Veggie Meal Plans
As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, one of the great things about having a ‘green’ blog is that it provides me with the opportunity to connect with a lot of great people.
Especially heart-warming are the rare occasions when I receive an email like this:
Dear Bentley, just wanted to send a little note to let you know that I think your Red Worm Composting blog is just fantastic! I found it via an email that was sent after subscribing to the also fabulous EcoSherpa web site newsletter. Great content with lots of useful info. Passing links along to my friends and looking forward to reading your new posts.
Have a great day!
Cassie Young
“Fantastic” and “fabulous” AND “useful”? OH MY!
Needless to say, Cassie and I became fast friends after I received that little note, and I was very happy to learn that she had a ‘fabulous’ site herself:
Veggie Meal Plans
At the time, Cassie was in the middle of moving her site over to a new platform (it used to be a Blogger blog), so I told her to let me know when it was ready to go, so that I could provide her with a ’shout out’ here at EcoSherpa.
I’m happy to report that the move went smoothly and the new site is up and running without a hitch.
So what exactly is Veggie Meal Plans? Here is some info from the “About Us” page:
Veggie Meal Plans is a personal meal plan blog written, photographed and maintained by me, Cassie Young. My meal plans generally include five dinners along with a grocery list of all ingredients I plan to use for the week. Each meal is followed up with a blog post that includes images and recipes.
All of the food I prepare and post to this site are our actual everyday meals. When I plan our weekly meals and grocery lists for the week, I have a good idea of what ingredients I want to use each night. I don’t, however, always know exactly how each meal is going to come together in terms of quantities or methods used until I’ve actually completed it. This is the reason why recipes are posted after I prepare each meal rather than with the meal plan itself. Sometimes I do have a bit of a map to follow if I’m working from an already existing recipe or have experimented with something similar in the past. Even then, I am often switching things around to suit our personal tastes or scaling things back to simplify the process. When we do sit down to eat, we talk, laugh and enjoy our food and time spent together. To me, that’s what these meals are all about. If you try any of these recipes, I encourage you to also cook to your personal taste preferences, feel free to change the method around and simply enjoy the process and your results!
I love the fact that Cassie provides so much more than just another recipe site (but trust me, it IS worth a visit just for the recipes & pictures alone!!). Far more useful than meal ideas is an actual ‘meal plan’ for a full work week - with all the groceries needed. I also love that the recipes are for the actual meals Cassie is preparing herself each week!
I’m in charge of planning/preparing the meals in our household, and one of the most challenging parts is actually planning a full week (almost never happens) - I definitely need all the help I can get in that department.
We are not vegetarians by any means, but believe me when I say that Cassie’s website is so tantalizing that I’m thinking pretty seriously about adding a LOT more vegetarian meals into our regular rotation!
I noticed one of the recent comments on the site suggested that Cassie should create her own cook book. I couldn’t agree more!
If you happen to be a foodie like me or are just looking for a great vegetarian cooking site, I highly recommend you check out Veggie Meal Plans! I know I’ll be spending a lot more time there myself!
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Written by Bentley on August 13th, 2007 with
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Bentley
#1. August 14th, 2007, at 2:57 PM.
Mmm, I love finding blogs about vegetarian cooking to get new ideas. But this one sounds awesome. Meal plans? Grocery lists? Could she make it any easier for me? LOL Thanks for sharing her site.