You may remember from my recent post that I have been looking at how to plan meals.
Well, I have being using Cook Smarts and to be honest it is pretty cool, but I am adapting to it, rather than it adapting to me.
So, whilst looking further afield, I discovered Plan to Eat, and I have just signed up to a free trial on their platform. It seems quite user-friendly and it does very much what it says on the tin.
This is a different kind of platform that does not suggest meal plans, but rather let’s you find recipes you like on the internet and add them to this platform. When you do, it adds the ingredients, method and nutritional content if available, allowing you to edit if necessary. It also has a nifty calendar and you just drag and drop your recipes into the days and times you want. Finally, you can print off a shopping list (making adaptations to it as you go along – e.g. I just delete things I know I already have in the cupboard).
I suspect this is a platform that is run by technology experts whereas Cook Smarts is run by people more passionate about food and nutrition, than IT.
Both are good, and it really depends what works best for you.
I have planned the next 4 days of meals with Plan to Eat and will go shopping tomorrow to get the stuff I need.
Let’s see at the end of this week, how practical it has been on helping me prepare and do the cooking!
P.S. I also found this article by the ‘Kitchn’ team really useful – I like how it talks about what meal planning is, and what it isn’t!
Thanks!