I cannot belive folk dont menu plan

[FluffyMummy123]

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Yes but if you are going to make spag bol you need to make sure you've got the mince out of the freezer (for example)

I'll do a list (in my head) of week's meals

then think about packed lunches

breakfast

etc

Greeny, you can't make spag bol if you haven't bought the mince etc

ooooooh Mercy

aaah DrN I was thinking it was sweet your dh has his frends round for tea

i'm not sure i understand "menu plan"

is it writing down each meal for the next days/week

then buying the right ingredients?

if so, then i understand why i don't menu plan

I'm an 'I have mushrooms wtf can I do with mushrooms' kind of gal I must admit

but I also have a store cupboard that would be suitable for a 50 year nuclear bunker

my idea of trying new recipes is seeing what I've got, looking it up in a book and then substituting the stuff it says I need for the stuff I need .. you know like haven't any basil I'll use oregano, haven't any white wine vinegar and I'll use an old dishcloth etc

Menu plan, how can you know what you might fancy for dinner next week?

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but if I buy a chicken I'll figure ok roast chicken and stuff, then maybe a stir fry, sandwiches and possibly stock if I can be farked

what if tues is spag bol day and dh says 'stuff it, i fancy a chinese takeaway'

Do you say BUT TUES IS SPAG BOL DAY YOU MORON.

In the edgy world of the non menu planner we defrost mince in the microwave.

And maybe have 30 tins of tomatoes in the cupboard...

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i menu plan. i plan to get the takeway menu out every night!

I don't menis plan as such but I always have a freezer of mince (in pound bags) & chicken breast/chicken quartes /chops/steaks as I buy whenon special offer. Then with a few staples I can trot out most meals with a LITTLE planning.

otherwise like No-Biggy says it's the old Ready-Steady Cook approach!

I menu plan adhoc, took chicken out the freezer to defrost for tonights tea, havent decided what i going to make with it yet though

Ds is much better at school this year Cod thanks. His teacher loves him

It would be plain weird to plan each day and stick to it.

I have a vague idea of what day, i.e. if its a busy day ferrying DC around ,we might have past a becasue its quick

Then roast chicken on a day when I'm pottering around at home

but surely when people are shopping they have some inkling in their head about what they might be going to cook with all the stuff they're buying?

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well, i wing it with stuff for the dsses - always have the same kind of bits in for them

it doesn't take much menu planning to organise food for me and dh. i don't do much from-scratch cooking. have given myself a 5-year break from it. once the dsses are in school i shall become a domestic goddess

until then i dedicate myself to marks and spencer pre-prepared meals

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I can't see what you would ahve in the house if you didn't

I would just have icecream and bagels

and mince

and dh would buy 15 chorizos in teh market

why wow?

the 5-year beak?

am serious