So my friend Amanda has been doing some menu planning for her and her husband, and I’ve been so tempted to give it a try. Trouble is, I’ve found in the past that it’s sort of overkill for a single person. I mean, most nights I can just eat a bowl of cereal and call it good. Why bother?
But I’m going to try it this week so I can create some leftover scenarios for lunches. I love leftovers for lunch. I almost always want to eat it, unlike sandwiches and way more than frozen dinners.
So here’s my plan:
I already had the meatloaf and it was really good. I’ve been craving meatloaf for some reason, and yet I’ve never made it before and I eat it rarely. So I scoured the Internet for meatloaf recipes and decided on one. Well when I got to the store last night, I was looking at breadcrumbs and found a McCormick’s spice mix for meatloaf with a recipe. I ditched all the other ingredients I was going to buy and just went with that, and let me tell you, I’m so glad I did. It was cheap, easy, and delicious.
Obviously, you can see that I had mashed potatoes on the side, Bob Evans microwavable. Very good and easy. And then for dessert, I popped some Pepperidge Farm apple turnovers in the oven. Those are great. My mom used to make those for us all the time when I was a kid. I highly recommend them. You can find them in the frozen food dessert section. You could go through the effort of making your own, from scratch, but it’s seriously not worth it.
So I feel like I had a very Sandra Lee semi-homemade day.
My guests really liked it all too, so I guess you could say it was quite successful.
Tags: Around the house, food, Friends
Glad you are giving it a try. I agree it’s hard for one, it’s barely better cooking for two people. We still have tons of leftovers. I’m trying to learn to scale down recipes and such because I only like leftovers like..once and then I’m done, I can’t keep eating the same thing over and over.
But, I think you have the right idea…a few meals planned, and leave a few nights open for leftover and cereal. You’ll still save a ton of money and just having the burden of “figuring out what to eat” being lifted is nice- it’s the worst part of cooking dinner for me.