5:30 p.m. We fade in on a couple, still dressed in business casual,
staring into an open refrigerator…
"What do you want to eat for
dinner?"
"I don't know, what do you
want?"
"I don't care, whatever you
want..."
An hour later...you are either eating take-out, again, or making some very unappealing meal out of whatever is left in the fridge.
Does this scene sound familiar?
I don't doubt that everyone has had this conversation and
has wandered around the grocery store, dropping random things in your basket
only to get home and realize you spent a lot of money on food and you have
absolutely no plan for using it.
Pizza, again? Blarg.
Many moons ago, after living together for a while and
experiencing the struggle with what to make for dinner EVERY night of the week,
Sean sent me a link to a Lifehackerpost about making a meal plan. We decided to go ahead and try the template
from Unclutter.
We used this method for years with great results. We started out using the
exact template they created but over the year we edited to fit our exact needs.
You can check out our old template if you like.
There is a space for a shopping list on the side, so as you put the meal in,
you can list the ingredients needed right away.
