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No but I want to. We're picking up our CSA share tomorrow so maybe I'll make a plan then. I think at least having a rough schedule would be good since our day to day changes a lot .

I try not to repeat any meal in a week but we have a few staple meals we have most weeks.

I've tried planning, but then things always come up and then I have food that will go to waste.

We sort of do - we try to loosely menu plan for the week, but the exact order of meals is subject to change and subject to things like avocados being ripe, getting salad greens from the farmers market, how we feel, etc.

We do meal plan for the week, choosing easier things for during the week and bigger things for the weekend that also make leftovers for lunches. I love coming home and not having to spend energy figuring out what to do for dinner--we just look at the list and get cooking. We do try to build in one easy meal or takeout and can move it around if we are too tired or busy to cook. I hope you like it!

We plan for the week, otherwise we wouldn't know what to get at the supermarket!

I try to for a few meals. It's usually dishes i make regularly so I know exactly what I need at the grocery store without having to make lists.

I've been meaning to but can never follow through on what I plan. Now I grocery shop only for the next 2-3 meals so I don't have fresh veggies wilting in the fridge.

Almost never, unless a we're having guests over and need to buy the essentials the weekend before.

I usually cook what I'm craving and especially enjoy it when we don't have the ingredients and forced to reinvent a dish. If I have my heart set on a dish, then I'd usually call DH and he'd pick up whatever I need on the way home. We usually pick up a few things like eggs, butter, bread, milk, fruit, and veggies at the neighborhood store - at most, we're there 3x a week. When we're absolutely out of ingredients (like now), I find it the most fun because it's like a challenge to put something together.

As for really grocery shopping, we go every 3 weeks or so. We're sale shoppers so there's a little variety here and there but not much. This is when I usually have a few dishes in mind that I'd like to cook for the following week. Sometimes I cook them all, sometimes I change my mind and end up cooking something completely different (this is when there's a high potential of things going bad, because if I don't cook a butternut squash for "the pasta dish" I had in mind, then I forget about it).

I normally don't repeat dishes every week. If there's a particular dish we both like, at most I'd cook it maybe every 2 weeks. The invention part makes it easier to have something new =)

@looch: that would be a great idea! i love how HB can be a source of food inspiration!

i like to go to grocery store twice a week so i plan my meals twice a week. i try new dishes regularly. i like that i am always introducing new things to the LO.

I do weekly planning. I make up the menu on Sunday and go do my shopping. I write the menu on a board in our kitchen. I love it. I get home from work and don't have to think about what I'm making. The meal is planned and I know I have the necessary ingredients. I would love a planning thread!

Yup, on Sundays we brainstorm what things we feel like eating that week Sunday-Thursday and make a meal plan on the whiteboard in our kitchen, and then make a grocery list from that. We have a list of 20 or so simple weekday meals that we use for most of them, and on Sunday we cook something that requires more effort/is a new recipe we want to try. Friday and Saturday are either leftovers, takeout, or a restaurant.

I've also heard of making a month-long meal plan and then using it every month. I've considered doing that for the future, seems like it would simplify things even more!

When we grocery we kind of plan for the week and weekend... especially now that we're in Lent and not eating out...

We try to buy diverse veggies that we can just swap out the protein each night and in a pasta, bun, or rice

I menu plan for the month, but go grocery shopping on Sunday for that week's meals. Hubby and I can never decide on dinner and I get frustrated when I ask him what would he like to have tonight. His response is always, "What ever you wanna cook."

Monthly menu planning has worked out great for us!

Not for an entire week, but when I go grocery shopping; I try to plan 3 solid dinners for the week.... the rest we either take out or eat leftovers.. or even cereal.

Yes, I do. Usually I menu plan on Sunday and either do my shopping for the week on Sunday afternoon or after work on Monday depending on what I have going on.

I started menu planning as a way to save money and have more time available after work (I used to run to the grocery store on an almost daily basis) to work out. It has helped me accomplish both those things!

I eat a pretty strict diet, so it's important for me to plan out everything. I now plan not just dinners, but also breakfasts, lunches and snacks so that I know I have everything I need for the entire week on hand. Usually I spend Sunday afternoons prepping my breakfasts and lunches for the entire week.

I really feel like menu planning has saved me a lot of money and time, so I've come to absolutely love it.

I haven't before, but I've always wanted to. Just this past week I started a google doc for all of my Pinterest recipes. I've categorized them by type of meal (like fish, pasta, salad, etc) and then listed out the main ingredients next to each one so I can easily choose a few recipes for a week that share similar ingredients. I'm excited to try it