meal planning

July 4th Menu, Plant-based/Vegan

I just thought I would share our July 4th menu/activities with you to help you get started on yours. As a side note, all the pictures are linked to their original poster/photographer. To check out their blog, or read more into them, click on the pictures. For breakfast I will be making this 4th of
read more...

Anatomy of a Plant-based Meal

If you are like me sometimes you are throwing meals together at the last minute with not a lot of planning.  Honestly, many (too many!) of my meals are like that.  We pick up a box of produce every Thursday from the local health food store.  The produce is from a local farmers coop and it is a
read more...

A Weekly Shopping List

Last week we talked about planning a weekly menu.  I shared with you a weekly menu planning sheet that has space to plan at least 15 meals.  Combining a weekly menu with a shopping list is not only good for your health but can be great for your budget too. Having a plan when you go
read more...

4 Tips for Using a Weekly Menu

Click here for your printable weekly menu plan (PDF). I was recently reading Doug Lisle’s excellent book The Pleasure Trap: Mastering the Hidden Force that Undermines Health & Happiness, and he strongly suggests menu planning.  Because if you think about it we eat 21 meals a week x 52 weeks in a year, that’s 1092!  That’s a
read more...