Menu planning was a love hate relationship for me.  I needed a menu.  I *wanted* a menu.  Especially when it came to making a grocery list...I saved way more if I knew exactly what to buy.  And I loved knowing exactly what was for dinner that night.  Or, if plans changed, I would just switch a meal from one night to another, knowing I had what I needed in the house.  Menus are awesome like that.

But I really, really, really didn't want to *make* the menu. 

I have gone through several variation...