A weekly plan that lasts until Friday

Plan Sunday big, Monday from leftovers, two evenings cold and one free. A plan that demands cooking every night lasts until Wednesday.

The most common mistake in weekly planning is ambition: seven dinners, seven recipes, then Tuesday gets in the way and the whole plan goes in the bin. A plan that holds looks like this:

One big dish at the weekend that yields leftovers — roast, goulash, stew, lasagne.
Monday: its leftovers. Perhaps in a new shape.
Two quick weekday dishes under 30 minutes.
Two evenings of bread supper or salad — cold cooking is cooking.
One evening without a plan: leftovers, frozen pizza, delivery, eating out. It is in the plan so it is not a failure.
One shop a week with the list, a second short trip for fresh things on Thursday.

This app’s “roll the week” feature follows exactly these rules: nothing over an hour on weekdays, no repeats, variety across categories, season respected.