How to Make a Meal Plan for One

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Having dinner all by yourself night after night can become boring. To the point where you just give up on cooking and start living on take away meals, TV dinners or eat out all the time. But that's costly...Not to mention the fact that you are never sure of what's exactly in your food. The answer to your problem is called: meal plan.

Steps

Offline Method

Take a writing pad and a pen.

Think about your schedule: What days of the week are you home late? Chances are you are too tired to even think about cooking, let alone shopping for food! What days are you home a little earlier, or maybe working from home? Consider cooking extra on these days. For example: have a rice dish on Tuesday and a fried rice dish on Thursday, made with the leftover rice.

Browse your recipe books.

Make a draft like this: Monday: salad. Tuesday: chicken curry with rice. Wednesday: mashed potatoes, peas and a pork chop. Thursday: fried rice with vegetables and fish. Friday: soup and a sandwich. Saturday: dinner date (yes, you can still eat out if you want!) Sunday: treat yourself to a three course meal.

Put your meal plan on your fridge.

Online Method

Google meal plan. Then you have two options: You may subscribe to a site where you can browse through online recipes, put together a menu, and create a shopping list. Or if you can't find the time to sit down and put a menu together, you may use a ready made menu. These mostly come in the form of a newsletter, to which you must subscribe.