Easy Family Cooking
I’ll admit. I am NO cook. I’m a food fixer/heater/preparer/microwaver. When I received my copy of My Family Meal Planner, I thought it was going to be just another cookbook fibbing to me about easy cooking.
Much to my joy, I was happy to find the My Family Meal Planner includes VERY simple, normal meals that are really easy to modify and prepare. The BEST feature of the My Family Meal Planner is the shopping list. The Planner’s writer, Lindsay, is kind enough to include 12 months of Shopping Lists that follow the weekly meal plan.
I believe that Lindsay is a real person who is cooking for real people. I believe this because every week’s plan doesn’t include 7 days of meals; it includes only 4. Realistically, what busy family eats all 7 dinners at home that were cooked from scratch? Definitely NOT my family. Thanks to Lindsay, you have help with 4 dinners a week!
The Planner includes great recipes for simple dinners that even your pickiest of eaters will enjoy like baked pasta, tacos, and sloppy joes. If you are a fancy-pants chef, this planner is not for you. This planner is for the everyday family in need of some help in the kitchen (like me).
Just in time for holiday gift giving, Lindsay has added a 2nd Planner to her store. Now you can have 2 Planners on hand for any family.
Just for our readers, Lindsay is offering 10% off your orders using coupon code MAMASTEN. This Planner is a GREAT gift for “everyday” family.
I went to look at the sample menu… not bad, except Lindsay put Mac & cheese and corn together. Two starches, something you shouldn’t do.
So that makes me wonder what her other recipes are like and if they are balanced meals or just stuff that most kids/families like thrown together.
Other than that- looks pretty promising.
I eat mac and cheese and corn and I stay very thin. I think anything is fine as long as you incorporate healthy eating as a whole and excercise. I have looked at her stuff and I think its a really neat idea!
I’m gonna check this out too. It sounds wonderful!
I have two very picky children. I tried the Manicotti recipe and they loved it…I haven’t ordered the book yet, but plan to get around to it!
So what i need!
Im not much of a cook myself, but I like to feed the family healthy and GOOD meals.. I really like the Mediterranean Frozen dinners by Bertolli. They are qaulity meals, and can be made in a matter of 10 mins on the oven top.. Check out the site with video blogs full of tips from Rocco DiSpirito at http://www.whatsyourmedstyle.com/medstyle/demo.aspx?cat=b
he’s GREAT!!! They go along great with his new cook book Roccos Real Life Recipes. I work with them so I have the inside scoop. But there are mom’s all over the place that could use the help as well!