Threads about weekly menus

July 25, 2011 2:18 PM

I'm looking for threads on creating, purchasing for, cooking weekly menus. I know there are a ton of them on ask.mefi, but I can't seem to come up with the right terms to find them. Can anyone point me to some? I accept that I am a searchtard.
posted by The Dutchman to MetaFilter-Related at 2:18 PM (15 comments total)

Tips for planning home cooking menus?

I am looking for a good menu planner/template that fulfills what I think are pretty basic features.

What are your favorite, efficient, menu-planning sequences that use a limited set of ingredients in several different ways?
posted by zarq at 2:23 PM on July 25, 2011 [1 favorite]

How can I schedule my shopping and meals better?

Looking for weekly meal plans that make the most of leftovers. (similar to the limited ingredients thread above)

Are these the sort of thing you were looking for?
posted by zarq at 2:27 PM on July 25, 2011 [1 favorite]

Also see: EatMe for AskMe advice across a wide range of cooking topics. But surprisingly, no menu planning.

Yet. ;)
posted by zarq at 2:28 PM on July 25, 2011 [1 favorite]

Yeah, these are in the general vein. I'm trying to lose weight (again) and I know that, for me, part of that is eating at home. I also know that I'll keep it up longer if there's a routine and that, when I find food I like, I'm fine with eating it frequently. I'm thinking that if I can put together a one- or two-week menu that's balanced and tasty, I can just repeat it over and over, occasionally swapping out when I get sick of a particular meal. So...yeah, that's what I'm looking for. Haven't widened my search beyond mefi yet.
posted by The Dutchman at 2:35 PM on July 25, 2011

Yes. Searchtard. I am sick of "Google-fu." I can also offer you "Bing-jitsu." The choice is yours.
posted by The Dutchman at 2:37 PM on July 25, 2011

The Dutchman: "So...yeah, that's what I'm looking for. "

OK, good.

I searched for "menu" then "cooking weekly" then grabbed whatever threads seemed appropriate. I'm sure that if you played around with search terms you could come up with more links.
posted by zarq at 2:40 PM on July 25, 2011

Dutchman, I don't know what was on hal_c_on's mind, but using "tard" as a suffix seems sort of insensitive to me. I guess I don't know, though.
posted by koeselitz at 2:42 PM on July 25, 2011 [7 favorites]

I can also offer you "Bing-jitsu."

No no no: "Bing Chun."
posted by griphus at 2:46 PM on July 25, 2011 [1 favorite]

Dragging myself kicking and screaming into adulthood
posted by shakespeherian at 2:52 PM on July 25, 2011

I can also offer you "Bing-jitsu."

No no no: "Bing Chun."

Bingyiquan
posted by LionIndex at 3:31 PM on July 25, 2011

DO NOT COOK THE MENUS. The menus are for reading only.
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 6:23 PM on July 25, 2011 [1 favorite]

EatMe updated. shakespeherian, I added your link under "cooking attitude change." Seemed to fit best there.
posted by zarq at 7:28 AM on July 26, 2011 [1 favorite]

holy kamole that wiki page is awesome.
posted by fake at 9:06 AM on July 26, 2011

Yeah it really is.
posted by The Dutchman at 11:50 AM on July 26, 2011

Make-ahead recipes. I asked and I received.
posted by jfuller at 5:02 PM on July 26, 2011