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Why & How to Menu Plan

Please help me welcome Leah Eisenberg Polikoff as a contributing guest post writer to Kosher on a Budget. Leah is a menu planning whiz, and I feel very lucky that she has agreed to share her know-how with all of us. Look for her posts once or twice a … [Read more...]

The February Repeating Menu Plan

In November, I posted about our new approach to menu planning. It was a little too "boring" for some of you, but others thought it was a great idea! It worked out amazingly well for us in November and December and then last month, with everything … [Read more...]

November Menu Plan (I’m trying something new…)

I'm trying something new this month with our November Menu Plan. Some might call it boring. Predictable. Or even uninspired. That's okay. I'm hoping I'll be calling it "the easiest month ever" by the end of it.  (You know those times in your life … [Read more...]

Menu Planning When You’re Moving

My husband kindly spent an hour this morning inventorying the contents of our basement freezer, along with the freezer in our side-by-side fridge. We'll soon be moving out of our house -- and whoa, do we have a lot of meat and chicken to eat our … [Read more...]

Passover Menu Plan 2014

One week from tonight, we'll be sitting down to our seder. Despite having a mostly clean-for-Pesach house (minus the kitchen - which, of course, is 75% of the work, anyway!), I still feel ill-prepared for the next week's worth of activity. Come to … [Read more...]

My Menu Plan for the Week of January 6th

You know how you can know something is the right thing to do? And yet you keep doing the wrong thing? Over and over again? For example: Right =  Knowing that menu planning saves money, time and sanity. Wrong = Coming up with a steady stream … [Read more...]

Our Rosh Hashana Menu Plan (2013)

The first night of Rosh Hashana is just a week from tomorrow night. One. Week. (Breathe) I've been meaning to do this for a month, but denial was firmly rooted in my menu planning brain. Last night, however, I took no prisoners, stayed up … [Read more...]

Ask My Readers | Menu Ideas for Pre-Fast Meal

Today's reader question comes from Danit. I never remember what I make from one year to the next for my pre-fast menu for Tisha B'Av? Before Yom Kippur we always have roasted chicken, which obviously isn't an option.   Thanks for your ideas! I … [Read more...]

January 2013 Menu Plan

I can't believe there are just two days left in 2012! Where did the year go? It's true what Erma Bombeck said - the days are long, but the years are short! Anyway, I just hammered out my family's menu plan for January 2013. At many of your … [Read more...]

Our December Menu Plan

It's back - by popular demand: A whole month dedicated to the ins and outs of Menu Planning. Over the course of December, I will be sharing the many ways that menu planning can help you save money -- and time. And even a little bit of your … [Read more...]