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Hi! I'm Amy (family of three). We make at least 4-5 family & individual meals, as well as smoothies, overnight oats, & breakfast tacos from the Big Breakfast Book or older plans.
Hi, I'm Kathrin and a family of 1 (not counting the cats). I work 8-10 hours a day so I batch cook all my lunches and dinners for the week, usually on Sunday.
I typically pick 3 or 4 of the family plan meals for less cooking and prepare my oats plus dry toppings (like nuts and seeds) for oatmeal in individual containers to take to work.
My name is Cathy. We are a family of two retirees but I am the only one plant-based. I cook straight from the individual meal plan, usually a couple at a time. (I have never batched cooked all the meals at once.) My husband cooks his own meals. I download the meal plan to my iPad, laptop, and desktop. I wind up using only the iPad copy and I open that copy Abobe Reader. From there I highlight, in Abobe Reader, items on the grocery list that are in my pantry. Then I take my iPad with me to the grocery store and purchase the unhighlighted items.
Hi, my name is Jennifer and I have a two-person family with my husband, Jim. I am full-time WFPB and my husband is omni but WFPB at home and brings his lunch to work; at other times he eats whatever he likes. We use the family plans to make enough meals for lunch and dinner, usually 4-5 recipes per week. My husband doesn't eat breakfast., so I just pick out my favorites from the Big Breakfast Book or try out the breakfasts on that week's meal plan.
I'm Jill. I mix it up! Some weeks I do the individual plans and others I want to do less cooking so I use the family plan. Often I make an extra family recipe and freeze some for later.
Welcome! I'm Adrienne and I'm the only vegan in a house of omnivores (2 teenagers and a husband). I cook 5-7 of the individual meals weeknights and weekend lunches and bring the 2nd servings for lunch on the weekdays to work. I pick two of the family meals for weekend dinners when I'm the family cook that I think my kids and husband will enjoy. For those, I sometimes add some sort of meat-type item, but sometimes I don't.
Hi I'm Crystal! (Family of 6 plus I cook for my mom so I guess that makes us 7) We double all of the meals in the family plan and use the add-ons. This takes care of all of our dinners and lunch for the adults for at least the work week. We batch cook most weeks.
Hi I'm Jennifer (family of 2). We do 4-5 family plan meals each week, which takes care of all our lunches and dinners
Hi, I am Carolyn. My husband and I use the individual plan with an addition of a "simple meal" and a favorite repeat. I quadruple one recipe to bring to our church potluck along with some muffins and a salad. The weekly plan plus these extra bits make all of our lunches, dinners with adding on some veggies or salad. I have several chronic illnesses and am learning to step through the prep and batch cooking aspects. One thing I do for simplicity is to cook all the meals in a meal plan. This helps with preserving mental energy and sanity.
Hello...I'm rachel...I follow the single plan and my omni boyfriend will follow along mostly and add whatever he wants...I try all recipes at least once. I have an issue with leftover so I am not a great batch cooker....but I find the meals are easy to follow and give me stress relief from my day...but that's just let me
I'm Tonya (family of 4). I'm the only Herbie in the family. We do 2 family plan meals and 1-2 individual meals each week, which handles all of my lunches for the week and the family's dinners. They'll eat the MM meals as sides or mains, depending on the recipe.
Kim, family of 4. I have a 5 yo boy and 9 yo girl. I make about 2-3 family plan per week. I only grocery shop once a month so I generally choose about 8 family meals for us (from multiple meal plans). My lunches are usually a simple baked sweet or regular potato or left overs. The family plan meals usually last us at least 2 meals maybe 3. I IF most days so I don't prepare breakfast, kids eat granola bars or oatmeal or I make a batch of muffins.
Terra, family of two. My husband and I are both airline pilots, we batch cook 4 family meals to take to work so we can travel with lunches and dinners all week.
Hi, my name is Alesha. I live with my boyfriend and he is a very picky junk food vegetarian. (He was omni, so I'm slowly making progress :)) I cook 3-4 meals a week. I work night shift so some days I only eat twice a day. If there are one or two meals I'm pretty sure he will like, I use the family version. If I know he won't eat something, I use the individual plan and he fends for himself. I enjoy cooking, so I cook everyday on my days off, which usually provides me enough leftovers for the nights I work. I've only cooked from an entire meal plan one time. I usually mix and match different weeks.
Hi I'm Jen. There are two of us. I batch cook the individual meal plans for myself and cook vegetarian meals for my husband each night. He is such a picky eater, and has a lot of food sensitivities that this works best for us, although I do prepare HH meals for him when I find one I think he'd like.
Hi, I'm Abbie. Family of two: my omni husband and me. I usually cook 2-3 Family Meals to start my week. I try to choose 'safe' picks like pasta that I know will appeal to my husband as well. With those prepped to fall back on, I can then prepare a combination of Family and Individual Plan meals as I find time throughout the week for myself, and either adjust his portions by adding or subtracting ingredients, or making a couple of separate dishes just for him. Once every 3-4 weeks I will try to batch cook staples like rice, marinara and veggie broth. I try to batch cook muffins as well, but they never seem to make it to the freezer!
I'm Katrina. We are a family of 5 in Madison, WI. My husband has been a stay-at-home dad for the past seven years and is transitioning to primary care taker/homemaker but also working part time during the middle of the day now that all the kids are in school full-time. I batch cook 4-5 family meals on Sundays for my lunches and dinners, as well as my oldest son's dinners because he is a vegetarian, and my omni husband's dinners (he loves some of the meals, will tolerate others). My husband cooks more "traditional" kid meals for the younger two but they have to try a little bit of the Meal Mentor meals I make for our dinners (working on exposure).
My name is Gabriela. We are a family of three. We use the family meal plans about 6 days a week. My husband is able to take leftovers for work almost every day of the week. I really want to get myself together to batch cook more often. I have done it a few times and LOVED IT. But it takes me so long for some reason. Meal plans really take the stress out of cooking and it's nice to know what's for dinner every night. I have been a member for a little over a year and can't imagine going back. I also like that I have become more savvy with ways to use up all our food. I know if I have beans or garbanzos on hand and some veggies I can find an old recipe with those ingredients. We are not 100% plant based but because of the meal plans we eat plant based most of the time.
Hi, I am Anne. Family of 4 with 2 teens. I cook the individual plans. It seems plenty of food to me, and "share" with my omni family. I will add some type of meat or cheese for them. My meals are their sides. They do not usually eat breakfast, but I like ONO's and ds has recently asked me to make Brownie Batter ONO's for him also. I usually cook 4-5 of the recipes on the meal plans, and it usually gets me through the week. I have leftovers for lunches. Something I just realized is that my family really enjoys the pasta dishes and those with a peanut butter type sauce (well, except DD who is allergic). So if you are trying to win people over, try starting there.