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Old 12-18-2015, 11:38 PM   #73
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Default Re: Can someone teach me how to meal plan?

Look at your calendar for the week before you ever start to plan a meal. When would be a good day for a crockpot meal? When will you need something you can eat on the go?

Make a list of the meals you can make without thinking about it. No recipe needed. Quesadillas? Tacos? Spaghetti?

Plug in meals where they fit on your calendar. Days that you're going to be home in the hours prior to dinner area the best for new recipes and recipes that aren't by memory.

Days when you're on the go need crackers, cheese cubes, and some kind of ready meat. Or sandwiches. Or rotisserie chicken and a bag of baby carrots.

Days when you'll be busy most of the day need either a crockpot meal or a quick memory meal.

We have a Fendi night every week - a night when everyone finds their own meal.

Be realistic. Are there nights when the best you can do is plan to eat out? Do you have the energy for time intensive meals? Don't plan things that are so difficult that you're likely to order pizza instead.

It's okay if you repeat things everyone eats often. I try to limit it to every other week.

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---------- Post added at 01:38 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:31 AM ----------

Oh! And for breakfasts, we eat the same things all week. Everybody's thing is different (oatmeal for me, life cereal for Lilli, frozen waffles for the other two kids, bagels and eggs for DH) but everyone gets one thing for the week. And then we do something special (cinnamon rolls, pancakes) on Saturday.

Lunch is the same way. Everybody gets to tell me what they'd like to have for lunches that week and that's what you get. Turkey and cheese, bagel pizzas, soup, whatever (within reason).

My kids are all old enough to get those things for themselves, so that makes a difference.

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