Comments on: So Really, What’s For Dinner?

By: Mrs. L

Mrs. L — Tue, 19 May 2009 22:09:29 +0000

We all seem to have similar ways to do this. I have a much more “involved” meal planner as I plan out breakfast, lunches and snacks (which much be brought to work).

I also found, for me, that keeping a grocery list on my iPhone works perfect. If I have to stop on the way home from work at a grocery store for my mom, I always have my list handy for myself. Also if I’m standing in line at the post office and think of a dish I want to make, I can just get out my phone and add the ingredients to my grocery list.
The forms you link too though are pretty good, I may have to print them out for my mom.

By: noble pig

noble pig — Sat, 09 May 2009 01:44:37 +0000

I love the grocery list, I printed a bunch of copies…it’s just what i need!

By: Granola Girl

Granola Girl — Fri, 08 May 2009 19:55:00 +0000

There are four main dinners that our family really, really likes: Lasagna, enchiladas, chicken and rice casserole, tomato soup and cornbread. Each of these is the spotlight for one week of the month, and though the enchilada filling might vary or the lasagna might be chicken, veggie, or traditional, these meals are the framework for our grocery shopping.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:03:43 +0000

My process is similar to yours. I work FT during the week so I do my shopping on either Saturday or Sunday and I only go 2x a month. I try to do my planning on Thursday or Friday. Breakfast is your typical breakfast fare, lunches are either leftovers or sandwiches (3 of us take lunches, 1 daughter eats at school), and we do our best to all be home for dinner but that can sometimes be difficult with 2 teens in the house. I typically plan 11 or 12 dinner meals for a 2 week period and the other 2 or 3 will consist of leftovers, on your own or dinner out. Here are links to the grocery list & planner I use. I always have a clean grocery list hanging on the fridge to mark items as I run out. The family members know to do this also which is a huge help.

http://donnayoung.org/household/fullsize/ffiles09/kifiles/grocery.pdf

http://donnayoung.org/household/fullsize/ffiles09/kifiles/menu.pdf

By: Carmen

Carmen — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:00:00 +0000

My process is very similar to yours, just a different schedule since I work full-time during the week. On Friday (sometimes I start on Thursday), I start to menu plan. I write down each day of the week on a piece of paper (I may start using your template instead now!) and each meal; use the weekly grocery fliers to plan meals based on what’s on sale; make my grocery list based on my menu; then grocery shop on Saturday morning. I haven’t quite gotten to the point of putting a list in a handy spot where I can mark or note things as I run out of them – I usually just remember halfway during the week and shoot myself an email reminder – but it’s a good idea to do that! Thanks for the great tips and the lovely templates!!