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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP that list looks great. Could you and any PPs also post shopping lists? I am hopeless at sticking to the shopping lists for some strange ADHD/commitment phobe reason. I really need a list and a plan to get over this mental block. [/quote]

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It's a little hard for me to do a grocery list but what we do us keep a running list on our phone.  Also, we always keep extra food.  For example if I open the last maple syrup we will add two maple syrups to our list.  I never buy one BC I don't want to run out.  Not just maple syrup, everything.  I have a basement where I have a pantry room.  If you are in a small city apt this is obviously not realistic.  I keep loads of pantry staples. So even on the week where cupboards are getting low, you can still find inventory to put basic meals together.  I also buy lots of longer lasting veg, since I only ship once a week.  E.g. cauliflower, butternut squash etc.  Don't make your meal plan specific.  That way you can be flexible with what was available.  Just survey your cupboards and start putting staples on your list and start rounding it out with extras.  One weekend I really wanted to make a leach cobbler but the peaches didn't look too good at the store. I used apples instead to make apple crisp.  But on my meal for that week I had just written (fruit dessert).  When I first started meal planning many years ago I would set my heart on one very specific recipe and if I didn't get say Brussels sprouts for said recipe, then it was more frustrating.  [/quote]

I basically do all that you do, and it makes my life so much easier. I also enjoy cooking, and I enjoy trying out new recipes, so I spend a bit of time on Sundays poking around blogs for something fun and healthy to cook, in addition to those in my regular rotation. But I, too, have a general idea that we'll have some green veggie for each meal, so I'll just use whatever we have. And I, too, buy multiples of things and have a lot of staples, so if I need to double something or switch gears because of some kink in my plans, I can either do that because i have back-ups, or I can reach into the freezer and pull out something I made and froze. It is work, but it is less work than having no idea every night what is getting made for food that night. We almost never eat out, so we save money in this way.[/quote]

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