I received a complimentary subscription to eMeals in order to try meal planning. All thoughts and words are my own.
There are days around here that if you ask “What would you like for dinner?” all you get in return is a lot of blank stares. Everyone looks at each other, and eventually someone will say, “I don’t care, what do you want?” which kicks off a chain reaction of “I don’t care, either. What do you want?”. It can be funny, except on days when you’re hungry and you really just want someone to tell you what to cook.
I’d try my best to do a little meal planning on Sundays. I would try and come up with a list of meals we hadn’t eaten recently and slot them throughout the week. If I had time, which wasn’t as often as I’d like, I’d even break out the local sales flyers to see what was on sale and make a couple of meal choices around that. Like the rest of you, though, meal planning isn’t my only weekly (or daily or hourly, for that matter) task and it didn’t always work out quite the way I hoped.
Then I read a review of eMeals and thought, “Wow, that sounds like something I need.” Because eMeals does the meal planning for you. They even craft the meals around your local weekly sales to help save you money!
Meal Planning Options
And because not everyone likes the same thing or follows the same diet, eMeals gives you lots of options. You can choose from the following dinner plans:
- Classic Meals
- Clean Eating
- Paleo
- Mediterranean
- Slow Cooker
- Low Carb
- Low Fat
- Portion Control
- Natural & Organic
- Simple Gourmet
- Gluten Free
- Vegetarian
Once you choose the type of plan you want, choose the number of people you’re serving: they have a Family Menu (3-6 servings) and a For 2 Menu (1-2 servings). Bubbles normally eats something separate from us, so I chose the For 2 Menu. It’s pretty much perfect. We don’t end up with too many leftovers; maybe one meal’s worth, if that. So we don’t waste food, saving us even more money.
One thing that’s pretty great is that you’re not “locked in” to one type of plan. Maybe you started on out with the Slow Cooker option, but now you’ve decided to start a diet and wish you’d have chosen Low Carb. Just go into your account and update it before your next meal plan is mailed out.
We’ve been using the Classic Meals for the last few weeks and I’ve loved the options. One of the pork chop dishes using the slow cooker was so good my husband raved about it the entire meal. And the breakfast casserole we tried was tasty, and just the right size; many other recipes I had looked up were enough to feed an army.
About Liza
Liza is a mom (5-year-old daughter, 20-year-old stepson, and 24-year-old stepdaughter) and wife living in Louisville. She loves spending time with her family, visiting the local zoo and parks, as well as planning travel adventures. Cooking and baking, DIY projects and crafts, and coffee - lots and lots of coffee - round out some of her other hobbies.
I have never been good at planning meals. This sounds very useful.
I’ve heard of emeals and have often thought of trying them out! The discount is a huge incentive!
Looks so yummy and a great meal planning idea!
Hmmm, looking for new menu options, this looks like a great place to go.
I am so disorganized when it comes to meal planning! I would love to try this!
I usually just do fly by menus and don’t plan at all. I will need to look into this further.
Estelle
I really suck at meal planning! It’s usually me opening the cabinet and seeing what I can make for dinner. LOL! I bet I would save a ton if i used a meal planning service!
We use emeals, too. It sure helps with the planning of meals and the shopping!
Emeals is such an affordable meal planning option. We use the Walmart meal planning option.
We have been using eMeals for about a month and love it! We have gotten so many new recipes that we now like from our subscription.
I could use some help when planning meals. I normally just put up on my board what we will eat and I can’t do more than one week at a time.
I am a big fan of emeals! Love the different plans to choose from to keep dinner from getting stale.
I keep saying I am going to start planning our weekly meals. This might help.
I love emeals. They make meal planning so much easier. I love that they have lots of options and include my favorite grocery store, Publix. The recipes are usually pretty simple and yummy.
It is incredible how much technology helps improve our lives including meal preparation and shopping.
Oh, I NEED eMeals. I’m so bad when it comes to meal planning.
I didn’t realize you could change your program on a whim like that. Very nice as I can see how a lifestyle change may precipitate a new diet all the sudden.
I need to try eMeals. I try planning for my family a month at a time but always miss out. I’m going to signup with eMeals soon.
I have been wanting to do meal planning but it seemed like so much work to me. Sounds llike eMeals might be just what I need!
When I finally retire from working on the road full time, I’m definitely going to give emeals a try! Thanks for your review!
I’ve been trying to do my own meal planning and it is WAY more difficult than I expected! This sounds super handy!
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