My 5-Minute Meal Planning System is helping me keep my head above water in this stage of life. Most of our meals/recipes take less than 20 minutes to make. We rotate through a week’s worth of meals every five weeks. It takes me less than 5 minutes each week to select our meals and order our groceries. No joke! I just went through my rotation, and realized there are three meals not making me happy. It’s time for some new recipes!

So much of what I read about perimenopause points to the Mediterranean Diet.

Here is a basic summary:

• Eat: Vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, legumes, potatoes, whole grains, breads, herbs,