How do you all think of what to cook everyday?

What we are hungry for, what we have at home to cook with, how much time and energy I have to cook and clean up, what the weather is like (cool, cloudy, rainy, or winter weather often warrants soups, stew, chili,casseroles etc.)etc.Sometimes I just want to try a new recipe or break out of a rut. We are focusing on having a lot of veggies,especially green ones now….lettuce, spinach, cabbage, kale,etc. Heading into fall & winter thinking more of soups and maybe some baking.

I buy groceries once a week, counting out the days. I try to buy variety. And each evening, I plan what to make the next day. The decision might be, " we have a lot of leftovers, so I'll heat them up again tomorrow." Or it might be, " I'll defrost something that is very different from what we have been having lately." (Perhaps fish). Or it might be, "I'll heat up the leftovers from two nights ago." Or, "I'm tired of meat. Tomorrow night will be potatoes and eggs with fried eggplant." Or, "I'm going to be busy tomorrow evening, so I will put something in the crock pot in the morning."

Lunch here, I rarely ever cook for dinner. And I wing it. I usually have no idea what I'm going to eat for lunch in the morning. Most of the meals I make are quick and easy but that's also because I have a lot of vegetables from my parents' garden and keep the pantry full of various stuff. In this season, there's always something that needs to be processed before it goes bad, so that decides for me. Pasta with zucchini or tomato sauce or rice with fried zucchini...Or I have frozen fish, so I just throw it on a pan and boil potatoes as a side dish. The only problem for me is if I suddenly want chicken or pork and can't defrost it fast.

Sooooo tiring indeed, ugh.
No, I don't stick to a weekly menu. Mostly I decide that day or even in the moment, unless I'm going to prepare a roast or stew.

Yes, pretty often, particularly with the cost of things these days. It's pretty much look in the fridge, the freezer, and the shelves and decide night by night. Also depends if the kid is going to be home for dinner or not -- no fish on those nights.

I have several "go to" meals which are the norm unless I'm in the mood to try a new recipe. When that happens and if it passes muster, I'll add it into the rotation.

My wife and I share cooking duties, but we only cook every other day. Even with that limited amount of cooking, we still have trouble deciding what to have. I will head to the store soon to get chicken for tonight and tomorrow. Friday is a total mystery.

That's rare but then it's pizza or similar delivered
Usually anything home cooked is better then fast food

I just go off what I have ready, but I do often make the same things each week. If something is on sale I might go off the routine.

I usually eat the same thing for weeks so I only have to think of something new when I'm fed up with that.

I usually ask the wife what she wants or feels like, if I get no answer, she gets what I choose.

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Yeah I wing it.
It's a conundrum most days. 😑

Whatever I am in the mood for. If I don't have it, I go get it.

I do get fed up trying to figure that out, I usually wing it.

I figure out what ingredients I have and start from there

Wing it to what I fancy 😋😊

Just order food online, why cook when you can buy?

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