Wednesday Reminder of our QOTW. :)

[Guest guest]

Just a re-post of our questions of the week.

If you haven't had time to answer them yet,

here is your chance anew to let us know your

thoughts.

 

These questions are for August 13th thru 19th, '06:

 

How do you typically plan out your meals?

 

Are you a once-a-month organized type, more of a

spontanious pantry raider, or something in between?

 

Share some tips for meal planning that have worked for

you. I am sure we will all learn something useful from

eachother.

[Guest guest]

--- ~ PT ~ <patchouli_troll wrote:

 

> These questions are for August 13th thru 19th, '06:

>

> How do you typically plan out your meals?

>

> Are you a once-a-month organized type, more of a

> spontanious pantry raider, or something in between?

 

I do it day by day, meal by meal usually. I do almost

always plan my lunch and pack my lunchbox the night

before to bring to work the next day. I will often

decide what I'm going to eat for breakfast the night

before as well. If I'm just having something like

cold cereal & fruit, I will actually portion out the

cereal and weight/wash/prepare the fruit the night

before. I have to weigh/measure everything to get an

accurate carb count so I know how much insulin to

take. Doing it the night before means one less thing

to deal with in the morning. I am NOT a morning

person! For dinner it's usually a last minute thing.

I decide what to have when I get home from work. If

I've made something in the previous days and have

leftovers, I'll just have that.

 

> Share some tips for meal planning that have worked

> for

> you. I am sure we will all learn something useful

> from

> eachother.

 

I don't like cooking when I get home from work. It's

late, I'm hungry and I just want to eat. If I don't

have leftovers I'll fix something quick, or maybe a

frozen dinner (I have some Amy's frozen meals in the

freezer...mmmm.....). Later on I will often cook for

the following day's lunch/dinner. I've already eaten

and I'm not in a rush to get it done and that works

for me. Cooking on the weekends also works. I'm just

cooking for myself so if a recipe is big, I'll freeze

half of it and leave the other half in the fridge to

have over several meals. I don't mind eating the same

thing over & over for a few meals/days in row.

 

--

Liz