What's for Dinner?

Today I wanted to share with you something that has helped relieve stress in my daily life. I feel like this system would be adaptable to most families' or individuals' circumstances. The system has helped me to save time and energy and makes my trips to the grocery store less stressful. This is how we do dinner.
I have spent many months coming up with this system. It has been a matter of thinking about meals we enjoy as a family, trying out some new menu items, and convincing the kids to eat what I put in front of them.

I have been thinking about meals that we like and writing them down on 3 x 5 index cards. I keep all of the index cards in a case on top of the fridge, right above a set of magnets representing each day of the week.

Each card has the name of the recipe, and the list of ingredients on the front; listed on the back is the recipe.

I've also included a few cards for leftovers to follow meals that I know will span more than one night. What I really like about this system is that with just a glance I know what we'll be eating for dinner for the whole week. I've also found it very convenient to have the ingredients listed so that I have an easy time making up a shopping list for the week. Having the recipe on the back of the card is also helpful so that I don't have to dig through a cookbook or try to remember which page number or have to go digging around for each recipe, it's just ready to go waiting for me.
Seeing all of Lisa's success with the 21 day fix I've made the decision to start incorporating that plan into my family's lifestyle. I've recently added some cards that are 21 day fix approved to my collection of cards. But cooking for family is a lot different than cooking for an individual, so we're going to start slow with just dinner, but our plan is to slowly incorporate 21 day fix snacks and breakfasts and lunches.
This is how we avoid the dreaded question "what's for dinner?"

Cheers!
Jessica