102: Meal Planning on a Budget for Teens and Young Adults (Part 1)

We just celebrated 10 years of teaching kids to cook online, which honestly feels surreal. It still feels like yesterday that we were filming the very first lessons, crossing our fingers, and wondering if anyone would even want this.

Fast forward a decade and nearly 20,000 families served, and the answer is clear. This work matters. It is changing kitchens, confidence levels, and family dynamics in real ways.

Over the years, parents have consistently asked me about two skills that go beyond what we teach inside Kids Cook Real Food:

• How to help kids meal plan
• How to help kids grocery shop

These are higher level executive functioning skills. They build on cooking, but they are a step further. They require decision making, budgeting, and thinking ahead. That is why they were never part of the original Kids Cook Real Food course.

For a long time, I knew these skills belonged in a future, more advanced program for teens and young adults. And now, that next step is almost here!! They are a big part of Teens Cook Real Food, which releases to the public on January 26, 2006!! (But only for a week right now, so put it on your calendar.)

Today we'll hit on steps 1-3 of meal planning on a budget!

Resources We Mention for Meal Planning on a Budget

• Some tips to stretch your meat and save money
• More tips for reducing food waste
• Meal planning is the key to healthy eating
• Routines to make healthy meal planning doable
• 3 Habits to help your grocery budget with high inflation
• More tips and recipes to save you mone

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