What really works for me is planning a week in advance . I used to go to the grocery and just buy food then when it was dinner time i ' d look in the fridge and think ' ugh , there ' s nothing to eat ' and order in . Then at the end of the week i was throwing away so much food and wasting money . now , before i go to the grocery store , i grab a couple cookbooks , plan my menu for the week and only buy what i need for those meals . i never throw out food anymore and i never worry about what ' s for dinner i look at my menu and execute my planthis also makes it so much easier to track on mfp because i import the recipes and log a week in advance . the other upside is that most recipes make 46 portions , so i split up the rest in tupperware , put it in the freezer and then my husband and i have lunch for the week . i love it because we rarely eat the same thing twice , every day is something new . if there ' s a recipe we both really love , then i ' ll put a sticky note on it but for the most part , every day is a new food adventure .