You don't have to plan anything at all for the meals. We have one person, our Cookcrew Steward, who plans all of the meals in advance of the week. Then, our Shoppers order all of these ingredients for the meal using a delivery service. Our Checker will take these groceries when they arrive and put them into our refrigerators/freezers. We also have one student whose cleaning job for the week is to inventory bulk ingredients like flour, sugar, oil, and spices. Our cookcrew steward will try to always include a protein, vegetable, carb, and dessert in every meal. You can see our recipes that the cookcrew steward pulls from on this site under the recipes tab. When you show up to cook crew, you just follow the 3 or 4 recipes assigned to your meal. ~ Anna