Category Archives: What I’m Cooking This Week

When I planned what I’m cooking this week 8/28/2022, I started as I always do and identified what items I had to use up in the fridge.  I have cherry tomatoes, slicing tomatoes and green beans from the garden to start my recipe search this week.

Menu Planning Tips:

As I browsed my recipes, I looked carefully for things that can be prepped in advance to cut back on cooking time as well as ingredients within a recipe that I would not get used up.  I planned additional meals around those two factors: what can I make extra of, and what will I have leftover.  Continue reading →

I have a process that I use when I menu plan, and when I was planning what I’m cooking this week 7/24/22, I naturally started moving through the progression of my process.  Therefore, I thought it would be a good discussion topic for this week’s post.

How to start the process of menu planning

Tip #1: Go through the fridge.  Make a list of all the ingredients that need used up and pull them to the front so they are front of mind as well.  Don’t forget the check the freezer as well!

The next step from here involves finding or being familiar with recipes that use those ingredients. I love to read about recipe development and cooking, and I am a food blogger so this is natural for me to have lots of back-pocket recipes to pull out for all kinds of ingredients.  So, how should someone else start the process? Continue reading →

I am an avid menu planner, and I have often thought about sharing what I’m cooking this week as inspiration for you all.  It is fun to look back at all the recipes that are on the blog and remember some old favorites.

If you are new here, you might find a few fresh ideas as well.  I also plan to share some tips on how I prep food for multiple meals throughout the week and use up ingredients from the fridge.  The tips below help me cut back on time spent, dirty dishes, and reduce food waste! Continue reading →