My sweet Mama always made her menu on Sunday afternoons and I can still see it in my mind hanging on our refrigerator door on a sheet of college-ruled notebook paper, line drawn straight down the center and everything labeled by day! I have to say that I definitely follow in her footsteps when it comes to menu making, but I'm not quite as stringent as she was on the whole "straight lines down notebook paper thing". HA! I have a cute little menu notepad that I use to write my menu on for the week (and sometimes if I have extra time I'll make a menu for several weeks).
The other thing I do when making my menu is cross-reference my calendar! We are so busy these days with both boys playing baseball, etc. so I know I can't make a dish that takes over an hour on a baseball night. If I have a meeting or if we have church, then quicker meals have to be on the menu!
Do you make a menu? If so, what is your process?
~CB~
I do the same thing. We clean out the fridge and pantry every Sunday, this let's us see what we have on hand and starts the week off fresh. I have a notebook I write my meal plans in so I can go back and see what we have in the past. That way we aren't eating the same things all the time. I too write the name of the cookbook and the page if trying something new or just using a tried and true recipe out of one of our cookbooks. We then do all the grocery shopping for the week afterward. Makes things run so much more smoothly, especially on nights where either we or our daughter has an obligation or sports activity.
ReplyDeleteReading this makes me want to plan a menu!
DeleteI love those sheets..where are they from? I definitely need to plan meals or spend a few days preparing and freexing crock pot meals.
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