The two apps I use the very most to help me manage our family meal planning and food budget are Pinterest and OurGroceries.
Pinterest is a great place to find and store recipes that you want to use later. I have a board I call "School Night Dinners" where I pin meals that shouldn't take too long to cook or can be prepped ahead of time and just thrown in the over or crockpot in time for a delicious weeknight dinner.
I recently added another board called "Tried and True" where I move recipes once we have actually had them. On that board I write out any changes I may have made to the original recipe or suggestions to try the next time.
The OurGroceries list app is on both my phone and my partner's. It is a running list of items needed at the store. If one of us stops at the store the list is right in front of them and items are easily ticked off to keep the other partner from accidentally buying the same thing at the store later in the day.
We have multiple lists including one called Pantry Staples where we can check to see if there is still a particular spice in the cabinet or a can of cream of mushroom soup still hiding in the pantry before buying it again at the store. I have three bottles of vanilla and two boxes of cornstarch, all unopened, in my kitchen from before I added this list to the group.
Pinterest is a great place to find and store recipes that you want to use later. I have a board I call "School Night Dinners" where I pin meals that shouldn't take too long to cook or can be prepped ahead of time and just thrown in the over or crockpot in time for a delicious weeknight dinner.
I recently added another board called "Tried and True" where I move recipes once we have actually had them. On that board I write out any changes I may have made to the original recipe or suggestions to try the next time.
The OurGroceries list app is on both my phone and my partner's. It is a running list of items needed at the store. If one of us stops at the store the list is right in front of them and items are easily ticked off to keep the other partner from accidentally buying the same thing at the store later in the day.
We have multiple lists including one called Pantry Staples where we can check to see if there is still a particular spice in the cabinet or a can of cream of mushroom soup still hiding in the pantry before buying it again at the store. I have three bottles of vanilla and two boxes of cornstarch, all unopened, in my kitchen from before I added this list to the group.