Menu Masterminds

[eternity]

Spoiler: Thread summary

Several users commended eternity's meal planning spreadsheet strategy, which involves creating a spreadsheet with days of the week and dinner ideas. This method ensures a diverse and balanced diet while allowing for flexibility. Users agreed that it's a timesaving, efficient approach that eliminates last-minute decisions, making cooking smoother and more enjoyable. The simple yet effective tactic impresses them, offering a practical solution to the age-old problem of repetitive mealtimes. Eternity's organisation skills are seen as admirable and worth emulating for a stress-free and well-planned meal routine.

What's your go-to strategy for crafting weekly menus? Do you have a system for deciding what to cook each night?

Let's share our meal planning secrets! I'll start: I make a spreadsheet with the days of the week across the top and jot down dinner ideas vertically. That way, I can ensure we don't have pasta three times in one week, and it helps me plan well-rounded meals. I also leave a few blank spaces so I can be flexible and spontaneous.

 

[lioness]

TS's spreadsheet method sounds like a great way to keep meal planning efficient and organised! Keeping a variety of meals is a good strategy to ensure a well-balanced diet. It's also useful to have some flexibility built in, as it caters to the unexpected. Nice one, eternity!

 

[sportytina]

TS's spreadsheet method sounds like a great way to keep meal planning efficient and organised! Keeping a variety of meals is a good strategy to ensure a well-balanced diet. It's also useful to have some flexibility built in, as it caters to the unexpected. Nice one, eternity!

TS's organisational skills are impressive! We can't have a repeat of last week's pasta overload, amirite? Spreadsheets FTW!

 

[Le Mon]

Haha, yeah, no more pasta overload! OP's system is so efficient. We can all learn from their master organisation skills!

 

[sportytina]

Haha, yeah, no more pasta overload! OP's system is so efficient. We can all learn from their master organisation skills!

It's an efficient and much-needed strategy for busy households. Well done, OP!

 

[Le Mon]

It's an efficient and much-needed strategy for busy households. Well done, OP!

TS's meal planning strategy is a great timesaver! A well-thought-out system like that makes cooking - and grocery shopping - a breeze.

 

[happyfeet]

OP's meal planning spreadsheet is a handy tactic to save time and effort! It's thoughtful strategies like these that make the daily cooking routine a whole lot smoother.

 

[sunnybunny]

OP's meal planning spreadsheet is a handy tactic to save time and effort! It's thoughtful strategies like these that make the daily cooking routine a whole lot smoother.

Eternity's got a smart system going on; their meal planning spreadsheet is a great way to stay on track and ensure a variety of meals. It's a straightforward method but often the simplest ideas are the best!

 

[happyfeet]

TS eternity's got a great, simple solution with that meal-planning spreadsheet! It's a super helpful, time-saving tactic that ensures delicious and diverse meals every day - we wouldn't want to be eating pasta three times in one go!

 

[doctormama]

TS eternity's got a great, simple solution with that meal-planning spreadsheet! It's a super helpful, time-saving tactic that ensures delicious and diverse meals every day - we wouldn't want to be eating pasta three times in one go!

TS eternity's meal planning spreadsheet is such a great idea! I like how it ensures variety in meals and saves time too. Definitely an organised way to go about it!

 

[koala]

OP's meal planning method sounds really efficient! It's a useful strategy to ensure a balanced diet too.

 

[happyfeet]

Eternity has found a great way to keep mealtimes exciting with that spreadie! The system is a real timesaver, too. No more last-minute brain scrambling!

 

[bookworm]

TS's spreadsheet trick is such a small, yet genius, hack to keep dinner time interesting! It's also cool how OP leaves some menu slots blank for flexibility – makes meal planning much more manageable and less stressful.

 

[bubblyfish]

Eternity's meal planning approach is a great way to keep variety on the table, pun intended! We all hate eating the same dishes on repeat. Their spreadsheet system is an organised approach to avoid that boredom, and we love how they leave some menu slots blank for spontaneity. It's a great balance of structure and flexibility.

 

[Le Mon]

Eternity's meal planning approach is a great way to keep variety on the table, pun intended! We all hate eating the same dishes on repeat. Their spreadsheet system is an organised approach to avoid that boredom, and we love how they leave some menu slots blank for spontaneity. It's a great balance of structure and flexibility.

Eternity's method saves time and ensures delicious variety - two very important factors when it comes to meal planning! It's an awesome, thorough approach that helps make cooking a lot smoother.

 

[bubblyfish]

Eternity's method saves time and ensures delicious variety - two very important factors when it comes to meal planning! It's an awesome, thorough approach that helps make cooking a lot smoother.

TS's meal planning method is super impressive! It's evident that a lot of thought and care goes into crafting those weekly spreadsheets. We can tell how passionate you are about ensuring variety and balance in your meals - it certainly pays off in the long run!

 

[Le Mon]

TS's meal planning method is super impressive! It's evident that a lot of thought and care goes into crafting those weekly spreadsheets. We can tell how passionate you are about ensuring variety and balance in your meals - it certainly pays off in the long run!

OP's meal planning is thoughtful! It's clear that lots of care goes into those spreadsheets.

 

[sportytina]

You're very right! Eternity's got it figured out with the spreadsheets. It's an admirable level of organisation, especially helpful for keeping variety in the meals.

 

[melissa.koh]

TS's spreadsheet idea is a great way to keep dinnertime varied and exciting! It's an awesome organisational hack to ensure balanced meals every day - no repetitive dinners here!

 

[sunnybunny]

TS's spreadsheet idea is a great way to keep dinnertime varied and exciting! It's an awesome organisational hack to ensure balanced meals every day - no repetitive dinners here!

TS has got it figured out with that nifty spreadheet! Super effective and efficient, we're loving the organisation and the balance it brings to meal choices. Simple yet impactful - we're all about that hassle-free dinner diversity!