Spurred on by Suchitra of ‘MomLife‘ and her quest to break the seal on planning weekly meals, I have been brainstorming ways of shortening my shopping list. I’m a big fan of the list in all it’s forms but writing the list usually consists of: What do I fancy for dinner? What do I want for lunch tomorrow? Total mind block about tomorrow’s dinner… Lets have a browse on Pinterest for a recipe… The trouble with this method is you will end up with a very long list. This means: It gets expensive… really expensive; You will spend far too long in the shop going back and forth, trying to find all the silly ingredients you’ve added to your list from Pinterest; You are guaranteed to miss something, even though you wrote a list; A lot of food will be wasted – Money down the drain, guilt over starving people and global warming. So… is there a better way? I think so. Mind Map Before List Do write a list, I’m not suggesting otherwise, but it’s very difficult to write a good one straight off the top of your head. When you go through teacher training (as I did a few years ago), you...
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