{"id":23456,"date":"2013-02-26T15:56:16","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T20:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/cooking\/?page_id=23456"},"modified":"2019-03-13T13:07:50","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T17:07:50","slug":"how-to-menu-plan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/cooking\/how-to-menu-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Menu Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Menu planning saves money and time. \u00a0It also makes meal time go more smoothly. \u00a0If you need help learning how to menu plan, here are links to articles where I talk about how to plan a menu.<br \/>\n<a style=\"font-size: 13px;\" href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/cooking\/menu-plan-free-download\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19950\" src=\"\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/cooking\/files\/2012\/01\/Weekly-Menu-Plan.jpg\" alt=\"Weekly Menu Plan\" width=\"440\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/cooking\/files\/2012\/01\/Weekly-Menu-Plan.jpg 550w, https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/cooking\/files\/2012\/01\/Weekly-Menu-Plan-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Menu Planning 101<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/cooking\/tag\/menu-plan-tips\/page\/3\/\">Menu Planning 101<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Part 1<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/cooking\/menu-planning-101-15-meals\/\">15 Meals<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Part 2<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/cooking\/menu-planning-101-putting-it-all-together\/\">Putting it All Together<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Part 3<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/cooking\/shopping-food-storage-sales-and-stockpiling-menu-planning-101\/\">Shopping, Food Storage, Sales, and Stockpiling<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Part 4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Other Menu Planning Help<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/cooking\/5-simple-ways-to-menu-plan\/\">5 Simple Ways to Menu Plan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/cooking\/menu-plan-free-download\/\">Menu Plan Printable Worksheet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/menu-planning-inspiration\/\">Menu Planning Inspiration<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/cooking\/how-i-cut-my-grocery-bill-in-half-with-menu-planning\/\">How I Cut My Grocery Bill in Half with Menu Planning<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Weekly Menu Plans<\/h3>\n<p>Each week I post my menu plan. \u00a0It&#8217;s there to help you, because there&#8217;s nothing wrong with getting menu planning ideas from someone else.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/cooking\/category\/food\/menu-plan-food\/\"><span style=\"line-height: 13px;\">My Weekly Menu Plan<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Menu planning saves money and time. \u00a0It also makes meal time go more smoothly. \u00a0If you need help learning how to menu plan, here are links to articles where I talk about how to plan a menu. 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