I've been hearing a lot of talk about the Dave Ramsey backed, E-Mealz and have secretly been wanting to try it for awhile.
It seems like a mother's (and any other busy woman, for that matter!) great dream, having someone else do the dirty work of figuring out the week's menu and writing out the grocery list.
But I couldn't commit.
It sounded like something totally up my alley. At $1.25/wk, it seemed like I would save SO much more money then not by doing it, but I was hesitant.
What if I didn't like the stuff?
What if it's a wasted effort?
What if I don't want to make something on the list?
A flood of questions and doubt clouded my mind.
And then my friend Brenda mentioned that Moolala, had a deal. $12 for a six-month subscription. 60% off the normal fee. I just couldn't pass it up.
But my dilemma was that I'm incorporating vegetarianism into our diet in addition to our low-fat quests. So how was I going to do this? My solution. Buying both menus and using them both. Since it worked out to be 2 for essentially the price of one.
My plan?
To print the menus and shopping lists each week, use the menus to plan our meals and incorporate my own recipes in when and where I see fit. (i.e., when I crave them)
Hopefully it will really help cut back on our grocery bill and wasted food, since I haven't had that great of a handle on it in the past couple months. :)
It seems like a mother's (and any other busy woman, for that matter!) great dream, having someone else do the dirty work of figuring out the week's menu and writing out the grocery list.
But I couldn't commit.
It sounded like something totally up my alley. At $1.25/wk, it seemed like I would save SO much more money then not by doing it, but I was hesitant.
What if I didn't like the stuff?
What if it's a wasted effort?
What if I don't want to make something on the list?
A flood of questions and doubt clouded my mind.
And then my friend Brenda mentioned that Moolala, had a deal. $12 for a six-month subscription. 60% off the normal fee. I just couldn't pass it up.
But my dilemma was that I'm incorporating vegetarianism into our diet in addition to our low-fat quests. So how was I going to do this? My solution. Buying both menus and using them both. Since it worked out to be 2 for essentially the price of one.
My plan?
To print the menus and shopping lists each week, use the menus to plan our meals and incorporate my own recipes in when and where I see fit. (i.e., when I crave them)
Hopefully it will really help cut back on our grocery bill and wasted food, since I haven't had that great of a handle on it in the past couple months. :)
So here goes nothing! I'll be sure to report back soon.
Can't wait to hear how it goes! I know I'm looking forward to being able to eat normally, and being able to use this again :)
ReplyDeleteI have been reading about this site all week! It seems like everyone is giving it a try! Let me know how you like it :)
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of this but I would LOVE to hear how you feel about it once you've done a few weeks. Especially the vegetarian one. My husband is veg and I am kinda-sorta and I've been meaning to be better about cooking real vegetarian meals more often. So please keep us updated! And good luck! Sounds like such a great thing for your meal variety and grocery budget!
ReplyDeleteI'll for sure let you know! The meals sound yum!
ReplyDeleteI know, it is gaining a lot of popularity. Hopefully it will give me lots of fun ideas for meals! xo
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip! Can't wait to try it out!
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