How often do you get to the end of your day and think ‘right, whats for dinner tonight?’. Or you start making a real yummy dish and then realise half way through that you don’t have all the ingredients! How annoying is that?!
Well, I have the perfect solution for you, a ‘chalkboard menu’. The picture above is a photo of our chalkboard menu at home. We just painted one of the cupboard doors in the kitchen with chalkboard paint and hey presto, we had a chalkboard! I spend about 10 mins each weekend having a think about what to make for dinner the following week, put it up on the chalkboard and then shop accordingly. That way I always know that I have ALL the ingredients that I need for my dish, I’m not having to pop in and out of grocery stores every 2nd day AND its a wonderful way of being organised when you feel not so inspired on what to cook after a long day in the office or at home with the kids. If you don’t feel like going so far as to making your own chalkboard, just write your dinner ideas down in your diary or on a piece of paper and stick it to the fridge. The benefits will be the same, except for no fancy modern looking chalkboard in your kitchen.
Go on, try it, and see how you go.
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Stay well everyone xx
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