Easy peasy meal planning...ask each person for their 3 favorite meals. Write each on a card. Add recipe book/pg. if needed. Add a makeover meal that uses the leftovers from those favorites. Add a breakfast for dinner [pancakes & fruit salad for example]. Add a cheese entree like Tomato Soup, Grilled Cheese, chef salad. Create a card for your favorite pasta meals. These are cheap, easy to make, crockpot friendly, and cook fast. We rotate between lasagna, spaghetti, penne & poultry, pasta fagioli etc.. I choose a different shape pasta every time I buy pasta. [I think there are more than 50 shapes]. We have pasta for dinner at least once every two weeks.
use the same formula for different ways of using potatoes. If your family will eat rice you can offer the the ethnic diversity of your country. Rice or noodles are also the base of hundreds of casseroles.
Put the cards in a box and chose one for the following day. Even if you decide you don't want that as you walk in the door, chose another from the box if you have the makings.
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