Back to School Slow Cooker Meal Plans

Published: Tue, 08/25/15



August 25, 2015


Good morning, SlowCookerers!

We are in the midst of back-to-school EVERYTHING in our house. This year I have a high-schooler, a middle-schooler, and a Kindergartener.

I've got calendars and checklists with sticky notes all over my desk, and I think I have figured out a plan to get everybody where they need to go when they need to get there.

And this is why I love my slow cooker so much. I've got too much floating around in my head to worry about dinner ----- I've got to plan ahead to have dinner taken care of before the work and school week even begins.




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I've gotten a few email questions about the slow cooker meal plans I have available for sale on my site.

First off, they are still available, and there are 14 different weeks represented.

I will be redesigning the website in the next month or so, but for right now everything is exactly the same.

I talk about meal planning a lot in my cookbooks and in my organizing guide, because I think knowing "what's for dinner" before you arrive home at the end of a long day is wonderful.

The slow cooker already forces you to meal plan somewhat -- in order to toss everything into the pot in the morning you need to have the food in the house.

I like to take it a step further and figure out what is on the menu Monday - Friday and get all those groceries in the pantry and freezer so all I need to do is pull it out and plop it in while I'm still highly caffeinated and coherent.

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This keeps me away from the frantic 6 pm dinner time rush with cranky and starving kids.

It also keeps our budget (and my waistline! ) in check because I'm not calling the delivery guy for last-minute take out.

If you have any questions, feel free to email me back and I'll try my hardest to answer them!

I hope you have a very happy Back to School Season, and I hope that by planning ahead just a tiny bit you'll have one less thing to worry about at the end of a long and busy day.

Happy Slow Cooking!!

steph