(top: indesign file of menu and on the bottom: menu on the side of our fridge).
Awhile back, a couple of friends made remarks on how cute our "omololu-lange weekly menu" was. It's such a fun idea that has been quite successful in our home. We have a rough system in play to make this work, so here it is. On the weekend, Jacob and I put together a meal list for that upcoming week. We double check to make sure we have all the ingredients and if not we go shopping. So by the start of Monday, we know what we'll have for lunch and dinner for that entire week. Seems simple enough, right?
Well, I love doing this for three reasons. The first is that Jacob and I get to share with each other our own favorite foods and in that process we are intentionally and thoughtfully learning (and respecting) our likes and dislikes. For example, Jacob is more of a fruit dessert person (peach cobbler, apple crisps, etc.) whereas I like chocolate base desserts (cookies, brownies, etc). Secondly, we live such busy lives that it's often difficult to just whip up an awesome meal without a plan. We just don't have that time and in many cases not all of the ingredients and so we result to eating not so exciting meals. The final reason is that it lets us map out and see how healthily we are eating. We can thoughtfully plan the week knowing how much pasta, poultry, veggies, etc we are putting into our bodies that week. That’s particularly useful to me because by default, I’ll munch on junk food and not eat a proper meal. Oh and one last aspect of the omololu-lange weekly menu card is that creating the document is really just another chance for me to play with type and design. As I said, it's been quite a success.
So what do you guys think? Do you have something similar in place? I'd like to know.
yay, dinner planning!
ReplyDeletei actually went through quite a frustrating process with this about a month ago. scouring the apps for iphone and google searches for "dinner planners" to help me out. but there's nada. can you believe it? thousands upon thousands upon thousands of apps and only one actually feasible app that could be used for planning meals throughout your week. so even though the reviews sucked, i was desperate, and purchased it. horrible decision. it's worthless. i considered the handwritten route and putting it up on our fridge, but just haven't gotten around to it. i also dappled with implementing it into my personal calendar, but it got a little crowded.
fabulous though. the cute element helps keep up the work element involved. and planning on what to buy for the week is definitely helpful. i realized this after weeks of going to the market every.day. after work, wasting 10-20 minutes each time for no reason. kudos on making it work. it's definitely a stress reliever and fun little task.
ps - you didn't eat on monday?
Thanks for the response, Melissa. As for why there's nothing listed on the menu for Monday, I had some girlfriends over and we just whipped a meal with the stuff I had in the fridge.
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