Menu book/binder

MISSYLOU143

Has anyone here made a binder or "menu" book? So thru can look up for breakfast to stay under 300 calories I can eat this this this ... And same for lunch, snacks, dinner, desserts..
I'm starting to make one I feel myfitness pal and that binder will help me better stay on my path and not over eat my calorie intake which at the moment is 1,300 and it's hard especially when I work 10 hours any suggestions on what I could or should do to help or add???

RoseTheWarrior

Yes! Hubby and I have a 2" binder that we use for recipes, complete with nice tabs and plastic page holders so that we can just grab it out and cook around it and not mess up the recipes. I bought a membership for allrecipes.com and get most of mine from there. I just search for whatever the main ingredient would be.

thunder1982

Yep I have a book with plastic sleeves that you slip the recipe into. Its not super organized (I like the plastic tab idea), I have recipes from a program i did last year mainly but also have stuff that i have pulled out of mags, printed from websites. For me its better because a cookbook would have heaps of stuff I wouldnt eat and also its easy to mess up the pages.

I have also been experimenting with apps/sites that allow you to load up your recipes and make a menu planner that turns into a shopping list. The program I did last year did this, it was great. I went shopping once a week got everything, sometimes did a cook up and froze meals to save having to cook later in the week. The program was a set period which is why I am now looking for an alternative.

MissMonicaC4

I plan on making one excited!!