Planner rule
Fish + one meat, then let vegetables do their job.
The weekly plan now defaults to two meat/fish dinners total: salmon plus one chicken, beef, or turkey night. Three is the ceiling, not the baseline.
🐟
Fish night: salmon Monday or Tuesday, simple rice + market veg.
🥘
One other meat night: chicken or beef, not both unless the week truly calls for it.
🥬
At least one no-meat dinner: veggie soup, GF pasta, bean/rice bowls, tacos, or grain bowls.
🛒
Tight shopping: buy protein for the actual plan, not for the imaginary household with infinite executive function.
Test week
This-week test plan
Friday / Saturday check
What actually happened?
Before the next grocery run, capture what got cooked, skipped, repeated, or abandoned in the fridge like an archaeological layer.
Photo capture
Send the plate photo.
Meal photos become recipe-book evidence: real plating, kid reaction, leftover reality, and whether it deserves favorite status.
Recipe status
Promote or retire.
After each week: favorite, repeat, trial, needs tweak, or retired. The planner should learn, not merely hallucinate dinner optimism.
Seed catalog