Struggling with Dinner

How do you decide what's for dinner?  Do you make a weekly plan?  And if you do, do you do it as a family?  Or do you just go day to day deciding what to fix from what's on hand?  I have never been one to plan a week's worth of meals out in advance.  It probably doesn't help that I have one who is pickier about food.  She is not a fan of beef, unless it is in the form of a burger or meatloaf.  Some of the rest of us are taco fans, but I hate having to prepare a different meal for her when we have them.  

On a recent shopping trip my daughter noticed a notepad meant for meal planning.  She suggested, very kindly, that maybe I should pick one up that way I wouldn't stare at the refrigerator at dinner time and ask what should we eat.  I have to say, that notepad came in very handy the first week we implemented it, as I came down with the flu and my husband was left in charge for dinner.  He was relieved that the girls and I had made a plan for the week and everything was spelled out right there for him.  That was back in Mid-March.  We have used it once since then. 

I am thinking that with summer coming it would be a good time to try to be more regular with it.  Maybe we will find more time to plan a weeks worth of dinner and get in the habit for when school starts back up.

If you have a favorite meal plan or even a recipe you'd like to share, I'd love to hear them.  I really am tired of the same old stuff week after week!