Let’s use this thread to share concise weekly dinner menus for each week in January. It’s helpful if you can include your location and how many people you are feeding. Links to recipes are always appreciated, and sources help.
If your New Years resolution is to get started with planning… welcome! Those of us who are regulars on the topic all went through (and continue to revisit) trial-and-error to come up with an approach that works for our family-size, work situation and time/ingredient constraints. For me, the most important step was to actually write something in each square for our at-home lunches and dinners at the start of the week, noting when appointments or planned meals out will take the place of cooking-time. I circle/arrow (or now, cut/paste) as the week progresses and I rearrange. I post actuals here for the previous week since the revised version looks like a football play diagram. Leftovers frequently stretch one day’s cooking results across 2 -3 days of meals, mix & match.
It’s the month for roasts and soups here, with daily forecasts always below freezing and often sub-zero (Fahrenheit). I’ve swapped out the cookbooks kept closest to the computer, to more easily look for new recipes (especially low-carb ones) and to actually read the newer books that I bought in the past year.
We all know plans can change, so it’s fine (practically expected) when your week gets rearranged from your posted plan. You may choose to report actuals for the prior week to share ideas with others.
The December discussion is still available for reporting the last week and follow-ups
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— one aluminum, smaller holes, the other plastic, larger holes. Recommend the metal one for sturdiness (though it may easily have been user error on my part on the plastic one).