As CBS2s Carolyn Gusoff reported, Kraft macaroni and cheese, the original comfort food -- the meal moms can whip up for less than $2 -- is getting a healthy makeover.

Try our weekly Start TODAY meal plan for the week of January 29. Get dietitian-created, healthy meal and recipe ideas for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks.

Here’s how to set up a personal weekly meal plan that suits your family’s style and get the habit to stick. You can even budget for the night when you just. Cannot. Wash. One. More. Dish.

Every meal needs to have vegetables, protein and a starch (mostly for the kids), so that helps keep her focused as well. And of course, all the meals are super-simple. Nothing is fancy or complicated.

Simplify meal prep — and clean up — with these short-cut recipes that pack in nutrition. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

Pick a weekly budget that works for you: While a $50-a-week budget might work for a single-person meal plan, it’s probably not enough to feed a family of three.Meal planning is much easier when ...