Whats For Dinner?

I have to admit, I’m not a meal planner. I belong to several forums and occasionally people try to start to meal plan. Some people have all their meals planned out a month at a time. They even plan desserts.

I would have to say, I’m the total opposite of this. I go shopping on Tuesdays. I look in the meat case and see what’s on sale. Then I try to think if we’ve eaten this too many times recently (I was on a pork chop kick over the summer). Usually I’ll buy 2 or 3 different meats.

I usually plan which meat to take out because I put them in the freezer unless I’m using them that day or the next. That gives me about 4 or 5 hours to decide what to make.

Take tonight for instance. I have chicken out, it’s almost 3:30PM and I still don’t know what to do with it. It’s cold and raining so it won’t be grilled. I don’t know if I have enough tortillas to make quesadillas or fajitas.

I also have to take into account the evening activities. Who has to be where and when. I also have to note what is for school lunch today and tomorrow. I got into a pattern of unknowingly making the next day’s lunch for dinner the night before. Not good.

Not only do I never plan desert, we usually don’t have desert. The kids might have something but it’s so not planned.

I don’t think I could plan ahead, even a week at a time. Things come up every day that would put my plan in the trash. I envy those that can do it, I wish I could.

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