Anybody else out there get tired of 5:00 coming around and you [still] have no idea what you are cooking for dinner that night? This has happened in my family on more occasions than I like to admit and breakfast for dinner is our usual fall back.
I’m getting tired of breakfast..
I’ve also noticed that like other people, I use the same 7-10 recipes over and over. Even with cookbooks and a recipe file I still probably only use 15 of those compiled recipes. Why not have a group of recipes that your family LOVES instead of such monotony??
To help remedy this problem I am going to give 30 day meal planning a try.
I know lots of you out there are trying this method..What does or doesn’t work??
Let’s make this a journey we can all take together and learn to establish this routine as we go.
Part 1:
The first thing I’m going to do is to make a list of all the foods my family likes to eat.
I’m also going to put to test any recipes I come by and see if they make the grade. After trying each new one, we will decide if we want to add it to our recipes or toss it and move on to the next one.
We’ll see how it goes. Are we the only ones bored out of our minds on our eating habits that are trying this to add some variety??
Andrea says
I definitely need to get out of the same boring 6-7 things I make over and over!
Followed you over from TT&J link party! And I’m your newest follower!
Susan says
I’ve done this in the past and it always worked! And as for trying new recipes- I started the year off trying one new recipe each week during the month of January. It was fun trying new recipes. I joined up to follow your blog…hope you’ll check out mine and follow along too. Good luck with the menu planning!!
Susan
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Natalie says
You read my mind! I have the same problem. This is great!
Lisa McIntyre says
I do this too, but added something to make it “predictable” for my family. We have “Mexican Monday,” “Italian Tuesday,” “Soup/salad Sandwich Wednesday,” “Favorites on Thursday,” “Pizza or Grill Out Friday,” and then it is always easier on Saturdays and Sundays. Then we took our favorites for each of those nights and I rotate that way. Good luck!