days of the week.  This means only one grocery trip for the whole week.  Saves you time, effort and money.
3. A meal plan is the best money-saver.  Think of the money you saved by not eating out often and cutting back on take-outs.
4. A meal plan is the only way you can really know what’s in your meals.  With pre-packaged meals and take-outs, you can never really know what you’re eating.
5. A meal plan is the only way you can make your meals healthier.  Simply scour cookbooks for healthy recipes.  When you eat out, you have no choice but to gobble up salt-, sugar- and who-knows-what-laden foods.
6. A meal plan means less groceries wasted because each item in your pantry or ref goes into some recipe.  When you don’t plan, some items just wilt away unused.
7. A meal plan is the only way you can really have variety.  When you don’t have a plan, you usually go for the usual pizza or the same old packaged mac-n-cheese.
8. A meal plan is the only way you can have peace of mind.  How many times have you been working at the office but at the back of mind, you’re worrying about what to have for dinner?
9. A meal plan is the only way you can really enjoy your kitchen and build confidence in your cooking skills.  Wonder why veteran cooks cook as easily as they do?  Practice. 
10. A meal plan may be the best stress-buster you will ever have.  No more dumb staring at the ref wondering what to eat while hungry kids and husband go irate.