Comments on: Menu Plan Monday - Shopping List For Our Family Menu Plan

By: Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah

Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:10:15 +0000

#2 often works for us, even if we just move into a different room in our house.

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By: PlanningQueen

PlanningQueen — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:59:47 +0000

Thanks for the feedback every one. I’ll try to get organised and post the shopping list again next week.

By: Rona

Rona — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:26:16 +0000

It’s so great to have some me time. Kudos to your sister.
Terrific menu. Oops, I gotta get back to the Young & the Restless online episode.

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By: Amanda @ Down Home Dieting

Amanda @ Down Home Dieting — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:24:51 +0000

Your menu looks great! Chicken lasagna sounds divine!

By: GinaLaughed

GinaLaughed — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:05:27 +0000

You sound very organized! I’m snagging your xls files but I won’t be able to use them until I get my other laptop working again. That’s is where my Excel is locked away at, but thanks for sharing!

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By: CanadianSaver

CanadianSaver — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:07:06 +0000

Your menu looks great!

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By: Annie

Annie — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:51:12 +0000

Great menu plan for this week.. yummy!

By: Angie @ Many Little Blessings

Angie @ Many Little Blessings — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:12:54 +0000

It sounds great! And — wow — how organized are you? Kudos to you!

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By: A Simple Wife

A Simple Wife — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:43:25 +0000

Ooooo Access data base. I miss working with Access. (Mercy, I feel my geek showing.)

Love the Excel spread sheet. My menu planning is done in Excel. It started out as a spread sheet page that inventoried the contents of my freezers (chest freezer and refrigerator freezer) with a few columns off to the side for days of the week, dates, and meals (based on what I had in the freezers). It has since expanded to several pages that include an ingredients list, a “when was the last time we ate this” sort of history (along with notations of how well they liked a dish), pantry inventory (which needs updating today), recipe location notations (which book, file name, URL, etc.; working on compiling frequently used recipes into a notebook), and a list of “recipes to try” along with recipe location notation.

My actual shopping list is done in Word. I have two files, one for the 1st half of the month and one for the 2nd half of the month. I have it divided by section (dairy, dry goods, canned goods, produce, personal/hygeine, paper products, feline, etc.) with a legend listing the various stores I shop at. I use the ingredients list from Excel as a pantry/freezer inventory checklist and add whatever didn’t get crossed off to the shopping list. When I add items to the shopping list (either from the marked up ingredients list or from me just noticing something is low) I make notation of which store it will most likely be purchased at as well as if it’s on sale, if I have a coupon, and so forth.

It’s a lot simpler than it sounds. *laughs* Really.

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By: Monica

Monica — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:12:20 +0000

I am amazed at your organization!!

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