Do you meal/menu plan ?

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Do you meal/menu plan ?

• Only group members can vote in this poll.

1. 30% - Yes, always .. please ahare
2. 7% - It depends .. on what?
3. 42% - Sometimes .. please share
4. 7% - No .. why not ?
5. 11% - Other .. please share

[GwenMB]

I don't but I want to, it seems like it'd be so much easier if I did.  I just need to sit down & do it!

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It really helps save time & money,
If you are going to .. will you try before or after the holidays ?

Quoting GwenMB:

I don't but I want to, it seems like it'd be so much easier if I did.  I just need to sit down & do it!

[abra]

Sort of. I have a list of staples I keep on hand and recipes I can make from that, and then I usually make two more interesting dinners a week and that usually carries us for about four evenings

[Heather2001]

Yes, I have to or else I forget stuff at the grocery store.

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Wow that sounds perfect then!
Good for you on keeping so much on hand like that :)

Quoting abra:

Sort of. I have a list of staples I keep on hand and recipes I can make from that, and then I usually make two more interesting dinners a week and that usually carries us for about four evenings

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It really helps I think too :)

Quoting Heather2001:

Yes, I have to or else I forget stuff at the grocery store.

[Juniper53098]

I have a loose plan.  I kmow in the 3 wk period between shopping trips we will have a chicken and pork chops once.  The rest of the meat we buy in bulk (1/2 cow, hunt deer), so the meat from our meals are covered.  I keep a variety of frozen veggies in the house so the kids can take turns choosing.  If there's something special I want to make, I will buy the specific ingredients for it.

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Does sound like you have it mentally planned for the most part then,
NIce  to let the kids help with the meal planning like that as well ;)

Quoting Juniper53098:

I have a loose plan.  I kmow in the 3 wk period between shopping trips we will have a chicken and pork chops once.  The rest of the meat we buy in bulk (1/2 cow, hunt deer), so the meat from our meals are covered.  I keep a variety of frozen veggies in the house so the kids can take turns choosing.  If there's something special I want to make, I will buy the specific ingredients for it.

[michiganmom116]

Always.  It helps me save money, saves my sanity, and I can see at a glance if I'm missing any nutrients.

Here's this week's plan:

November 11 – 17, 2012

Sunday:

breakfast – breakfast bake, veggie juice

lunch – smoked sausage and veggie stew

dinner - broiled steak, parsnip & mushroom soup, broccoli salad

Monday:

breakfast – breakfast salad, veggie juice

lunch – tuna patties, leftover parsnip & mushroom soup

dinner - Swiss mushroom chicken, salad

Tuesday:

breakfast – hard boiled eggs, grapefruit, veggie juice

lunch – creamy broccoli & ham chowder

dinner - stuffed meatloaf, roasted beets & carrots, salad

Wednesday:

breakfast – veggie hash, poached egg, veggie juice

lunch – liver with caramelized onions, salad

dinner - rosemary chicken & potatoes, green beans

Thursday:

breakfast – hard boiled eggs, grapefruit, veggie juice

lunch – chef salad

dinner - firehouse chili, “corn” muffins

Friday:

breakfast – ham & egg cups, veggie juice

lunch – leftovers/clean out the fridge

dinner - ranch baked tilapia, honeyed carrots, broccoli casserole

Saturday:

breakfast – huevos rancheros, grapefruit, veggie juice

lunch – bratwurst, salad

dinner – pizza on spaghetti squash and/or almond meal crusts

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That's really awesome you do that for lunch & breakfast as well,
Do you stick pretty much to plan on all three meals for the week ?

Quoting michiganmom116:

Always.  It helps me save money, saves my sanity, and I can see at a glance if I'm missing any nutrients.

Here's this week's plan:

November 11 – 17, 2012

Sunday:

breakfast – breakfast bake, veggie juice

lunch – smoked sausage and veggie stew

dinner - broiled steak, parsnip & mushroom soup, broccoli salad

Monday:

breakfast – breakfast salad, veggie juice

lunch – tuna patties, leftover parsnip & mushroom soup

dinner - Swiss mushroom chicken, salad

Tuesday:

breakfast – hard boiled eggs, grapefruit, veggie juice

lunch – creamy broccoli & ham chowder

dinner - stuffed meatloaf, roasted beets & carrots, salad

Wednesday:

breakfast – veggie hash, poached egg, veggie juice

lunch – liver with caramelized onions, salad

dinner - rosemary chicken & potatoes, green beans

Thursday:

breakfast – hard boiled eggs, grapefruit, veggie juice

lunch – chef salad

dinner - firehouse chili, “corn” muffins

Friday:

breakfast – ham & egg cups, veggie juice

lunch – leftovers/clean out the fridge

dinner - ranch baked tilapia, honeyed carrots, broccoli casserole

Saturday:

breakfast – huevos rancheros, grapefruit, veggie juice

lunch – bratwurst, salad

dinner – pizza on spaghetti squash and/or almond meal crusts