Meal planning, like budgeting and clipping coupons is one of those tasks that I always groan at. However, meal planning does make a mom’s life easier, not just in knowing what to make for dinner each night, but in grocery shopping as well. When you know what you’re going to serve, you know what to buy.

Over at KitchenMonki.com you can get help with the process of menu planning. Add your own recipes, use them to meal plan, and even print out a shopping list. KitchenMonki.com also has a social aspect in that you can share or get meal plans and recipes from others.

The site is free to use so check out KitchenMonki.com and start meal planning.

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One of the great things about the Internet is the ability to research great deals on everything you need. The trick is to sort through thousands of resources to find the deals you want and need. Over at Wise Bread, they have made the deal finding a little bit easier. On its Deals Roundup page, Wise Bread lists the day’s best deals, coupons and freebies from the best bargain sites on the web.

Want to read some of the world famous classic stories, but don’t want to buy them? At Project Gutenberg you can find over 28000 classic books in electronic form. You can find such great stories as (the number after the title is the number downloads over the last 7 days):

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (1724)
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1185)
History of the United States by Charles A. Beard and Mary Ritter Beard (1182)
Ulysses by James Joyce (994)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (972)
The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete by Leonardo da Vinci (917)
Dracula by Bram Stoker (899)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (835)
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (796)
The Marvelous Land Of Oz by L. Frank Baum (646)
Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (637)
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (630)
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë (617)

The books are available in a variety of formats including PDF, HTML, Text, and formats that can be read on your Smartphone. You can even download audio versions.

Be sure to read the information about use and distribution of the books. The books are in the public domain in the United States but you’ll want to check the rights if you live in a different country. The books are free to use, but not necessarily free for you to distribute to others.

To learn more, get books or even get involved with the project, visit Project Gutenberg.

In my attempts to save money, meal planning and grocery shopping has become more complex. I’m clipping coupons, shopping multiple stores to get the best prices, and planning meals around what’s on sale. Being domestically and organizationally challenged, this new way of cooking and shopping has been difficult for me to manage.

But I’ve just come across a great new web and phone app that can make it easier. Ziplist offers lots of great features to create a shopping list and plan meals. The shopping list can be organized by aisle or store. It can be shared with other members of the family so that they can add items.

Not sure what to make for dinner? Ziplist has tons of recipes and with a single click all the ingredients can be added to your list. It will even show you items that you may already have at home so that they aren’t added to the list. And if you find a recipe on another website, you can save it to your Ziplist recipe box.

When you’re ready to shop, you can print out your list or access it by through your SmartPhone (iPhone app coming soon).

To learn more or to create your own list, visit Ziplist.

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I’ll be hosting a FREE teleseminar on how and where to find and get legitimate work at home jobs on March 10, 2010. The Jobs Online Teleseminar will be free and will cover:

* What work-at-home jobs are and aren’t so you can weed out the duds.
* The most common work-at-home jobs.
* How to find the best work-at-home jobs for you.
* How to make your resume stand out from the crowd so you can get hired.
* How to avoid job scams.
* And more!

The Jobs Online Teleseminar is free, but requires registration. You can learn more and register for Jobs Online Teleseminar here.