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# Your Afternoon Chat: Menu Planning Tips
- URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/your-afternoon-chat-menu-planning-tips-04-2020/
- Published: 2020-04-30T20:00:27.000Z
- Updated: 2020-04-30T22:13:44.000Z
- Description: Now more than ever.
- Author: Jessica  
- Tags: fugs, Your Afternoon Chat, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-07 08:09

So, in These Times, it seems like menu-planning is probably more useful than ever -- we can't really run out to the store to pick up a thing of cream, we're all trying to shop smart, and it's harder to get take-out than it used to be (although I'm still doing occasional contactless pick-up from my favorite local places, because I want them to stay in business!). I am personally *not* a menu-planner. I live alone and don't have kids to feed, which means that in the past, I could really just wander over to the fridge at dinner and vaguely eyeball whatever. Ergo, I have NO idea what I am doing now, when I need to plan what I'm going to eat for like three weeks in a row. I mean, I can and have done the "I'm going to make a giant pot of beans and that will be useful," thing, and the "I'm making lasagne!!" thing, but I've also eaten a lot of yogurt and sandwiches because by the time it's like 6 p.m, I am just...too tired to deal. (Which is fine! I will live! But I...could be doing better at this.) In short: I deeply envy you folks who plan out your whole meals for like two weeks, and take into account leftovers and whatnot, and I need your tips and tricks here!

(While we are on the subject, coincidentally, Melissa Joulwan of Well Fed emailed us the other day to let us know that her [28 Day meal plan is free for the moment, because we're all fed up \[no pun intended\] with trying to figure out how to feed ourselves, and she thought Fug Nation might find it helpful](https://meljoulwan.com/2020/04/24/free-well-fed-28-day-paleo-meal-plan/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). This is not sponsored in any way, btw -- Mel is a Fug National and a friend. Please ALWAYS feel free to share your Possibly Useful Service with us!)