Izzygirl
Member
Hi there!
I am new to this forum, however I am not new to SW! I have done it several times before, and something has always gone 'wrong' along the line. I am rejoining tomorrow night, and am feeling the most positive I have ever felt about joining, for many reasons...
I was trying to do some menu planning, and have 2 weeks plans ready so I can hit the ground running. I came up with a fun way to get some variety in to the menus...
Firstly, I listed every meal I could think of that I would like to eat (and would realistically cook), along with any snack ideas and Syns. I wrote down next to each one whether it was a Healthy Extra or how many Syns it had.
I then put all of these ideas into a grid on Word, printed them off, and cut each square out.
I then did a sheet on Word with columns for Monday to Sunday, and down the left hand side had rows for breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack/pudding, and total Syns. I printed a couple of these off.
I then put all of the little squares in a box, and pulled one out at a time at random, and placed them on the sheet. And voila! Sounds a bit mad, but it's such a fun way to get variety!!! I now have two weeks worth of menus that have been mixed and matched, and was easy to play around with ideas without writing them all down!
Anyway...I hope my crazy idea doesn't sound too crazy lol!
xxx
I am new to this forum, however I am not new to SW! I have done it several times before, and something has always gone 'wrong' along the line. I am rejoining tomorrow night, and am feeling the most positive I have ever felt about joining, for many reasons...
I was trying to do some menu planning, and have 2 weeks plans ready so I can hit the ground running. I came up with a fun way to get some variety in to the menus...
Firstly, I listed every meal I could think of that I would like to eat (and would realistically cook), along with any snack ideas and Syns. I wrote down next to each one whether it was a Healthy Extra or how many Syns it had.
I then put all of these ideas into a grid on Word, printed them off, and cut each square out.
I then did a sheet on Word with columns for Monday to Sunday, and down the left hand side had rows for breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack/pudding, and total Syns. I printed a couple of these off.
I then put all of the little squares in a box, and pulled one out at a time at random, and placed them on the sheet. And voila! Sounds a bit mad, but it's such a fun way to get variety!!! I now have two weeks worth of menus that have been mixed and matched, and was easy to play around with ideas without writing them all down!
Anyway...I hope my crazy idea doesn't sound too crazy lol!
xxx
