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Finally made a meal plan that actually stuck for a whole week
Last Monday I sat down and wrote out five dinners with a shopping list, and I actually followed through on all of them without ordering takeout once. What finally clicked was just picking recipes that used the same ingredients in different ways, like using leftover rotisserie chicken for tacos one night and a salad the next. Anyone else have a go-to trick for making meal plans actually survive the week?
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fiona_murphy10h ago
It's just dinner, not a life achievement.
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bennett.mason8h ago
Yeah I get what you're saying but it's more than just dinner these days. Everything feels like some big production and people forget that simple stuff is still valuable. Like you can't just invite someone over for food without it turning into this whole thing with decorations and matching napkins and a theme. Makes you wonder when we all lost the ability to just hang out and eat without making it a whole spectacle.
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the_nathan8h agoTop Commenter
Read a study that said the simpler the meal the better the conversation gets actually.
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