73 | Meal Planning Made Lovely: My Simple Recipe-Card System | Christian Homemaking Meal Planning Hacks

Hey lovely 🤍 Welcome back to the Lovely Home Podcast! I’m your host, Evelyn, and around here we focus on grace over guilt in your mind, life, and home — with Christ as our foundation.

In today’s episode, I’m sharing my personal meal planning system — the one that helps me consistently meal plan and prep meals (including breakfast!) without spiraling into pressure. This is a hybrid method using recipe cards + Pinterest, and it’s designed to be simple, fast, and sustainable.

We’re talking:

• How to choose your “core” 10–15 go-to recipes

• How to organize them into categories (dinner, breakfast, lunch, snacks)

• How to use cookbooks without flipping forever

• And my favorite hack: writing a recipe link on the back of a card so you can scan it with your phone and jump straight to the recipe (no endless Pinterest scrolling!)

If you want to give this method a try, here’s what you’ll need: note cards, a pen, a recipe box (optional), a Pinterest account, your phone, and your cookbooks.

If you want help building rhythms that work for your body, your mind, your menstrual phase, and your love language, you can book a Lovely Rhythms Call right here: https://allthingslovely.co

And if you’re ready to grab your Lovely Home Planner, stickers, or anything else in the shop, you can visit: https://allthingslovely.co✨ Use code LOVELY25 for 25% off anything in the shop.

Want to chat or ask questions about creating a system that fits your life? Email me at: https://help.pinterest.com/en/article/create-a-board

Hatch alarm clock (Restore): https://www.hatch.co/restore

The Lazy Genius (Kendra Adachi): https://www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/

Truly Crunchy Magazine: https://trulycrunchy.com/

Passionate Penny Pincher Menu Boxes: https://shop.passionatepennypincher.com/collections/menu-boxes

The Cook’s Book (Bri McKoy): https://book.brimckoy.com/

Magnolia Table Cookbook (Joanna Gaines): https://magnolia.com/products/magnolia-table-cookbook

Pioneer Woman Cookbooks (Ree Drummond): https://shop.thepioneerwoman.com/ree-s-cookbooks.html

 

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