Menu & Meal Planning for the Working Homeschool Mom

I love helping working moms figure out how to juggle working to provide for their families, homeschool, and still be a mom. And one of the best things to help that, in my experience, has been to improve how we cook food.

So below I’ve put together a collection of my menu & meal planning tips, kitchen tools and cooking tricks to help you with all things food. Just click on the image to read ❤

Please note: There are a lot of resources here and this is not all of them so be sure to search around. 

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Meal Planning Tips

Simple Meal Planning For Busy Working Moms Easy As 1, 2, 3!

If you don’t have time or energy for a complicated meal planning system, this is for you!

This three-step system allows me to meal plan each week in 15 minutes FLAT! 

Simple Meal Planning For Busy Working Moms Easy As 1, 2, 3!

How To Create An Inventory Of Your Kitchen Pantry, Freezer, & Fridge

Do you want to save money when feeding your family? Shop your own pantry, freezer, and fridge first! How do you do that? The fastest and easiest way to do this is to create an inventory. 

How To Create A Inventory Of Your Kitchen Pantry, Freezer, & Fridge

20 Freezer Meals In One Cooking Session: Crazy Time Suck Or Worth It?

freezer meals are they worth it

How To Meal Prep To Save Your Family Time & Money

Are These Two Roadblocks Keeping You From Eating Healthy?

Are These Two Roadblocks Keeping YOU From Eating Healthy?

5 Pantry Meal Kit:

Grab this pantry meal kit and solve the problem “oops! I forgot about dinner!”

PANTRY MEAL KIT 
Get Dinner On The Table Fast! 
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Done For You Meal Planning Options:


Do you “Instant Pot”?

How My Instant Pot Obsession Began: A Love Story

Where my personal Instant Pot Obsession began. Why I got one and how I hope it helps!

Getting Started With Instant Pot – What You Need To Know

Getting Started With Instant Pot – What You Need To Know Guide

Gift Guide for the Instant Pot Obsessed Homeschool Mom

Are you wondering what you are the best gift ideas for the Instant Pot lover? The must have tools, accessories and how to use them? Get the Guide inside.

15 Easy Spring Instant Pot Recipes with Free Meal Planning Pages

Easy Spring Instant Pot Recipes With Free Meal Planning Pages

Instant Pot Recipes For Summer With Free Meal Planning Pages

Instant Pot Recipes for summer

17 Instant Pot Fall Recipes & Meal Plan Ideas for Crazy Busy Moms

17 Instant Pot Fall Recipes Meal Plan Ideas For Crazy Busy Moms

26 Easy Winter Instant Pot Recipes with Free Meal Planning Pages

WITH FREE MEAL PLANNING PAGES

Instant Pot Broccoli Cheese Soup Recipe – Quick & Easy Dinner Ideas

instant pot broccoli soup

The Easiest Instant Pot Roast Beef Recipe You’ll Ever Find

The Easiest Instant Pot Roast Beef Recipe You'll Ever Find

How To Cook a Whole Chicken Using Your Instant Pot

How to Cook A Whole Chicken Using Your Instant Pot

Cook Dry Beans Fast And Easy In Your Instant Pot (No Soaking)


Camping with your family?

Easy Make Ahead Camping Meals (or for any mom!)

Easy Make Ahead Camping Meals

Easy Camping Snacks Ideas For Kids: 14 Super Yummy Treats

14 easy camping snacks and treats for kids

Meals So Easy The Kids Can Cook!

Teaching my kids to cook is one of the best things I ever did as a working mom. Below you will find programs I used to teach my kids to cook along with recipes your kids can make!

Get Your Kids Cooking

Homeschool Cooking Curriculum We Love – Our Experience With The Kids Cook Real Food Program

Are you trying to teach your children to cook but unsure where to start? We are using Kids Cook Real Food. Find out how we are using it to teach our children cooking skills for life! 

Homeschool Cooking Curriculum We Love - Our Experience With Kids Cook Real Food Program Review

Online Cooking Classes Perfect For Kids 8 Years Old & Up

If you’ve always wanted to teach your kids to cook but haven’t found the time yet, don’t lose hope. Check out these online cooking classes that kids 8+ can do by themselves!

Online Cooking Classes For Kids

Homeschool Cooking: Kids & Knives – Safe or Scary?!

Does the very idea of your child handling sharp knives freak you out? It’s never too late to teach your kids knife and safety skills.

Homeschool Cooking: Kids & Knives – Safe or Scary?! Kids Knife Skills Class
Teach Your Kids To Cook
✔️Printable Recipe Cards
✔️Cooking Skills By Age
✔️Recipes For Kids
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Meal Planning & Recipes For Kids

15 Breakfast Ideas For Kids – Easy Recipes They Can Cook

Let your kids make their own breakfast and save you time! Win:win

25 Easy Lunch & Snack Ideas For A Busy Homeschool Mom

Great lunch and snack ideas for the busy working homeschool mom!

25 Cold Lunch Ideas Perfect For Your Picky Kids

25 Cold Lunch Ideas Perfect For Your Picky Kids a list of ideas

10 Easy Dinner Recipes A Working Mom Can Teach Her Kids

Get Kids Cooking On The Barbecue With These “Hot Off The Grill” Recipes

Anyone else excited about barbecue season coming up? I am! Once I realized my kids have not grilled anything on our barbecue yet I started gathering a list of easy recipes for them to get started.

I hope this helps! I update this page often so be sure to bookmark it for future reference. You can work and homeschool. Be sure to read the interviews that I had with working homeschool moms here. 

Take Care

Jen

P.S. I run a free, private Facebook group with the most positive, supportive, and kick butt working homeschool moms out there. It’s the perfect place to get feedback, make friendships, and ask questions. You can join right here!

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