I had gotten into the habit of winging it or only doing a week at a time this past year. Then decided to go back to a month a time in December and January. I'm still undecided as to what works best. For January, I planned a month's worth of meals and bought ingredients for them, and then each week when I'm doing other planning, I have picked off of that list for the upcoming week, based on what we have going on and trying to plan for nights when we'll have been gone during the day or need to eat early or whatever. So kind of a hybrid style, lol.
I also purchased Plan to Eat with their special right after Thanksgiving. I like the program, but have not yet gotten into using it for actual menus because all my recipes aren't in there. I have been adding new things, but things I've made for years and don't need a recipe for aren't.
So I can't just pick those to add to a menu. I guess I could just add those titles without bothering to type the whole recipe in. I may try to start writing out measurements and directions so I have something to refer the girls to for cooking.