I'm usually a hip-shooter during the week as I work full time and cook what I know for my family. However, I too am trying to menu plan and working on expanding my repertoire with some recipes. Not to mention, I am learning to use my new pressure cooker, so recipes and time tables are a recent staple. I'm not a line-by-line recipe follower though. I use them more for inspiration. I'm doing some experimentation with spherification and the like as well, so again, recipes are very useful.