Hellobee Boards Topic: For those who plan food menu's ahead.... how often does your plan get messed up?

Hellobee Boards Topic: For those who plan food menu's ahead.... how often does your plan get messed up? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 07 May 2026 14:05:33 +0000 Mrs. Pink on "For those who plan food menu's ahead.... how often does your plan get messed up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-plan-food-menus-ahead-how-often-does-your-plan-get-messed-up#post-120515 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:38:11 +0000 Mrs. Pink 120515@https://boards.hellobee.com/ every single time I plan LOL I think I've only successfully done 1 week with everything I planned! Mrs. Pickle on "For those who plan food menu's ahead.... how often does your plan get messed up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-plan-food-menus-ahead-how-often-does-your-plan-get-messed-up#post-115335 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 10:22:57 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 115335@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My plan gets messed up pretty much every week. I try not to pick out which day I'm going to make what meal in advance so the plan can be a little flexible. heffalump on "For those who plan food menu's ahead.... how often does your plan get messed up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-plan-food-menus-ahead-how-often-does-your-plan-get-messed-up#post-115305 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 10:09:08 +0000 heffalump 115305@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Well I'm glad I'm not the only one. @duckduckkristen: My husband doesn't eat leftovers so I always have too many leftovers. I'll eat them for lunch the next day, then freeze for future lunches. duckduckkristen on "For those who plan food menu's ahead.... how often does your plan get messed up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-plan-food-menus-ahead-how-often-does-your-plan-get-messed-up#post-115295 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 09:58:23 +0000 duckduckkristen 115295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I usually only plan 4 meals a week, figuring we'll have leftovers or something will come up the 5th night. The only things that really screw up the plan are when there are more leftovers than I thought there would be, or when I'm lazy and just don't feel like cooking. Just in case everything goes perfectly and we need an EXTRA meal, I always have frozen veggies and meats on hand. volksgirl64 on "For those who plan food menu's ahead.... how often does your plan get messed up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-plan-food-menus-ahead-how-often-does-your-plan-get-messed-up#post-115224 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 09:25:07 +0000 volksgirl64 115224@https://boards.hellobee.com/ It's been more lately but typically it's less than 1x per week. A normal week has us eating at home 4-5 nights and making do over the weekends. We are usually pretty good about sticking to it unless one of us forgets to take something out to thaw or the crockpot messes up or we missed a step in the recipe (like that something should have marinated or been pre-cooked). Modern Daisy on "For those who plan food menu's ahead.... how often does your plan get messed up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-plan-food-menus-ahead-how-often-does-your-plan-get-messed-up#post-115215 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 09:22:49 +0000 Modern Daisy 115215@https://boards.hellobee.com/ This is exactly why I've never planned a full week ahead. At the most I will plan three nights in advance, but that gets messed up often enough that it's not worth it for me to do any more. I also pack our lunches every day but I've learned never to buy enough for a full week because some of it always gets wasted. I'll usually buy enough for us to pack lunches 3-4 days and it works out perfectly. Alivoo01 on "For those who plan food menu's ahead.... how often does your plan get messed up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-plan-food-menus-ahead-how-often-does-your-plan-get-messed-up#post-115168 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 09:10:49 +0000 Alivoo01 115168@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My plans get messed up weekly! I just push everything down a day, or if I didn't really care to make that meal in the first place, I just skip it. If I forsee things getting pushed back further, I toss the meats in the freezer for later use. Not as great as fresh, but I'd hate to toss out "good" meat! heffalump on "For those who plan food menu's ahead.... how often does your plan get messed up?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/for-those-who-plan-food-menus-ahead-how-often-does-your-plan-get-messed-up#post-115130 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 08:42:56 +0000 heffalump 115130@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Whenever I try to plan a weekly menu, something comes up. For this week I planned 4 meals assuming we'd go out Friday night for dinner, and we usually go out on weekends because I love a chance to get out of the house. But already tonight dinner is cancelled because my family wants to go to an all you can eat night at the baseball stadium. Hopefully the ingrediants for one meal will last until next week!