#Cook smarts full#
Archives of full meal plans with all the bells and whistles back to 2013.Review system – you can read what others think about the meal, share your thoughts, or write a personal review that only you can see (for those who like to tweak things and not share).Mark that you made the meal so you can remember next time it comes up.It’s optional, so you don’t have to do it, but how COOL that it’s automatically generated as you add and remove meals (and changes as you increase or decrease number of servings, too). Weekend prep list for anyone who likes to plan ahead.I can see families with kids learning to cook (Ahem!) or rookie home chefs appreciating these soooo much! Every recipe includes video tutorials for basic skills – these are amazing and really where the system shines.
#Cook smarts how to#
“Efficiencies” – Jess and her team list out what ingredients can be used in multiple meals, how to save time by prepping two-for-one, what you can skip if you don’t like an ingredient/can’t source it, and recommended make-ahead prep ideas.One click slide to metric measurements.Grocery list can be printed as a PDF, emailed to yourself, or viewed in a browser on your phone so you can check off items as you shop.Auto-generated grocery list based on your choices of meals.One click to change the number of servings – to any number you want!.(no extra fee for this like other services!) One click to change a meal to the Paleo, Vegetarian, or GF version.
I discovered Jess Dang’s blog and her heartwarming story of coming to real food when I was looking for pictorial graphics of basic skills for my own members of my kids cooking ecourse. ? Cook SmartsĬook Smarts is an online meal planner that I’ve been fiddling with the past few weeks. I don’t know what personality it’s going to fit, but I bet someone who knows their LMNOP letters will tell me in the comments which ones MB would say are dead on. The one I’m privileged to share with you today is right down the middle – you get some choices, you get most of the work done for you, and there are some shining star features that I don’t see anywhere else. Some have very detailed instructions, others give just a few lines some are static and cannot be changed and others morph to fit your needs at the click of a button. I’m convinced that personality and lifestyle are the deciding factors for whether one of the multitude of meal planning options out there is the right choice for you.įor Lori, we all just learned that her bullet journal with a real pencil is the right fit for her – but for others, I know you want something more techy (or where more is done for you).įrom those that do it all to others where you’re totally in charge and the system is just a tool, you can have as much or as little control as you like when you’re choosing a meal plan system online. Wouldn’t it be great if there were personality typing for meal planning systems?