Many things in life have a beginning and an end. The shopping trip and preparing a healthy meals is no different. It is necessary to, even before you go to the grocery store or start to make a list of foods to buy, it is important to start with a beginning. I consider one of the beginnings to be making a menu for the week before the list is even made. The question has arisen on how to make a menu. I would say that a menu needs to be based off of what foods are typically eaten