Comments on: Planning For Success: How I Manage Our Meal Planning at the Test Kitchen http://testkitchentuesday.com/2011/07/11/planning-for-success-how-i-manage-our-meal-planning-at-the-test-kitchen/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=planning-for-success-how-i-manage-our-meal-planning-at-the-test-kitchen Healthy Eating and Healthy Living for a Happy Life! Tue, 18 Jun 2013 04:03:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Menu planning: plan to eat healthily with this simple guide http://testkitchentuesday.com/2011/07/11/planning-for-success-how-i-manage-our-meal-planning-at-the-test-kitchen/#comment-1789 Menu planning: plan to eat healthily with this simple guide Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:48:14 +0000 http://testkitchentuesday.com/2011/07/11/planning-for-success-how-i-manage-our-meal-planning-at-the-test-kitchen/#comment-1789 [...] and seemed a little too organised and restrictive rather than helpful (and kind of nerdy too). But, Angela (who has some great tips in her post) and Emily seemed to think it was a great idea that worked for [...]

]]> By: Angela http://testkitchentuesday.com/2011/07/11/planning-for-success-how-i-manage-our-meal-planning-at-the-test-kitchen/#comment-1717 Angela Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:49:15 +0000 http://testkitchentuesday.com/2011/07/11/planning-for-success-how-i-manage-our-meal-planning-at-the-test-kitchen/#comment-1717 That is just plain awesome! I am with you – six months ago I really didn’t bother. But, a little pre-planning throughout the week and prep on the weekend has pretty much eliminated all the discussion about what we’re eating. I love that your German bf appreciates optimization. Of course he does! ;)

I forgot to talk about prepping all the veggies and fruits when I buy them – you’re right, it saves a ton of time! 15-20 minutes prepping veggies on shopping day means they’re easily accessible all week and convenient snacks.

Thanks for letting us know how it is going!

]]> By: Caroline Cain http://testkitchentuesday.com/2011/07/11/planning-for-success-how-i-manage-our-meal-planning-at-the-test-kitchen/#comment-1716 Caroline Cain Wed, 13 Jul 2011 07:59:12 +0000 http://testkitchentuesday.com/2011/07/11/planning-for-success-how-i-manage-our-meal-planning-at-the-test-kitchen/#comment-1716 Fantastic! Thank you for posting this Angela (this is going on FB)! And, thanks to you…we are now on week 2 of successful menu planning. Had you suggested this to me months ago I would have pfff’d that I didn’t have time for that, sounds complicated, we’re doing fine as is blablabla. BUT…following your inspiration we gave it a go (you don’t try, you don’t know, right?). And we love it! We’ve reaslied how much time we spend talking about what we’re going to eat. Surely there are more important/fun things to be talking about. Our prepping is efficient with minimal time wasting as we know precisely what to do (the bf’s German, optimising everything gets a huge thumbs up in our house ;D). We usually go shopping on Saturdays – now armed with menu plan shopping list and spend a bit of time prepping on Sunday evening. Yes, we spend more time then doing it, but much less time during the week. We chop up and store veggies, salad sauces, dips etc in containers in the fridge. We prep next day’s lunch as we prep dinner. Winner!

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