Wednesday, February 3, 2010

A new way to organize your food life

So after many requests, I guess it is just easiest to start blogging my weekly menu plans. This is pretty much the only thing that I have been able to organize in my life. I make one main shopping trip at the beginning of the week and have a plan for my daily meals. Most of the meals are interchangeable and/or can meld into one another. Also when your significant other is home before you they can help you get dinner on the way, even if it is just by taking the meat out of the freezer or getting that loaf of french bread from the store. Everyone in the house knows the plan and doesn't feel lost about what is happening each night. I have found that by doing this there is less fighting about dinner time and I waste less food at the end of the week. I used to have great intentions about making all these things during the coming week and then in the end I would have ended up wasting half the produce I bought and start again the next week. By no means do I stick by this plan 100%, we may decide one night to go out with friends or have pizza. With this plan most things can be moved along a day or saved for the next week. With this meal organization I am able to realistically set meal goals for myself, and it works. I still find myself having these fantasies of making all these new fun dishes during the coming week, but once I write it out on my meal planner, I realize that there is no realistic way of making all those meals in 5-7 days, again realizing what a great idea this really is.

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