I know that the best thing is to plan a week's worth of meals and spend Sunday prepping all the food or whatever, but I rarely plan dinner 24 hours in advance. I have a bunch of go-to meals, but I worry about having some of them too often, especially the less-healthy ones like mac-n-cheese with peas.
Solution!
I write each meal down (after dinner) so I can keep track of when, and how often, we are having each meal. It also helps me track how often we order out. As you can see in the photo, I'm not specific about the meals; just enough to get the gist of the main course.
An unexpected benefit is that I can use the calendar to come up with the night's meal by seeing what I *haven't* made in a while. It also helps me figure out how old some of the leftovers in our fridge are.
