i was recently contacted by the people at e-mealz to try out their meal planning program. i had never heard of e-mealz when i was contacted, and after just a few minutes on their website and blog, i fell in love with the idea of having someone else create my dinner plans.
e-mealz offers several different dinner meal planning options including portion control, low carb, low fat, gluten free, and vegetarian. you can also choose between dinner plans for couples or for families (up to six people). since ryan and jacob aren't always with us, the dinner plans for families were perfect for us.
as a member of e-mealz, you will receive, for the low price of ONLY $1.25 per week, a dinner meal plan for each day of the week. your dinner plan includes a grocery list of all items you will need to prepare the meals along with the recipe for each meal.
i not only love the ease of having a list to take to the store when i shop for my foods, but my family LOVES the new meals i have been preparing.
one of our favorite recipes was the cilantro & lime shrimp with steamed potatoes and boiled corn. delicious i tell ya! in fact, i have not disliked a single recipe, but i'm not very picky either!
cilantro and lime shrimp
ingredients
2 limes, for juice and zest
2 lbs shrimp, peeled & deveined
(1 t minced garlic, ½ t ground cumin, ¼ t ground
ginger, 1 T olive oil, ½ t salt, ¼ t pepper)
¼ c chopped cilantro
2 lbs shrimp, peeled & deveined
(1 t minced garlic, ½ t ground cumin, ¼ t ground
ginger, 1 T olive oil, ½ t salt, ¼ t pepper)
¼ c chopped cilantro
Grate 1 t lime zest; set aside. Squeeze 2 T
lime juice into a large bowl; add shrimp, garlic,
cumin, & ginger. Toss to coat. Heat oil in a large
nonstick pan over med heat; add shrimp mixture
& cook 4 min or until shrimp are done. Remove
from heat and add remaining ingredients.
lime juice into a large bowl; add shrimp, garlic,
cumin, & ginger. Toss to coat. Heat oil in a large
nonstick pan over med heat; add shrimp mixture
& cook 4 min or until shrimp are done. Remove
from heat and add remaining ingredients.
e-mealz could not have come at a better time for us. we were in a food rut and on many occasions we would eat dinner out at a restaurant because we were sick of the same foods weeks after week.
the recipes are so simple and most meals take less than 30 minutes to prepare. and, we haven't eaten the same thing not once.
we have also found that if you follow the serving sizes, you will have ingredients left over than you can use at another time. we actually took one week off to use up the ingredients we had not used. not only has e-mealz saved us time trying to decide what's for dinner, it has also saved us time in the kitchen. we have even seen savings in our grocery budget.
we chose the portion control dinner plan option and have found that most meals are made with only the freshest ingredients. that is a big plus in my book.
e-mealz meal plans...
...are written and created by REAL moms with REAL families
...are balanced and family friendly
...are as easy as possible, but delicious and kid tested!
...consist of favorite recipes collected from hundreds of moms
...come with an organized, aisle by aisle grocery list
...are for 4 to 6 people
...are based on the current week sales at your grocery
...are priced at approximately $75 per week
...Two person plans average $35 total per week
...are balanced and family friendly
...are as easy as possible, but delicious and kid tested!
...consist of favorite recipes collected from hundreds of moms
...come with an organized, aisle by aisle grocery list
...are for 4 to 6 people
...are based on the current week sales at your grocery
...are priced at approximately $75 per week
...Two person plans average $35 total per week
how would you like to try e-mealz?
the fabulous people at e-mealz is offering one lucky six cherries on top reader a chance to try e-mealz free for three months.
what you will win:
one 3-month subscription to e-mealzhow to enter:
mandatory entry (worth 1 entry each):
visit e-mealz and look at their different menu plan options. come back to six cherries on top and leave a comment telling me which e-mealz menu plan option you would like to try if you won. extra entries (worth 1 entry each):
- follow six cherries on top via google friend connect (left sidebar!)
- like six cherries on top on facebook
- like e-mealz on facebook
- follow @sixcherries on twitter
- follow @EMEALZ on twitter
- use the following phrase to tweet this giveaway (once a day!) I entered to win a 3-month subscription to e-mealz at @sixcherries & sixcherriesontop.com, #giveaway http://ow.ly/4Z6FR
- subscribe to email (right sidebar!)
extra entries (worth 3 entries)
- visit the e-mealz blog and look around. enter your email address to receive email and then come back and tell me one thing you read that you found interesting on the blog.
