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Old 05-09-2013, 03:22 PM   #69
kmwgrace
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Default Re: Can someone teach me how to meal plan?

I only meal plan for dinners right now, and I do one week at a time. I have an excel spreadsheet with columns for each type of food (beef, chicken, pork, veggies, pasta, etc). I have the names of the dishes in those columns, and I have the recipes in various places - I have a TON of cookbooks, and I also save recipes that I find online to either PDF or word docs in a folder on my computer desktop. When I'm ready to meal plan, I pull up the excel spreadsheet, think about what I have on hand, ask Hubby for input as to what particular meal(s) he wants this week, then I make the menu for the week, then the grocery list.

Recently, I bought a white board that fits on the pantry cupboard next to my fridge. I write the menu for the week on the white board, and if I need any special prep-ahead, I'll note that too. For example, we have frozen pizza dough balls that we bought at a big box store, so if we're planning pizza for Wed night, I'll have "take out pizza dough" written in under Tuesday's menu. Also we are somewhat flexible about switching things around for the week.

Hope this helps!

~ Kate
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