Setting up your Recipe Cards and your Shopping Lists

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Step one: Take your list and break it up into sections (I use three sections which puts me shopping about every two weeks).

Step two: Put down all your recipes on recipe cards (optional step)

Step three: Use your recipe cards (or recipes) to make permanent shopping lists. Break it down by aisle. Important timesaver!

Blank shopping list (pdf version) ** best version
Blank shopping list (microsoft word version)

Blank recipe cards (html version)
Blank recipe cards (microsoft word version)

You don't have to use these templates - you could buy index cards (the bigger ones work best) and use them for recipe cards, or you could just write out a shopping list and make copies of it.

Examples

Busy Meals quick-and-easy-dinners meal-planning strategy:

Thinking about buying a ... crockpot?
food processor?