The exact number could vary here to suit your lifestyle. Maybe you only eat in for 3 meals a week. Or maybe it’s 7. But the concept is to choose a streamlined shopping list and then make up different meals based on your shopping list.
It’s an idea I’ve been playing around with as a way to combine the advantges of both the market driven and list-making approaches.
§ how this method works
Take 10 ingredients, a few pantry staples and five different 5 ingredients recipes. Menu. Planning. Done.
§ benefits of this method
– Super simple shopping list
– Quick, if following a presecibed menu plan.
– Streamlines the shopping process.
– Little waste, using the same ingredients for different meals so lots of scope to use up any leftovers.
– Potential to save money by purchasing ingredients in bulk.
§ disadvantages of this method
– Potentially boring if following the same plan each week.
– Requires some confidence and experience to develop a group of recipes yourself. Otherwise reliant on an external party to come up with the recipes.
– Limited flexiblity to vary for different preferences or dietary requirements.
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