Menu Planning for the Faint of Heart
Whenever I hear someone wax poetic about the merits of menu planning, I get that sick, unworthy feeling. That “I call myself a woman? - I am such a failure,” spiral into feelings of hopelessness. Does that ever happen to you? For I am not strong, nor smart enough to menu plan! I cannot commit to making dishes all week long which are tasty and exciting enough so that my husband will not moan and suggest take-out. Whenever I read a health promoting book which provides a two week meal plan, I think, “Never mind. Too much work.!”
I pray that someday this will change, (such as when I have children and I finally see the light about how menu planning makes life easier), but for now, I’m lucky if I get dinner on the table at all.
So when I found another new-to-me website with a post on menu planning, I nearly looked away until I noticed the following lines:
How I use the internet to plan my menu
1. A few days before a new month, I open up my Google Calendar….
2. In a separate tab, I open my del.icio.us cookbook (you can read more about how I created one.)
~ From SIMPLEmom
So, I’ll read this new technique and see if it is for me. I like that you can organize your recipes on the Internet instead of bookmarking to them. Lord knows, I have too many bookmarks already.
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Tags: Cooking, Life Hacks, Menu Planning, Simple Mom
Categories:
Cooking, Housework
Joyful!? I intended for this part of the title to come off as ironic to those who know me well. I’m highly particular and resistant to change in most things. I switch my socks back and forth several times every single morning before I’m satisfied with their fit.
As for the Housewife part, I’m hopeless, just hopeless when it comes to keeping house. So the tagline which follows the title is quite apt: Domestic Bliss, Eventually. I hope to live up to this manifesto as I post to this blog in the days ahead. I suffer from Chronic Disorganization Syndrome, so this should be interesting.
October 26th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
Sounds like a cool idea…
Thanks for sharig!
ICLW
October 27th, 2009 at 1:16 am
My husband menu plans, and it makes life so much easier.
ICLW!
October 28th, 2009 at 9:43 am
I do the same thing. I'll look at a week or two week menu in a magazine and say, "Uh…not so much!" lol My husband always says we should plan a menu, and I am resistant. This is a cool idea, though! Thanks so much for sharing!
Happy ICLW!
November 11th, 2009 at 12:22 am
I menu plan for a week at a time. When I first started it would take 30 minutes to 2hours to do it, because I would procrastinate. I knew it was going to be a horrible experience and the food wouldn't be good, or not in the mood that night etc… Now that I am practiced it takes about 10minutes to menu plan and 5 to make out my shopping list. It is a life saver, I'm not looking in the fridge at 5:00 wondering what the heck to make for dinner, with nothing defrosted. Then probably going out because I have worked myself into a horrible attitude. I write it on a dry erase board in the kitchen simply. Monday: burritos, Tuesday: crab pasta etc… You can also make Monday's Beef, Tuesday's vegetarian and so on. So it doesn't take as long to plan. It becomes a no-brainer. On another note my Husband and family love looking on the board to see what is being made (sounds silly, but true). My husband says it gives him something to look forward to at the end of the day, with a big smile. Give it a try you will love it! It makes the home run smoother and happier. Good luck
November 11th, 2009 at 1:15 am
Wow Daria! That sounds so impossible to me! But it's heartening for me that it did take you a long time at first. I'll keep in mind that it will get easier.
I totally understand about them looking at the board every day. I would totally do that too!
~ Thanks for the tips!
Jessie