Normally I do my planning Monday morning, but because of a Sunday afternoon Costco run, Sean was at the table with me Saturday night when I was making up the menu for the week. He commented that there must be some online tool to keep your recipes in that would automatically generate a shopping list based on all the ingredients needed - he has some good thoughts, that man! I'm sure there are a few, but there is one that I'm familiar with, and it's pretty slick.
It's called Plan to Eat, and it's got a place for all your recipes (adding them is even easy!), a drag and drop menu planner, and a grocery store assistant for your mobile. I first heard about it through Kat at Inspired to Action - I've mentioned her before because of her Prayer Calendar for Mothers that I use every day (via twitter). She had posted about it in the fall and I had checked it out then; I was impressed, but didn't feel I needed it at the time. I still don't feel like I have a big need for change in this area, but I have been wondering how I can better organize the recipes we do use, and low and behold, Kat is this week offering a Meal Planning Boot Camp - walking people who want to use the site through it with tutorials and assignments and stuff. I wanted to let you know about it in case it might be something you are needing to help organize and simplify your life.
The nitty gritty: Using Plan to Eat costs $4.95 per month or $39 a year, but there is a free one month trial, and there is a coupon for 30% off on Kat's site. So it's quite reasonable.
Check out Plan to Eat.
Check out the overview for the Meal Planning Boot Camp. It's only day 2, so you can still jump in without having too much homework to catch up on!
Let me know if you jump on the wagon - I'll add you as a friend over there and check out your recipes. :)
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