I’ve changed how I run my menu plan. Again. To keep is nice and simple I’m now rocking a seven day plan, which I then repeat every week.
- Monday: Salmon and Vegetables
- Tuesday: Chicken Curry and Rice
- Wednesday: Vegetable Pizza & Salad
- Thursday: Pasta Bolognaise
- Friday: Chickpea Curry
- Saturday: Surprise
- Sunday: Chilli and Rice
I’m happy with it on lots of counts; it includes two vegetarian meals, I batch cook three of the meals {chicken curry, bolognaise and chilli} ,all my family like all the meals and it’s eliminated my food waste. It’s also uncomplicated and frugal; two things I like. :-)
Does anyone else menu plan like this or do you like to mix it up every week?
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totally making it up as I go along. and I wonder why I can’t stick to a food budget! Mind you – we ate frugally today! stuff from the fridge or freezer. No spend today! I like the repetition each week. If it were just me, I would probably eat the same thing every day. it would be healthy and balanced mind you!
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The wife and I cook one or two meals per week, and eat the same things for lunch/dinner 5 or 6 days in a row (weekends we improvise). It means very little time each week required in the kitchen, just a big push for several hours on Saturday or Sunday (plus some big cooking pots). We mostly cook vegetarian meals these days…which is fine by me.
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Ho mo, the repetition is good, especially when it’s food we all like.
Hi executioner; if I had my way I would do this too, but this way is a good compromise for us as a family. I’m slowly moving things towards a more vegetarian diet {another thing that would suit me}
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I sometimes wish I had time to plan menus but then, when I think about it, I realise it wouldn’t really work for us for various reasons and I’m happy with that. I’m veggie and the family are not making planning more complicated; Time at the evenings and weekends varies so much it would be difficult to stick to or find time to plan or batch cook; When I get my organic fruit/veggie box I have to go with whatever’s in it and I’ve usually just done the weekly shop when it arrives.
Teresa x
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Coming to your house for dinner.
I need a good curry. It’s been to long since I had one. Luckily, there is this Indian place by my work. For $3.50 you get a TON of food. *spoiled*
Congrats on keeping the menu plan up. I’ve been so lackadaisical about it and then I grumble when i come home because I don’t know what to make. LOL. Since my DH has been working overtime, I think its time to start planning some slowcooker meals again.
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I tend to stock up on staples each month, then pick up my fresh fruits and veggies, go back to my house and see what I can make with it for the week.
Friday nights are pizza night (always)
I usually make 1-2 bean, chickpea and lentil dish a week (then we eat leftovers)
I tend to have one quiche night–where I stick the veggie of the week in the quiche
I also do one gratin night where I mix a veggie with either rice or pasta, cover it with cheese and grill it a bit.
The above typically ends in quite a bit of leftovers which we either eat on the spot or freeze for next week. Sometimes, on weekends, I plan a meat dish. . .
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