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New Recipes: What I’m Trying
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,
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Easy Meals from Trader Joe’s: What We Are Trying
Lately, we’ve been enjoying Hungryroot for meal delivery. The food is healthy, packed with vegetables, SUPER easy to put together each night (10 minutes or less), and relatively affordable. However, we are starting to get tired of the repetition. Also, the kids are not thrilled about the recipes. Enter Easy Meals from Trader Joe’s!
My plan is to recreate the Hungryroot experience with ingredients from Trader Joe’s instead. Will it work? We shall see!
This week’s menu ideas:
- Lemon, Garlic, and Spinach Gnocchi
- Pizza
- Burritos
- Vegetarian BBQ Sandwiches with arugula salad
- Kung Pao Cauliflower with Rice
Each of these recipes seems pretty straight forward and easy. They also seem healthy … Read More
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Easy Meal Planning: The Struggle Is Real
I have been in such a meal planning rut lately. Fortunately, I love my system for organizing recipes, selecting which meals we are going to eat, and generating a grocery list organized by category. However, finding recipes that meet all of my criteria feels like too much work. I struggle to find recipes that support easy meal planning!
First of all, Matt and I are vegetarians. Second, I don’t want to do a lot of prep/work to get dinner ready. I want the whole process to take 30 minutes or less (including cook time!). And I want as few ingredients as possible so we 1) save money and 2) don’t … Read More