What good is setting up meal planner?
 | Hi, LadyTundra. Your meal sounds great – the only thing I would suggest is to add at least 1/2 cup of a starch (high-fiber, of course), such as a rice-like grain. You need carbs to burn fat efficiently, and the vegetables may not have enough. |
 | Hi Ossie. Thank you. One of the menu items was 1 cup of Soup Lemak Laksa. I don’t remember what the other things were that had only a nut roast as a choice. But it was the same type of main menu item for a meal. I looked to see what a nut roast was and I dare say, it isn’t anything that I can see me making to eat. I looked at the menu and saw that there is now one other choice but nothing interesting that I would want. For my dinner tonight, for example, I made a vegetable salad, grilled chicken thigh, and broiled mixed vegetables (brussel sprouts, carrots, red onion, and broccoli). This is more in line of how I normally eat. What do you think about this? I like trying some of your recipes for something new for a change, but they are not something that I can see myself making every single day for lunch and dinner. One of my biggest problems is portion control. Any suggestions? |
| | Hi, LadyTundra. You are absolutely right about the substitutions. It is a natural way to do things anyway – to make your eating habits second nature instead of dependent on something printed. |
| | Thank you Ossie, it seems that your techs must have done a little tweaking as more things are showing up now, even my quinoa. It could still use a little help but it is better, thank you. I wish that I could remove some of the items on my daily menu and start over fresh so that I had more choices that would suit me but I guess that is asking too much. I will give this a try and I am just substituting what I want in the same food line and doing it that way. I hope this will work alright? When I want to change a menu and it comes up with only one choice of some kind of nut roast or something like that, it is very discouraging. How can I make this work? |
 | Great website. Thanks. |
| | Hi, Marie-Jeanne. It is good to read that you have access to some items. |
| | I live in the West of Ireland. There is a shop that sometimes sells tofu, but that’s 1.5 hour drive. That’s a bit much for a bit of tofu 🙂 |
| | Hi, Marie-Jeanne. Thanks for the information about non-veg items in the veg route – I will forward that information to the tech support team. |
| | Yep, that’s what happens, and I get tofu, and seitan, but I didn’t tick those, because I can’t get that here. Cheers, |
| | Hi, Marie-Jeanne. Good to talk with you again. Just so I’m clear – are you saying that you checked the vegetarian route, but meat, fish, and or poultry products are popping up on your swap outs? I ask because if so, I will contact tech development. As you know, we are working to optimize this important route. |
| | Hi Sharon, I did check the vegetarian option at the beginning. I’m the one that can’t get through the menu planner because of the “protein” problem. We emailed. Cheers, |
| | Hello Ossie. Yes to both questions. Items that I did not check appear and items that I did check never appear. Thank you for responding to my questions. However, I have decided to cancel my membership. This planner is very problematic for me and I feel that I do need a better, more reliable guide at this time. I do think that your site has some good sounding recipes and I regret not being able to try them out but I am opting out. Thank you for your help. |
| | Hello Ossie. Yes to both questions. Items that I did not check appear and items that I did check never appear. Thank you for responding to my questions. However, I have decided to cancel my membership. This planner is very problematic for me and I feel that I do need a better, more reliable guide at this time. I do think that your site has some good sounding recipes and I regret not being able to try them out but I am opting out. Thank you for help. |
| | Hi, mjffey. If you are a vegetarian/vegan, be sure to enter the vegetarian route of the meal planner – no need to deal with meat and fish there. |
| | Hi, LadyTundra. I will forward your query about grains to tech support. Regarding sardines, because they are canned in oil, they have added fat, and if your other choices are high in fat, it will not appear on the menu. This is usually the challenge people face with the Menu Planner. We will look into making a modification that may help here. |
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