but I find that I hardly ever stick to them. Sometimes I just don't feel like eating anything I've planned on, and other times I have a brainwave and try something different with the ingredients I already have.
Plus I've noticed since the weather has been heating up, all we ever really feel like is 'cold' food, like salad, tortilla wraps, pita breads or rice paper rolls.
Tonight, however, we are having pizza. We haven't had a takeaway dinner nearly two months (!) and it's cheap pizza night tonight, $5 each.
I have really been enjoying making Indian curries in the slowcooker, however. I don't know if I mentioned, my dad bought me a whole heap of spices when they were visiting. So I have been getting into making different mixes.
So, even though meal plans don't seem to be working for me, I am hoping to cook an indian curry to have with cous cous two nights this week, and a potato and leek soup.
meal plans are good in theory...
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I think we'll try it again soon though, this time with a more realistic picture of what and how much we eat.
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But at this point we're so used to it that I'd feel lost without my menu. We do have flexibility--if we're tired and have a complicated meal planned, we'll switch that out with an easier day, or even get delivery once in awhile and move one of our meals that doesn't have time-sensitive foods to the coming weekend.
It's great too because we generally know who will be cooking which meals, so we can check the menu and know if we have that task to do or if we can relax before the meal.
However, if you're still using all the ingredients and not wasting food, your way sounds just as good! For us the point was only buying what we needed, and then not wasting it by letting it go bad. It's saved us a ton of money.
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