{"id":3412,"date":"2015-08-19T09:47:31","date_gmt":"2015-08-19T13:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/?p=3412"},"modified":"2015-08-18T20:49:45","modified_gmt":"2015-08-19T00:49:45","slug":"podcast-simplified-meal-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/podcast-simplified-meal-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: Simplified Meal Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Podcast: Simplified Meal Planning\" href=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/podcast-simplified-meal-planning\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"float: left;\" title=\"Podcast: Simplified Meal Planning\" src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5676\/20367910789_a77faafb5a_n.jpg\" alt=\"Podcast: Simplified Meal Planning\" height=\"320\" width=\"320\"><\/a>Donna Reish, author of numerous writing and language arts books as well as Character Ink blog, Raising Kids With Character parenting seminar, and Language Lady blog, answers readers\u2019 questions about efficiency in the kitchen. In this follow-up to <a href=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wondering-wednesday-podcast-five-tips-to-be-more-efficient-in-the-kitchen\/\" target=\"_blank\">Five Tips for Kitchen Efficiency<\/a>, Donna shares more kitchen efficiency tips\u2014especially meal planning for busy families. In this podcast episode, Simplified Meal Planning, Donna describes two \u201cthinking\u201d processes for deciding what to have for meals: (1) Basing meal lists on meats or main ingredients and keeping a running list of the things you make and (2) Keeping staples for the most common meals on hand. Donna shares her master entr\u00e9e list in the accompanying handout to help get your creative juices flowing. She also focuses on making quick decisions and not getting bogged down mentally or time-wise with indecisiveness.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Click<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B7uMzTn1z4JeQzlyN0R1cnp2dGM\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\"> <strong>here<\/strong><\/a> to download the printable handout.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/wondering-wednesday\/id969801076?mt=2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3054 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/link-badge-itunes.png\" alt=\"Subscribe to Character Ink! in iTunes\" data-wp-pid=\"3054\" height=\"40\" width=\"110\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/wondering-wednesday\/id969801076?mt=2\"><br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/wondering-wednesday\/id969801076?mt=2\">Subscribe<\/a> to our Wondering Wednesday podcasts in iTunes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nClick <a href=\"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/podcasts\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>here<\/strong> <\/a>to see our previous podcasts!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/characterinklady.audello.com\/player\/cmVjb3JkaW5nLTMzLm1wMw==\/?container=audello-IBXBL55XF5\" async=\"\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"audello-IBXBL55XF5\" class=\"audello-player audello-file\" data-role=\"audello-file\" data-audello-id=\"cmVjb3JkaW5nLTMzLm1wMw==\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donna Reish, author of numerous writing and language arts books as well as Character Ink blog, Raising Kids With Character parenting seminar, and Language Lady blog, answers readers\u2019 questions about efficiency in the kitchen. 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