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Effortless Meal Planning with Chat GPT

The virtuous woman of Proverbs 31 inspires us to provide for our families when we read…

She is like the merchant ships,
    bringing her food from afar.
15 She gets up while it is still night;
    she provides food for her family
    and portions for her female servants.

I love going into my kitchen and stirring up good food, but sometimes coming up with a meal plan for the whole week is laborious. There are health issues to consider and also waistlines. I don’t want too many carbs, but plenty of protein. I want a variety of good foods, but nothing that takes forever to prepare. Oh the quandary!

There have been years in my past of sitting down with a treasured cookbook and flipping through to find new recipes to add, but oh, the time that took! Then a couple weeks ago my daughter told me she asked Chat GPT to create a menu for her! In a matter of seconds, she had a week’s worth of meals, complete with shopping list!

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Family life · Meal planning · Uncategorized

Easy Ways to Create Memorable Family Meals

This is part of the series, Maytag, Messes and Meals. You can listen to this post here on Refresh Her podcast.

I have a love for anything to do with the kitchen.  I love to cook and bake.  I love to try new recipes.  However, I know not everyone is that way. It’s a struggle to:

  • Cook a meal that everyone will eat.  
  • To find the time to prepare.
  • To clean up the mess afterwards.
  • To get inspired to invite people over.
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Dinner · Lunch · Meal planning

Healthy Low-Fat Meal Ideas for the Week

I’m excited that we have a couple weeks at home! That means I get to cook for us, which requires planning ahead. I’m going to go for some good protein and low fat meals. I have gone to my Pinterest boards and pulled some new recipes to try. Healthy and delicious, is my goal! If you need some inspiration for your menus this week, check below for some scrumptious suggestions!

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Dinner · Meal planning

Meal plans for This Week

I’m making my menu after being away from home a week and a half. A sweet friend offered to pick up my grocery order for me so I’d have food ready for meals when we got home. What a blessing! Kroger has a super deal right now – $15 off a $75 pick-up order. Love that, too!

Come along while I plan out some of the meals we’ll eat this week!

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Dinner · Food Prep · Meal planning

What Are You Having for Supper?

“What’s for supper?” may be the most popular question in a home! Everyone wants to know what’s coming! As the cook, we can feel overwhelmed by the constant need to come up with the next meal, but can I encourage you that there are easy steps to meal prep that will simplify each day?

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