A cornerstone of meal planning, if you can stand to eat leftovers (if you can't, a therapist might be in order) is to make a soup and a casserole when you have a day off and enjoy the combination or one or the other with a salad or an extra veggie, bread etc, all week long.

It is not hard to be inspired for me personally, but I know we all hit a wall sometimes.  This week's choice of making a "white" lasagna was inspired by lots of leftover baked chicken and an interesting pesto and white cheddar sauce I saw on clearance at Sprout's.  The beef and barley soup was based on a soup of the day choice I saw on a restaurant menu.

I have also found inspiration by taking the time to walk through a grocery store, try to go when it's not too crowded and look at what is on sale or what looks good.  The sirloin being on sale sealed the deal.  It is shown there marinating in soy sauce and Worcestershire sauce.  I had to cut and paste that word from the web! Haha! 

I know you may come here for recipes but both of these are make it up as you go along. I will give you some advice about the white lasagna--it did not taste as good on the first day, and I think that the mushrooms and chicken and the white cheddar just needed a chance to mellow out.  I also tried some lentil lasagna noodles, which were a little tough the first day too, but were totally fine afterwards.  The green color of them was great with the white sauce and the pale cheeses.

Chef's kiss! Love you.