This giveaway is now closed. Here are3 lucky our winners:
Congratulations Lauren! Your comment, #7, was chosen by Random.org.
Lauren said...I LOVE e-mealz!!! I actually have been subscribed for the past year or so, but my husband and I are both full-time students now, so we had to cut out extra expenses. I would love to win this!!!!
Congratulations Us, comment #9 as chosen by Random.org
Us said...With a new baby at our house it would be great to actually have meals planned out for us so I could have more time to spend with my kids and more time for homeschooling!
Congratulations , comment #20 as chosen by Random.org
The Stehouwers said...I would LOVE to try this...what a great idea and a way to save time and $$$! Glad it's gotten rave reviews with the kids too:)
Each of these three winners will be contacted and, pending their response, will be enjoying a three month membership to EMealz! Thank you to all of you who entered for a chance to win!
Putting together amazing activities, planning detailed themes, writing curriculum, and implementing it all with students of many different ages is a joy and a pleasure. However, it leaves us lacking in time and energy for the necessary tasks of meal planning, ingredient list making, and grocery shopping.
E-Mealz is an online service committed to giving teachers and moms a break by creating weekly menus and assembling the ingredient lists. In addition, E-Mealz promises to keep meals affordable without the need for stock piling or couponing, while still keeping their valuable service incredibly affordable.
E-Mealz is an online service committed to giving teachers and moms a break by creating weekly menus and assembling the ingredient lists. In addition, E-Mealz promises to keep meals affordable without the need for stock piling or couponing, while still keeping their valuable service incredibly affordable.My family has been experimenting with E-Mealz for several weeks. To begin, choose your perfect plan from a variety of options. Menu plan options are available for large families or couples. They consider your favorite grocery store, as well as speciality needs such as: gluten free, low carb, low fat, vegitarian, and portion control diets.
After choosing your menu plan print off one or two weeks worth of menus (the site displays two weeks - current week & previous). I put the meal plans in plastic sleeves, one side showing the menu and the other side showing the pre-planned shopping list.
Shop, Unload, Cook, Serve, Smile!
(Let someone else in your family do the clean up so you can head back to your lesson planning, grading, and crafting)
Easy, right?
Before trying E-Mealz I was a bit worried that our grocery bill would increase based on unusual ingredient lists sometimes found on meal planning services. I wondered if the weekly menus would include main dishes that our family would actually enjoy. I was also skeptical about whether we could pull of the menu plan with my limited time and limited cooking saavy.
The plan I chose to try with my family was a grocery store specific plan. In fact, I tried the Aldi meal plan because I have argued in the past that it would not be possible to get all of the groceries for a week's worth of meals in that one stop. I guess I was wrong. During the first week we enjoyed six of the seven meals on our plan (we crossed off one of the days and planned on ordering pizza that night instead).
The recipes all had fairly short ingredient lists and all of the instructions for each meal fit in a small grid box (which means they aren't very complicated!). Some of the meals are designated as "easy meals" or "crock pot" meals. Those tags are my fave!
We have now used five week's worth of menus. We have found that our grocery bill actually went down during the first full month of E-Mealz. I am also excited about the fantastic line up of new recipe ideas I've collected. The plans have encouraged me to try some new flavors that we typically don't include in our menu. After a couple nights of rave reviews from our kids my husband wanted in on the new secret. I'm more motivated to make dinner and I am spending less time in the grocery store.
After choosing your menu plan print off one or two weeks worth of menus (the site displays two weeks - current week & previous). I put the meal plans in plastic sleeves, one side showing the menu and the other side showing the pre-planned shopping list.
Shop, Unload, Cook, Serve, Smile!
(Let someone else in your family do the clean up so you can head back to your lesson planning, grading, and crafting)
Easy, right?
Before trying E-Mealz I was a bit worried that our grocery bill would increase based on unusual ingredient lists sometimes found on meal planning services. I wondered if the weekly menus would include main dishes that our family would actually enjoy. I was also skeptical about whether we could pull of the menu plan with my limited time and limited cooking saavy.
The plan I chose to try with my family was a grocery store specific plan. In fact, I tried the Aldi meal plan because I have argued in the past that it would not be possible to get all of the groceries for a week's worth of meals in that one stop. I guess I was wrong. During the first week we enjoyed six of the seven meals on our plan (we crossed off one of the days and planned on ordering pizza that night instead).
The recipes all had fairly short ingredient lists and all of the instructions for each meal fit in a small grid box (which means they aren't very complicated!). Some of the meals are designated as "easy meals" or "crock pot" meals. Those tags are my fave!
We have now used five week's worth of menus. We have found that our grocery bill actually went down during the first full month of E-Mealz. I am also excited about the fantastic line up of new recipe ideas I've collected. The plans have encouraged me to try some new flavors that we typically don't include in our menu. After a couple nights of rave reviews from our kids my husband wanted in on the new secret. I'm more motivated to make dinner and I am spending less time in the grocery store.
The cost of the service is a very reasonable $1.25 a week and would be worth every penny to me!
Giveaway
E-Mealz is offering a generous gift to 3 of our readers!
Leave a comment to be entered to win 1 of 3 - 3 month subscriptions to E-Mealz!
Comments will close at 10PM EST on Wednesday, November 23rd and a winner will be randomly chosen and announced ASAP.
No specific comment is required, but we would love to hear what meal plan you think would be the best fit for your family or what you would do with the extra time you saved while someone else took care of the meal planning mess for you!
Giveaway
E-Mealz is offering a generous gift to 3 of our readers!
Leave a comment to be entered to win 1 of 3 - 3 month subscriptions to E-Mealz!
Comments will close at 10PM EST on Wednesday, November 23rd and a winner will be randomly chosen and announced ASAP.
No specific comment is required, but we would love to hear what meal plan you think would be the best fit for your family or what you would do with the extra time you saved while someone else took care of the meal planning mess for you!
Disclosure: E-Mealz has given me a 3 month subscription to try their mealtime makeover in exchange for my honest review. They are also offering the giveaway to our readers and the winners will be chosen using random.org. E-Mealz offers all of their customers an affiliate opportunity. The links in this post are affiliate links set up for ABC & 123.
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I would my extra time to spend with my three little girls! :)
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I have eyed this service a time or two. I'm not sure it would save me a bunch of extra time, but I am certain it would save me a bunch of frustration! The hardest part for me, is figuring out what to make. I'd love to try this, and would likely choose the "any store" option for the family, since I've never hear of most of those stores in my area. Thanks for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteWow...I so need this! I'm very cooking/meal planning challenged and really need some new things for my family to eat for dinners.
ReplyDeleteA meal plan that could help me save money and shop at just one store. I'd really like to give it the free trial! Sounds fascinating.
ReplyDeleteI'm so bad at meal planning. My husband would be so excited if I got my act together:)
ReplyDeleteI would LOVE to try this out! I teach kinders, have two young children, and teach exercise classes three nights a week! Meal planning is last on my weekly list of things to do.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE e-mealz!!! I actually have been subscribed for the past year or so, but my husband and I are both full-time students now, so we had to cut out extra expenses. I would love to win this!!!!
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ReplyDeleteWith a new baby at our house it would be great to actually have meals planned out for us so I could have more time to spend with my kids and more time for homeschooling!
ReplyDeleteWhat I great service! I could really use the extra time. My email address is questions0882@yahoo.com
ReplyDeletei would love to win this for several reasons....i need motivation, ideas & organization. this sounds GREAT! i bet the younger teachers at my school would LOVE this for their families! smskdg@hotmail.com
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea. I go to kraft foods a lot for meal plans, but love how ezmeals has set there's up. Between teaching and coaching in the evenings. I would love to win this to help my family eat goods meals instead of my husband feeding them pizza and nuggets for most of the nights!! lemontj@rsu5.org
ReplyDeleteI would love to win this! It is very difficult planning meals, teaching and running to evening sports. Christeen
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Please put me in the drawing! I would love to try this!
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ReplyDeleteI need to try this...my family would thank me! I don't think I would fill in my saved time with anything. I just need to simplify my life. There is always something that needs to be done.
ReplyDeleteI would love to try this - I have such a hard time planning meals and I know this would help cut our grocery bill down and give us more of a variety of recipes to try.
ReplyDeleteI am debating if the Diet one would be a good idea or the budget one would fit better with our family - either plan though would be a huge help!
1-2-3 PLEASE pick me. I need some good crock pot recipes and I could spend the extra time cleaning and organizing my basement! :-)
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great idea!
ReplyDeleteI would LOVE to try this...what a great idea and a way to save time and $$$! Glad it's gotten rave reviews with the kids too:)
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great service, I'd love to try it!
ReplyDeleteI have looked at this meal planning site a couple times and would love to try their gluten free or low-carb menus. As for free time, one never can tell what I would do.
ReplyDeleteI'd try the regular family meal plan. I'm terrible at meal planning!
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