I have 3 questions for you!
Thanks for all the interest in the Meal Planner–we got a couple hundred requests that day to be testers/reviewers, so I’m sorry if you were one of the later ones and didn’t hear back from Jenni or Jackie. To answer a common question, when we release the 8-week menu plan and shopping lists, YES, it will be available for purchase separately for those who already have 12 Steps. This menu planner is being developed, along with about 9 other new offerings, to be in a PREMIUM 12 Steps kit.
If you would be so kind, I have 3 questions, towards developing meal planners:
1. How many breakfasts do you eat? Do you rotate among three? Do you eat the same breakfast every day? I don’t want to do a menu planner with a HUGE variety if people don’t want that. (You know me, I’m all about Hot Pink Breakfast Smoothie almost every day!) On the other hand, if I leave it at 3 breakfasts, and those aren’t breakfasts most people want….you see my dilemma.
2. What area of your diet are you most frustrated with lack of variety? (Breakfast? Lunch? Dinner main dishes? Salads? Green smoothies?)
3. When do you drink your green smoothie? Breakfast? Lunch? Some other time?
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There is a 30 day free trial and it is amazing. Add recipes or search, meal plan and all ingredients in recipes (or not) get added into the grocery list with the option of dividing the items by different store. It’s freakin awesome!
For me, more variety in breakfast ideas would be great! I sometimes have my smoothie then, but mostly I have oatmeal, or quinoa with berries or cinnamon fixed in my rice cooker. Or whole wheat (homemade) toast with natural peanut butter.
I am most needing more ideas for dinnertime (night meal) main dishes that I could get my hubby to eat! My husband and I each have a green smoothie every day. He takes his for lunch. I sometimes drink mine at breakfast, sometimes at lunch and even sometimes at dinner. My husband wants “regular” food at suppertime and I get frustrated when I have to fix food I do not want to eat myself. So, sometimes the smoothie works for me at night so I am not fixing 2 separate suppers. (the smoothie is already in the fridge).
I would say that mostly I drink my green smoothie at breakfast or at lunch.