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[quote=Anonymous]My approach is this

I keep my grocery list and my meal planning list in google docs so I can acess it anywhere. I also have a list called "Crap I like to eat" which are my favorite go-to recipes.

When I need to go grocery shopping and do a big shop I take stock of what I have on hand, usually in the cupboard and plan a Ibout 8-12 meals. I make sure there's a good mix of types of meals (ie maybe one soup, 2-3 meat dishes, 2-3 veggie/grain dishes) I use pintrest and read a lot of blogs to get cooking ideas.

I grocery shop based on the ingredients in the meals I want to cook and whatever else we're out of.

Then I try to order the list so that the most perishable things will be eaten first. But I don't really make a hard and fast schedule because you never know when you are going to have to make a spur of the moment change or you come home and aren't in the mood for the scheduled meal.

In my experience, meal planning is one of those activities that can be hard to stick to and you have to do it for a few months before it really becomes a habit. I usually do my plan while I'm watching some dumb tv show so I have something sort of entertaining on in the background so it doesn't feel like yet annother chore.[/quote]

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