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DH goes food shopping at least once a week and he comes up with what we're going to eat. We usually have a few staples for times when we don't have much in the fridge.

We usually figure it out in the evening, haha. Although we'll take out meat to thaw and then we know what we're having a certain day (like I took out chicken Monday night, so we're having that tonight, but last night it was still frozen, so I just figure out what we'd have on the fly). We do do takeout a lot on the weekends though...

Some weeks are more planned out but I wing it a lot.

We figure it out when my husband is on his way home (he has an hour commute). We usually grocery shop on the weekends and figure out the exact meals right before we cook them. Once in a while we have to plan it out ahead of time, but usually we don't.

I'm a SAHM so I shop almost every day for our dinner that night (grocery store is around the corner). Or we do take out!

Going grocery shopping is sometimes the motivation to get out of the house

I used to do more elaborate meal planning before I was pregnant but since then its been hit or miss. Nowadays, I really only prep meals for DH's benefit because I'm so finicky.

Right now, we're in a pattern of picking 2 carbs and 2 meats each week. For veg, I use a 5lb. bag of frozen organic mixed veggies (corn, edamame, green beans, and carrots) or frozen green beans (DH's favorite) from Costco. Usually on Sunday afternoons, I cook the 2 meats, bake a few sweet potatoes, and make a pot of rice in the rice cooker. That, plus a heap of steamed veggies on the side basically comprises lunches and dinners for the majority of DH's week. We eat out or pick up takeout about twice a week (usually pho and pizza) and we have a potluck Bible study on Fridays that usually yields a meal or 2 worth of leftovers too.

Breakfasts are cereal or Costco muffins for DH and I keep a pile of granola bars, Nutrigrain bars, baby carrots, and fruit for him to snack on during the day (he works from home half time and has a super long commute the other half of the time).

Lame. Boring. Whatever, it works!

We're down to the same 3-4 meals on constant rotation. Soooo boring. Before kids I used to meal plan around weekly sales and seasonal produce - I miss having that kind of time!

I don't meal plan- but on Mondays I go into work late- so I put together at least 3 days of meals on Monday (cook everything a portion it individually) so there is stuff for dinner and lunches for at least a few days. The other days I just grab a protein outta the freezer (sometimes in advance... sometimes not) and either cook it right away or defrost in the micro and then cook it! I am not home for dinner on M,T,W,TH because I work nights so if I don't make something LO and DH eat cereal or something similar for dinner.

We eat mostly vegetarian, so I have to have some forethought in terms of soaking beans or lentils. If I don't have anything in mind I just stare into the fridge/freezer/pantry until I come up with something. Backup plan is pasta.