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I created the Real Food Planning Challenge to help you make the transition to a real food lifestyle. This resource answers the stressful questions, “What exactly does real food look like? How do I stock my fridge, freezer, and pantry? And how do I simplify meal planning so I can feed my family real food on a daily basis?” I share my best tips and tools for stocking, planning, shopping, and preparing real food. The meal planner is a hard copy version of the printables found in the ebook. 

SIMPLICITY, LOVE, & NATURAL LIVING,

Kristin – Live Simply

• Custom-designed printables to help you simplify shopping, planning, and cooking real food.
• Step-by-step instructions to help you confidently adopt a practical real food lifestyle without feeling stressed or overwhelmed.
• Printable seasonal shopping guides to help you save money on produce. Plus, a produce storage guide!
• Time-saving tips and tricks to help you simplify prepping and cooking meals.

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The Workbook

Here’s what you’ll find in the 150-page, full color meal planner:

• An introduction to real food (from the eBook) and checklist
• Guides for storing produce, shopping organic, what to buy vs. make, making the switch to real food, and more!
• Budget Keeper
• Pantry, Fridge, and Freezer Inventory (7 copies each)
• Family Favorite Meals and Recipes to Try (6 copies each)
• Monthly Meal Plan Calendar (12 copies)
• Weekly Overview (52 copies)
• Shopping List (20 copies)

The above pages may also be found in the eBook (in a PDF format) that you may print on your own, if desired.

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What motivates someone to write a meal plan challenge?

In 2008, my husband and I decided to start eating “healthy.” Both of us grew up in the 80’s and 90’s, a time of kool-aid, freezer meals, and packaged chocolate chip cookies. Packaged food was commonplace in our homes, along with home-cooked meals.

College turned both of our tastebuds toward a heavily processed diet of fast food and packaged snacks. The craving for processed food continued during our first four years of marriage. Our typical meal consisted of chicken breasts, rice (from a box), and a veggie (usually from a microwave package). Healthier than the college days, but the same old meals got boring, fast. I’d quickly turn to ready-made meals to add more “variety.”

One evening in 2008, Dustin issued a challenge, “I bet you can’t shop, cook, and eat from just the produce department for a week.” I’m not one to turn down a good challenge, so I responded, “Sure, I got this!”

The next week was difficult. Beyond difficult. But, we survived. Soon, we started eating from the produce department on a regular basis and within a few weeks embraced veganism. Due to our lifestyle change I began to dabble in meal planning, realizing planning our meals was the only way to successfully follow a special diet.

In 2010, the birth of my first son changed our eating habits again. Due to health issues (you can read his story here), we introduced grass-fed meat and raw dairy into our diet, along with other nutrient-dense foods like homemade broth. I started making my own bread, yogurt, and even granola bars. My kitchen became my favorite place. My knowledge of meal planning deepened during this time as I learned how to plan meals for a family and shop and cook on a budget.

In 2013, I started a blog called Live Simply. Soon after starting I decided to offer a free weekly meal plan (you can still find these meal plans on the blog). In May of 2013, the first weekly “Weekly Real Food Meal Plan” was published on Live Simply.

The meal plans were a huge hit with readers. After a year of sharing these weekly meal plans I realized while I was offering a wonderful service, but wasn’t providing any lasting knowledge of how to meal plan effectively. That realization birthed this book. A book to provide you with the essential skills to create meal plans in a simple and doable way, without having to rely on a meal plan service or blogger.

I’ve learned (over nine years) that real food is only possible when combined with the learned abilities to plan meals and cook homemade food. Over the next twelve days, I’ll teach you the nitty-gritty of creating a real food plan that can be customized to fit your life.

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