planning and shopping

[Guest guest]

We have a family conference on Saturday here to plan meals

for the upcoming week, and then put together a list for the

Sunday shopping trip. There is software you can get to help

you. " Now You're Cooking " happens to be the one I use. When

you plan your meals for the week it puts all the

ingredients into a list, and even organizes it according to

where things are in your store if you take the time to set

that up.

 

I'll add my $.02 to the " what's in your pantry " discussion

(which has been very interesting, btw!) Mexican fixings -

canned beans, tortillas/tostadas, salsa, peppers, lettuce,

tomato, avacado, etc. Basic veggies - zucchini, onions,

mushrooms, green peppers, brocoli, any others and any

fruits that look like a good buy. Pasta fixings (flour -

have pasta machine) veggies already mentioned, canned

tomatoes of various kinds, feta cheese, rice, soy milk,

cereal... that's most of the " always on hand " stuff

supplimented with the menu of the week needs.

 

It seems if hubby is shopping he should have some ideas of

what to do with what he buys (or suffer with " experimental

cooking " ) Cooking is more fun together anyhow!

 

Kris

 

--- The Andersons <afamily wrote:

> I would definately be interested - thanks! I'm having a

> tough time because

> my husband either brings home veggie stuff that I've

> never even heard of and

> offers no suggestions with them, or just gets the same

> old broccoli and

> mushrooms every day and thinks that I might actually be

> able to come up with

> a new dish each time!! I've never liked to cook and have

> not been

> vegetarian until we got married so this has been very

> difficult. I think I

> need to plan my cooking a week in advance and buy all

> groceries at that

> time.

>

> I got quite a chuckle from the comment about the tofu

> staring as if you

> should know what to do with it! Sounds like my life!

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

That's a great idea about the planning ahead and software, thanks for the

tip!

 

And, as for this comment....

 

>It seems if hubby is shopping he should have some ideas of

>what to do with what he buys (or suffer with " experimental

>cooking " ) Cooking is more fun together anyhow!

>

 

I totally agree and have told him this several times, but he actually seems

content (most of the time) with any kind of wierd stuff that I come up with.

It's mostly me who has the problem with it I guess, I don't like having to

find something new to do with stuff that I've never seen before. And we

can't really cook together at this time because we have a 21 month old son

who likes to play at the time that I'm trying to cook, so his daddy

entertains him. I guess I just need to be more organized, as much as I hate

the thought!