Sometimes I bookmark recipes I'd like to try while browsing blogs. I am learning more and more to go ahead and just print them if I'm serious about making them. When I go to meal plan, I typically do it with a cup of coffee on Sunday afternoon so I can go sit without distraction. I take whatever cookbooks I'm into at the time, usually 2-3. On a piece of paper, I write down in one column all the fresh veggies I have in the house, followed by canned and frozen. Then the same for fruits. And then another colum for proteins (I include eggs, cottage cheese, Greek yogurt, and meats in this-sometimes my nut butters as well). Looking at that, I try to see what I can make that uses as many of the fresh things that need to be used first. I do dinners first in planning, and usually assign them a specific day based on our schedule, then come up with several breakfast ideas as well as lunches (I don't assign breakfasts and lunches to specific days unless I know of a reason, for example: getting up early to head to OKC or camping, or some other extenuating circumstance).
