Sara Noel, the Frugal Village colunnist, has a great frugal living piece today on Organize your meals.

You’ll find it on page 3E of today’s print and e-editions of The Monroe Evening News and at Sara’s web site.

A snippet:

To prevent boredom, consider an open menu plan in case your schedule changes or you don’t feel like making a certain meal. You can also mix things up by introducing one to three new recipes a month, a meatless meal, planned leftovers and a few quick meals. An easy outline to follow is to plan around protein such as meat, fish, poultry, eggs, beans, etc. Then add a starch/grain such as bread, potatoes, pasta or rice. Then add fruits and vegetables and dairy. But what if you don’t have time to plan, have dietary restrictions, or just aren’t that organized? Fortunately, there are plenty of resources that can help.

Go read the column. Sara has lots of links, some of which I haven’t seen before. I’ll be adding them to my grocery shopping on a budget sidebar.