Comments on: Menu-Planning, Part 1: Why Menu Plan, Anyway?

By: CeeCee

CeeCee — Wed, 06 Nov 2013 16:07:37 +0000

Thank you for all the useful advise. I need it.

My family will thank you, too.

By: Amy @ Positively Splendid

Amy @ Positively Splendid — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 12:41:43 +0000

In reply to Alison. Terrific, Alison! I am so glad this post was helpful for you. :)

By: Alison

Alison — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 18:59:28 +0000

Hi Amy,
Great post! Thanks so much. I have tried on and off to do meal planning without success. I am going to try your method and see how it goes. Very inspiring!

By: Chelsea

Chelsea — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 20:38:22 +0000

This is great! I have been doing weekly menus for over a year now and it has helped us so much! My poor husband was getting sick of eating boxed pasta and pizza every night. It’s a great habit to get into as our son grows up and we have more children.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Mon, 07 Oct 2013 19:34:48 +0000

Menu planning and posting also helps with the “what’s for dinner?” questions from the kids. I created a chalkboard and for several years I wrote out the week’s menu so that they could look & see for themselves.

When planning my menus, I take each night’s activities, etc… into consideration. We used to go to youth group & small group on Wednesdays and needed to get out the door by 6:00 pm so I plan a crock pot or easy meal for those kinds of nights. Now that my kids are college-age (but living at home), I plan meals around who will be home and who won’t. One of my kids hates even the smell of bacon and if she’s not going to be home…we have bacon that night!

I try to keep one frozen dinner (homemade if possible) on hand so that if I have a horrible day and just can’t cook I can still put it in the oven guilt-free.

And by the time Friday rolls around, I’ve just had it for the week and it’s pizza night. Every Friday night for years has been pizza night.