Veg*n meal planning sites? Am I dreaming?

[madcap150]

I have never used a weekly meal planner (recipes in your inbox type of thing) but I would like to now. I'm pregnant and nauseated, and although I can manage to eat most foods, I'm having a lot of trouble with planning meals, and with figuring out what to cook with what I've got in the kitchen. As a result we're eating a lot of frozen stuff and meals out.

So I want to find a meal planning site to use right now, but all the veggie options seem meh, and are usually laden with frozen meat substitutes. Has any found a vegan or vegetarian source for weekly meal plans that are focused on whole foods (rather than fake meats), fairly quick/easy to prepare, and seasonal? Oh, and relatively toddler-friendly? Or am I just dreaming?

If someone wants to just write some meal plans for me, I'll take that too

[catnip]

The PCRM 21 day vegan kickstart has a fairly awesome whole foods meal plan. But it looks like it is only available when they are running it. I have the 21 days of email in my inbox, I could probably copy and paste it out for you.

[Geigerin]

I had never heard of the pcrm 21 day kick start, but I just googled it and found the menu. I'm starting today!

http://pcrm.org/kickstartHome/mealplan/index_week1.cfm

[madcap150]

Thanks, this looks good! I am going to give it a try.

[chistinawc]

I use Veggie Meal Maker every week and have for months and LOVE it. http://veggiemealmaker.com/ They have a free trial so you can check it out and then it's actually very inexpensive, about $6/month.

[rcr]

Originally Posted by chistinawc

I use Veggie Meal Maker every week and have for months and LOVE it. http://veggiemealmaker.com/ They have a free trial so you can check it out and then it's actually very inexpensive, about $6/month.

Wow, I am interested in this. Do you know how often they recycle the same recipes?

[chistinawc]

I've been using the program for about six months and would say that about two of the recipes each time are repeats and the rest are new. Some of them are very basic like nachos or chili dogs, while others are more complex, but for the most part they're all very easy and I love the fact that I can use the really easy ones on days when I'm busier. I love the shopping list the most and have saved A LOT of money on groceries since I started using it. The other great thing is that I rely much less on processed foods.

[smallmama]

Originally Posted by chistinawc

I use Veggie Meal Maker every week and have for months and LOVE it. http://veggiemealmaker.com/ They have a free trial so you can check it out and then it's actually very inexpensive, about $6/month.

This site looks FANTASTIC!!! I too was going to suggest the PCRM plan, and I think someone else - I wanna say VRG? - has a sample (just 1-2 week) menu.

[Geigerin]

I returned to say that I am loving the recipes on PCRM, but they are very labor intensive. I don't know how anyone with a job or more than one kid manages to do it. lol Seems like all I do is cook. But it's very yummy.

I also just signed up for the trial of veggie meal maker. I'm hoping this recipes are a bit less work. Great thread!

[mama_y_sol]

Geigerin, how are you liking the "veggie meal maker" free trial so far?