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I am looking forward to today's lesson in Meal Preparations and Menu Planning!  DD has been given the assignment to plan the dinner menus for the next 5 days.  After successfully planning, shopping and preparing these dinners, she will plan the menus for "breakfast and lunch" again for 5 more days!  She has made her selection from a cookbook we have in our home library entitled "The Busy People's Low-fat Cookbook" by Dawn Hall .  I created a menu planning form, well, actually I re-created one.  The original idea came from a book that we are using "Senior High -A Home Designed Form+U+La"  You and your family will benefit from this book even if your children are still little.  Many of the ideas can be implemented throughout any stage of learning.

The book is jam-packed full with Godly counsel, advice, educational ideas and many ways to incorporate "real-life-learning" into your homeschool.  It's written by Barb Sheldon.
If you want to take a peek at the form I (re-created), I made it available for you to download and use if you'd like.  Just click on the picture you see on the left and it will open up in Word doc or you can "right click" and "save as".   We are finishing up a few things around the house here and then it's OFF to the grocery store! If I have the chance, I will post some pictures of the (chef at work)!

If you have trouble viewing the word doc format you can download the form in pdf right here: DINNERPLANNER PDF
 

 

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Posted by ServingHim

Thanks so much for posting this form. I'm going to use it with my daughter also. Are you going to post her menus? I would really like to see what she is making. Did you persuade her to make the pasta salad???
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I love practical, hands on learning. A great big Home Economics (oops, I mean Family and Consumer Sciences) project. I might have to copy this. I would absolutely love getting out of meal planning for a week. Of course, at my home, it is a rule that the one who cooks, doesn't have to clean up. That would mean I would be stuck on dishes patrol. Maybe, I need to rethink...

I hadn't heard of Barb Shelton's book, I'll definitely be checking it out!

Edited by AcceptanceWithJoy on May. 10, 2006 at 1:04 PM

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Posted by takingthechallenge

That's a great form! Thanks for sharing :)

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Posted by HeartnSoul

I wish I could open it in that format but it is all one line lol. oh well. I downloaded a neat "school" powerpoint calendar from microsoft.com templates. after they figure out their menus for the month I type it all up on the current month and paste on the frig. I like your idea of having the recipe references and shopping list though.

blessings
Denise T

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Posted by HeartnSoul

for the pdf version. I like it alot :)

blessings
Denise T

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