Stress-Free Family Meal Planning is the one-stop guide for anyone who wants to cook healthier, tastier meals for their family, but finds themselves constantly running out of time and ideas. With the help of Kristen McCaffery, co-founder of the meal-planning company Slender Kitchen, readers will follow her week-long, pre-outlined recipe guides and get nutritious, yummy dishes on the table, every night of the week.
Kristen’s weekly plans mix and match her 75 unique and health-conscious recipes, to keep everyone in the family pleased with a delicious variety of creative meals. Kristen introduces four weeks’ worth of meal guides- complete with shopping lists, quick prep hacks, and ingredient substitutions for picky eaters. Each dish includes proteins, veggies or fruits while also utilizing quick cooking methods to ensue your family gets a healthy meal without much fuss. Get a whole variety of flavors into your week with quick breakfasts like Customizable Sheet Pan Breakfast Sandwiches, easy lunches like Mason Jar “Instant” Lasagna Soup, and leftover-worthy dinners like One Pot Creamy Sausage and Pepper Pasta. Kristen teaches you to naturally fit cooking into your schedule by advising how and when to prep ahead on a day-by-day, week-by-week basis. With this complete guide to family meal planning you can say goodbye to relying on expensive takeout or tasteless frozen dinner to feed the family.
About the Author
Kristen McCaffrey is the co-founder of Slender Kitchen, a company that prepares personalized family meal plans. Her recipe guides have been praised on The Healthy Cooking Blog and Simple Nourished Living. Kristen’s company has a combined social media following of 354K. She currently lives in El Segundo, California.
Industry Reviews
"I've turned to Kristen's meal planning expertise for years. With her consistently delicious recipes and practical tips, meal planning is easy, approachable, and best of all, stressfree!"
Sally McKenney, author of Sally's Baking Addiction, mom of 2
"Kristen, the queen of healthy meal planning, has written the ULTIMATE meal planning cookbook that deserves a place in every kitchen."
Trish Rosenquist, founder of Mom on Timeout, mom of 2
"Whenever I need inspiration for healthy meal planning, I turn to Kristen. Her meal plans are such a time saver and so well balanced. I've never been let down."
Sabrina Snyder, founder of Dinner, Then Dessert, mom of 3