My free weekly Meal Plan is back for the week of April 8, 2013.

When I did our weekly shopping trip last week, our basket consisted mostly of fresh fruits and veggies, some deli meats and cheese for the kids lunches (salads and homemade lunchables) and some canned goods for chili, soup and crockpot meals.

I was inspired by some family favorites, as well as our weekly Paleo Meal Plan that we get from eMeals; even when the recipes aren’t exactly what I’d serve, they always provide great inspiration! And for about $5 a month, thats money well spend in my book

Here’s what we’re eating in the Cone Home this week. In an effort to keep things really simple, I’m just sharing our dinner menu, but keep in mind that when you subscribe to eMeals, you can choose breakfast & lunch menus too:

Monday: Captain D’s

Tuesday: Easy Pot Roast with carrots & potatoes

Wednesday: Potato Soup (from our Soup Swap a few weeks back)

Thursday: Gyoza with Rice & Edamame

Friday: Pizza night

Saturday:

Sunday:

When you’re trying to keep meals simple, what’s your go-to dish at your house?

My free weekly Meal Plan is making its 2013 debut with something I’m calling the “Stay Home Simple Menu”.

We’ve been gone on our Disney Cruise this past week and as much as we love being a family on the go, the trick to keeping up that kind of lifestyle is knowing when to simply stay at home.

When you consider that we’ve been eating a much heavier menu than we’re used to on the cruise, our plan for this week was simple: stay home and eat simply.

When I did our weekly shopping trip last week, our basket consisted mostly of fresh fruits and veggies, some deli meats and cheese for the kids lunches (salads and homemade lunchables) and some canned goods for chili, soup and crockpot meals.

Total cost for the week? $63.

Keep in mind, I surveyed what we already had in our freezer and worked that in to our weekly menu. I’m also taking into consideration the meat we still have in our freezer from our local CSA.

I was inspired by some family favorites, as well as our weekly Paleo Meal Plan that we get from eMeals; even when the recipes aren’t exactly what I’d serve, they always provide great inspiration! And for about $5 a month, thats money well spend in my book

Here’s what we’re eating in the Cone Home this week. In an effort to keep things really simple, I’m just sharing our dinner menu, but keep in mind that when you subscribe to eMeals, you can choose breakfast & lunch menus too:

Monday: Fried Eggs & Latkes (potato pancakes) with applesauce

Tuesday: Chicken Curry with pickled carrots and green salad

Wednesday: Hamburgers & sweet potato fries

Thursday: Taco Salad

Friday: Cauliflower Crust Pizza

Saturday: Cilantro Chicken with Roasted Veggies

Sunday: Lemon Parsley Pot Roast with smashed Sweet Potatoes

When you’re trying to keep meals simple, what’s your go-to dish at your house?

Monday’s Meal Plan is back for this first week of November 2012 and I’m bringing you some Paleo options for this week.

Last week I shared how our family was going Paleo for a health boost and how grateful I was that my friends at eMeals‘ had jumped on the Paleo bandwagon and are now offering a Paleo Meal Plan too!

While my youngest has still been given a little grace when it comes to giving up grains, it’s been going pretty well for the rest of us. I even experimented with some Paleo baking yesterday (I promise I’ll share those links soon!), so things are looking up for us

Don’t forget, I also have a special deal for you if you want to try the new eMeals Paleo plan:

Right now if you subscribe to eMeals Paleo meal plan, enter code PALEO for an extra 10% off!

Here’s what we’re eating in the Cone Home this week (I haven’t figured out how to get the kids’ breakfasts totally Paleo yet, so there are a few non-Paleo options below too):

I’ll keep you updated on how this works out for our family, but I’m curious…have you tried eating Paleo yet? Do you think it would work for your whole family?

Well, it’s not Monday, and I don’t even have a full Meal Plan for you today, but I realized I haven’t posted a meal plan for all of October and felt like you deserved an explanation why.

I know I also haven’t given you a health update in awhile (remind me to do that later too), but I’m officially off of my thyroid medication now! That’s in large part thanks to Dr. Jana and Dr. Maxfield at the Middle Tennessee Center for Alternative Medicine…and thanks to them, I’ve come to understand better what fuels my body and what crashes my body.

In an effort to detox, and in order to avoid the negative triggers of gluten & dairy, they’ve suggested a 6 week detox which basically left me eating nuts, protein and vegetables. As I did more and more research on what I could eat, I realized this pretty much lined up with a Paleo diet.

I haven’t been posting meal plans because I honestly haven’t figured out how to make this work for my whole family yet. But just as I’ve been learning more and more about Paleo eating, I discovered my friends at eMeals‘ had jumped on the Paleo bandwagon and are now offering a Paleo Meal Plan too!

They have issued a Paleo Challenge for everyone to try a free week of Paleo meals available in family and ‘for two’ versions.

And you know I’d never share something like this without finding a special deal for you

Right now if you subscribe to eMeals Paleo meal plan, enter code PALEO for an extra 10% off!

I’ll keep you updated on how this works out for our family, but I’m curious…have you tried eating Paleo yet? Do you think it would work for your whole family?