Do you plan your meals in advance?

i usually do not plan menus in advance. i go with the flow. but when i want to save some money i usually plan it. because i know you can also make good food with less expenses. so in situations like this i carefully plan what will i cook for the rest of the week. i combine things in this way so there is no food to be thrown away.

Yes, I do try to plan most meals in advance, but my husband is sometimes a fussy eater and often decides to have something different from what was planned--even if he was the one who chose a particular meal in the first place. He is just more spontaneous about eating than me. So I do have some of his favorite foods made up ahead in order to be able to change plans on short notice--these include baked potatoes, chili, rice and vermicelli, and a few other staples. Also, although I don't approve of this in general, many a night I do just pull out a frozen pizza and nuke it for him, because that is a snack he will never refuse. I gave up trying to get him to eat his veggies a long time ago, so I make sure he drinks them instead. He likes Green Machine from Sam's Club, which although it tastes delicious, has 10 different greens including spinach and broccoli. It is funny because before we were married this guy said I would love meals with him because he was a "put-it-on-the-plate" kind of guy and would eat anything served up to him. Little did I know that his definition of "food" was hot dogs. Period. After about 40 years he even has me liking them, but in moderation, and with something nutritious on the side, please.

most of the time yes. there really are times that i would planned my dinner at lunch time. in the morning, i dont eat meals -- just coffee. by lunch time in school, we do have this store we go to and i always order my favorite meal. if its not available, it takes me a long time to decide what to order. sometimes i would just buy anything if im so hungry and i cant decide what to it in an instant.

I plan my meals out about 10 minutes before eating..ha ha. Never know and usually our family is rushing to find something.

I usually plan my supper's in advance, but I don't plan my lunches. Unless I'm at work. I take a frozen dinner for lunch at work. So, I guess you could say I plan that. I usually just plan the main dish for supper though. The side dishes are usually just what we have in the cabinet and feel like having.

Having a large family, I always had to plan meals. Now that it is just my husband and I , I still plan. I do a major shop once a month, I buy all my meats & fish then seperate it into individual meals and freeze it. We eat mostly chicken and fish, so I am always looking for new recipes. Bettycrocker.com has some great ones. I don'tlike spending a lot of time on meals anymore, so I look for the quick and easy ones. Chicken picata is a great meal and easy, I make the lemon version. When I shop, I try to think of at least 2 meals per week that are diffent, I buy everything for those meals and then it is so easy to just put them together without having to think about it more than my once a month shopping day. My daughter doens't plan meals and she is always complaining that she spends way too much money every week at the store. Buying in bulk for the month is so much cheaper. the bigger the package the cheaper per lb. Another favorite in my family is pasta with either chicken or shrimp, I use a package of Good Season Parmesean salad dressing and olive oil. Mix together and your good to go! Good Luck.

We don't usually plan our meals in advance. We just buy what we like and what is within our budget, put it in the fridge or freezer, and eat it when we are in the mood. If we are in the mood for smething we don't already have, we just have to walk across the street to the groccery store and get it.

Yes I plan my meals in advance. I write down on a paper the days of the week. Then breakfast, lunch, dinner. Then I write down something for each day and meal. I take that list to the store and buy whats on it. Then when its time to eat I already know what were having! Makes it so much easier that way.

I don't really plan my meals in advance, but I like to make sure that I have a few meals planned ahead on my shopping list. This way when we can't come up with something for dinner, we resort to one of the standbys that are on the list.

During the school year, I make a menu for the week. I go out and buy the groceries for these meals and I am very organized when it comes to what is for dinner. I plan around what kids activities we have going on each evening. Sometimes it is easy, make your own sub night, other times I can make homemade spighetti and meatballs. During the summer, we kinda play it by ear. It depends on what kids are going to be home. We grill alot in the summer, so I make sure the freezer is full of stuff for grilling. Then I go get veggies from the garden, make a salad and we are good to go.

Hey. Yes there are days when I plan our meals in advance, and then there are days where I will do the spur of the momment thing and cook dinner on the spot... The advantage of cooking in advance, is dinner is planned out and you dont have to rush around at the last minute...

I don't usually plan my meals in advance, unless we are having someone over for dinner, then I will plan ahead. Otherwise, I just buy groceries for the week with different meats and different side dishes. Then whatever we decide on that sounds good for that evening is what we have for dinner. Sometimes it is just easier for us to do it this way because we always seem to have things come up and we have to rush around.

I usually make a menu for the week on Sunday, before we go grocery shopping. That way, I can check what we have on hand and decide what I need to buy to get through the week. Of course, I rarely follow the menu precisely. It does give me a good variety of meals to work with, though, and if I switch a couple of them around, it's no problem. I've definitely found that making a menu makes us less likely to go out to eat, because we will always have plenty of food possibilities on hand.

I always sit down the day before I go shopping for groceries and decided what I want to eat for the week. Then I look in the different store fliers and see what is on sale and I go to the place that has the most things I need on sale.

it really depends on what you term as planning dinner in advance. what time frame would you consider to be in advance? for me i personally dont plan out my meals days ahead, usually i would just do so say the night before or something like that, or if i am really to busy then i would just make the decision to have my meal outside.

My life has become rather hectic. Unless we are having a party or guests for dinner, I just walk to the freezer and see what looks good for the next day. This doesn't always mean we are having what has been pulled to defrost. We change our minds quickly. One night I pulled pork chops from the freezer for dinner the next day. We ended up having omelettes.

My wife never plan menus in advance,My wife cook with the thing that she got everyday, but when we want to save some money she plan it,because she know that she can also make good food with less expenses,so in situations like this she carefully plan what will she cooks for the rest of the week. she combine things in this way so there is no food to be thrown away ,my family like vegetable when we took dinner together.

nope..no menus....because we usually cook food based on the availablity of ingredients at home....if what's available then we cook...and we amke sure the food that the food being served would benefit ourselves....we don't just cook and cook...but of course wewanted also to prepare a dish that's delicious and healthy for everyone else.....

nop, i would plan my meals everyday because im still dependent on parents, my dad is the one who plans our meal but me usually buy food outside than cook food because he doesnt have enough time to cook.

I never really plan my meals in advance. I don't eat meat that needs un-thawing or anything so that helps. I just go and look for whatever I am craving that day or if one of the family says they have a craving I can just wipe that up. When I am shopping I usually buy stuff that I have run out of or something new to try but without a real plan when it will be used. Vicki