When it’s time to sit down and plan our weekly menu there are some weeks when I just don’t have a clue. It seems we’ve been eating the same meals over and over and I’m just sick of them.
When this happens I pull out a few of my tricks to come up with some new meals to fill in our meal plan.
Getting ideas for a weekly meal plan:
Blogs
Blogs are definitely my go to resource. I have an entire tab in my igoogle page that is just recipe blogs, and resources for dinner ideas. I can pull up that tab and just cruise the titles until I see something that sounds good. Click the site and if it’s something we’ll probably like, put it on the menu! I also like to go back to the blog after we’ve tried it and leave a comment about our experience with the recipe.
It’s a good idea if you’re using blogs to plan your menu to either print out the recipe, or at least write down the url to the post so you can easily find the recipe when it comes time to cook it.
Magazines 
My mom subscribes me to quite a few magazines. Rachel Ray Everyday is one of them. If I’m at a complete loss I will look through the magazine to see if I can find something worth putting on our menu. Same goes for Sandra Lee’s magazine as well.
Cookbooks
I have shelves and shelves of cookbooks ~ and quite a few file folders of digital cookbooks as well. I definitely have my favorites, so when I’m stumped for meal ideas I pull them out. Thumb through them, until I find something that sounds yummy.
Meal Plan Monday
You know I participate every week, but don’t forget all those archives! There are thousands of entire meal plans in the archives over at OrgJunkie.com. It can be a very easy way to find some meal plan ideas (and find more great blogs to add to your recipe Igoogle page!)
Hope that gives you a few ideas for when you’re feeling stuck in your menu planning. This was one of those weeks for me… here’s what I’ve come up with.
Chicken with Spinach Orzo (Rachel Ray)
Homemade Pizza
salad
Hamburgers
fresh sliced veggies
Pork Chops
mixed veggies
broccoli rice
Roasted Chicken (in the crock pot)
potatoes and carrots
Cous Cous Stuffed Peppers
Salad
Pulled BBQ Sandwiches (leftover from crockpot chicken)
Baked Beans
Great ideas for meal planning. Along with grocery planning, meal planning is something I don’t enjoy… and the two go together. I too feel like I cook much of the same stuff over and over. The challenge for me is to find interesting meals everyone will like that are healthy as well. Great post!
There are so many great resources with meals on line that are fool proof.
Hi Jackie, I also feel we’ve been eating the same thing over and over. Can you share a couple of blogs your consult for menu planning?
Thanks 🙂
Anita
hey, Anita, great idea. I’ll write up a post of my favorites. 🙂