Easing the Pain of Meal Planning

Meal planning is HUGE in keeping on budget. However it also seems to take a HUGE amount of time out of my day every 2 weeks. With the door wide open and lots of recipes that I have successfully tried, I end up frustrated with options. I was browsing a cookbook at SAM's the other day and came across one that had a different "theme" for the meals each day of the week. I decided to adopt this and the Smith household will now follow the "themes" listed below. Hoping it works out!

Meatless Monday
TexMex Tuesday
Italian Wednesday
Comfort Food Thursday
Fun Friday