Re "plan meals" - check out recipes that freeze well. Then, you can plan a set of meals, cook them over time (in double or triple batches, ideally), then freeze what you don't eat then. If your planned meal turns out to not be a good one for you that day, you can reheat one of the freezer items in the microwave. TV dinners, except you know what went into them!
(I've just finished doing that with some marinated mushrooms, and I'll probably do some goulash up this week.)
It DOES require enough freezer space, and recipes that freeze well, but if you have those it works well. (And if you're lacking recipes, I have some and there are web sites to mine as well.)
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Date: 2008-01-13 11:29 pm (UTC)(I've just finished doing that with some marinated mushrooms, and I'll probably do some goulash up this week.)
It DOES require enough freezer space, and recipes that freeze well, but if you have those it works well. (And if you're lacking recipes, I have some and there are web sites to mine as well.)