Through the Seasons

Menu Planning in Full Force

How long have I been doing this now?

I don’t even know but I’m consistently following my plan now.  I have much less changes than I did at first.  And I’ve started planning 2 weeks ahead and then at the end of the first of those weeks I alter that next week and prepare the plan for the second week…

This is hard to explain…

Let’s say it’s the end of September.  I sit down with my calendar and will have already written out a tentative plan for the first week of October so at this point I alter that week and make a plan for the second week of October.  Hopefully that’s clear.

My next steps are to:

1.  I think for certain dishes I may make two, freezing one for later.  This should make less work for me each week.

2.  Make a menu list of commonly made meals that I can refer to when I prepare each week’s plan.  Right now I’ve been doing a lot of new recipes so I just need to start typing them into a list and then adding each meal we consider “a keeper”.

I’m excited and, if it’s allowed, proud of myself.  For someone who prefers “just add water” and “take-out” purely for convenience I’ve changed and grown a lot in this area.  And I’ve actually found that I’m starting to enjoy it!