Do you plan our meals on a daily OR weekly OR monthy basis?

Do you cook for more than one, even though its just you, and freeze the leftovers?

How often do you find yourself doing takeout?

Dear All, I NEVER do take-out since Food Stamps doesn't cover it (except for salad bar at Whole Foods, which is too expensive).

I cook an entree once a week, eat it for a couple of days out of the fridge (just due to a limit to the number of freezer containers that I have), then freeze the balance.  I also cook a grain (brown rice or kasha, usually) to have together with yoghurt or canned fish/jarred herring for lunch.

Yorus in Him, Deb

I only eat out on payday (& then it's the special at Subway). I eat alot of peanut butter  or cheese & crackers  it seems, but I like it.  Usually, I stock up on Micheleana's Light frozen entrees, as they are only $1, and I take some frozen vegetables to work.  Sometimes if I'm in the mood I cook a whole batch of food and make my own frozen meals for work (lasagna, shepards pie etc). Also, once in a while I can get a roasted chicken really cheap and that's great for a week.  chicken salad, chicken sandwiches, chicken & rice etc. So many different options.

When I was working constantly, I did used to get something off the dollar menu for lunch/dinner. (Who had time for breakfast?)  It was cheap, but it wasn't terribly healthy.  (Some options were better than others.)  Now, I couldn't tell you the last time I did that. 

One of the advantages to being single is that I can eat what I feel like eating that day, so I don't have a set meal plan--although I do plan my purchases for when I know the food I eat regularly will be on sale.

Sometimes I am really in the mood for something and will make a crockpot full of it, but I rarely cook "family-sized" meals because I found that I don't have a lot of will-power when it comes to portion control. (I don't feel guilty if I eat a whole pot of vegetables and beans, but a whole lasagna is a different story!)  Instead, I buy easy to prepare ingredients and then make single servings of my meals fresh in ten minutes or less, mainly because most leftovers I freeze disappear into the great black hole that is my freezer and don't resurface until they are unrecognizable.  One healthy standby is quick cooking brown rice and frozen veggies with whatever sauce or spices I have. Sometimes I buy chicken breast on sale, slice, cook and freeze it and then toss some into whatever I'm making.  Salmon or tilapia on my little contact grill is fast and easy too.

Have a great night!

I too vary my eating time... mainly since I wake up at various times. I do plan daily, since my appetite varies, but when shopping and find deals I think monthly. 

I try not to cook more than for one, since if it doesn't turn out (I experiment alot), it gets thrown away. 

Takeout... more than I'd like to admit.  I would guess about 1 time a month though....

It depends - sometimes I do, usually in the winter - although in the summer, I'll grill up a bunch of hamburgers on the gas grill and then store them; they taste so much better that way than on the George Foreman grill.

I like to big batch cook (especially soup) and put foods in individual portion containers.  I do that becasue I can portion things out to exact calorie counts that way we don't waste food by overeating inappropriatly.  So, not only do I frugally budget our financial resources, I also budget our food resources. 

although I have a house ful of people I do have singles friends I cook for I have found several cook book and recis that are for cooking for two ..

I usually plan my meals twice monthly.

Yes, I cook for a huge crowd and freeze it into individual portions.

I usually order take out Chineese food once a month.   

I don't cook for myself but am wondering if anyone here has ever used the recipes in Taste of Home cook books or their site http://www.tasteofhome.com/default.aspx ? The cook books and site both have paired down recipes that make enough for one or two people.