Is having a wide variety important to you? I'm fortunate in that I'm the type of person who really doesn't care about a wide variety of food. Part of that is I'm a picky eater anyway, but aside from that, I just don't mind repeats. To me it's just food. Think about it: What'd you have for dinner on April 12, 2002? That's how little it matters in the long run.
The important thing is you said, "I HATE DOING IT!!!" That's a big red flag in anyone's book, because that simply isn't a sustainable model. There are some good tips and suggestions above. But also seriously evaluate your needs for non-repetitive meals.
I found the best thing about just having, say, the same seven things over each week is you have SO much more time on your hands for other things. You don't have to think when it's time to prepare and you don't have to spend hours in the store looking for stuff.
Anyway, that's my alternative take on things.
Good advice and I am striving toward repeating at least some meals. I think what I dread most is trying to think up what I - the dieting vegetarian - can eat while at the same time making my kids - picky, picky - happy
Tonight: Lean lamb chops, brown rice, grilled mixed veggies (Zucchini, mushrooms, carrots, onions, tomato) -- About 400 calories
Last Night: Low Fat vanilla yogurt w/ Fiber Cereal and and Apple mixed up in it -- 400 calories
Sunday Night: Whole Wheat Foccacia w/ low fat Mozarella, thin layer of Pizza sauce, a ton of veggies and fresh basil. About 350 calories.
Saturday: Shake and Bake skinless chicken breast, oven roasted baby reds and green beans. About 400 calories.
Friday: I made a big salad and bought Teriyaki chicken -- I added half an order of Teriyaki chicken over my salad and used a little of the sauce as a dressing. About 350 calories
Tonight - I'm making asian wraps. I bought some nice whole wheat lavosh from Trader Joe's (210 calories). I'm going to wrap up: broccoli slaw, grilled chicken (100 calories), 2 tbs spicy asian peanut vinaigrette (70 calories), a few mandarin oranges, a few cashew bits and a few crunchy wonton bites (a fraction of a serving - just for crunch!)
The next couple weeks of dinners are:
chicken dogs on ww buns, steamed carrots and salad
perogies and steamed brocolli
veggie pizza's on garlic naan bread
chicken fajita's
chicken ranch wraps
tuna melts and salad
chicken stew and foccaccia
ww pasta and meat sauce, garlic bread and salad
roast veggies and meatballs
sweet and sour chicken and sushi rice
chicken stirfry and rice
soft taco's
Tonight it's Chicken Chilaquiles (a recipe I found on StumbleUpon). It's sort of like a verde enchilada casserole type thing. I used 12 oz chicken breast for the whole thing, 3/4 cup of cheese, and used fat free milk... so divided up into 4 HUGE servings it comes out to 386 cals for my ingredients.
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Tonight I am having: very small grilled pork chop, 1 T. BBQ sauce, tossed salad with red wine vinagerette, whole wheat egg white noodles with olive oil and parm. cheese.
