January has a way of telling us who we should be. Quiet and calm. Ambitious and ready. Rested or reinvented. Which way, exhausted mom?

There’s something about the first meal plan of the year that feels exciting to complete. 

It sets the tone for a new year, but keeps me grounded in the same old important goal of homemaking: stewarding well. After the rush of Christmas meals, holiday baking, and all the structure December quietly dismantled, January asks a gentler question: What would it look like to feed my family well again?