plan meals in advance

My sister and I are at our wits end. Lately, home-cooked meals have been minimal; we have been eating restaurant food far too often. The two of us are going to put what little energy we have together, and make up a dinner menu plan for a week or two in advance (at least).

We must bring peace, order (and nutrition) back to the family table!

for a while now when necessary – not every week, but it’s helped me keep less on hand, therefore wasting less money in groceries that sit around on a shelf instead of being eaten up. I’d say it’s worth it! I spend less on prepared foods because I plan out a crockpot meal or two and freeze them for lunches.

of Doing this until i move house.. on thurs.. then i need to unpack everything. but i’m looking forward to it.

my sis gave birth a few months ago and obviously now is watching her budget – planning meals etc.. and has lost a lot of weight as well.

i am going to take her leads!

Over the last few months I’ve managed to do this for a week or two. My living situation over that period hasn’t allowed me to do it regularly so far, but now that I’m living full time back at my own house I plan to do it every week.

The few times I managed to plan out meals worked out great! It was so much easier, cheaper and more efficient to buy a weeks worth of groceries all at once. I could come home from work and just start cooking dinner without having to go out for the one or two ingredients I was missing. Such a time saver, and you can plan to use up ingredients more efficiently as well. I love it! It results in eating more regularly, healthfully and always having easy leftovers for a good lunch.

last night was burger
tonight is chicken stroganoff
chilli dogs
stir fry
meatloaf and mashed potatoes
sloppy joes
fried rice and egg rolls
chowmein
soup and grilled cheese
swiss steaks
roast
tuna helper
chicken and stuffing
potato soup
chicken nacho bake
meatball subs
tacos

and so does my ever expanding waistline thanks to a diet of takeaway foods and rubbish.

I am looking at meals.com right now where they have hundreds and hundreds of meal plans and I’m writing down notes. It’s very inspiring : )

Other good sites? I suppose the weight watchers site is good for recipes and ideas and also for the weight part of things.

Any other suggestions from folks? I guess this very goal and ppl’s entries is fab too, of course :)

Boy is this a necessity

and it has helped me feel more relaxed during the week, particularly because I have lunches ready to go.

All the planning and grocery shopping completed!

So besides the salmon the week will be meatless for me. Trying quite a few new vegetarian stuff I havent tried yet (satay and fake beef strips). Hopefully they will come out good….

M- bowling ally food followed by brocoli at home
T- something quick and easy, maybe a lean cuisine
W- Brussels sprouts, turkey burger, baked potato
Th- happy hour food
F- ?
S- ?
S- ?