Back to school meal planning with eMeals
The start of school is just around the corner. I KNOW. I can’t believe it either. I feel like my husband has barely been home this summer (because he really hasn’t been home this summer) and I also feel totally off my game. We’re good at meal planning each week, but we have let things slide a few times this summer. It hasn’t been pretty.
Thankfully, eMeals can help when it’s time to go back to school. They can take the stress away every weekend as I’m trying to rack my brain for a grocery list and figure out what we can eat throughout the week that isn’t going to take 2 hours to prepare and cook. Oh, and they’re good about having healthy (delicious) options that even my toddler will eat.
Try eMeals for free for 14 days! You can select the type of menu you want to try, and they give you recipes under that menu type. Try Quick and Healthy, Low Carb, Budget Friendly (my favorite!), Vegetarian, and more categories of recipes. They send you the ingredients you’ll need and the recipes, and it’s such a great way to try new meals – and follow a type of food plan.
It’s a winning time for everyone.
Speaking of winning, here’s a recipe I made this weekend (from their low fat plan.) Oh, and the chicken was part of the recipe. The sauteed squash was my own doing – I picked the squash from the garden this past week and needed to eat it soon!
With eMeals, you select the type of menu you want to receive (we’ve switched to a Clean Eating Meal Plan. And when cold weather is closer, I’ll switch is back to a slow cooker plan.) Every week, an email is sent you with a PDF of that week’s menu and grocery list. Should you choose all seven meals, then your list is practically complete! I tend to pick a new meal each week to try.
Grilled Lemon-Lime Basil Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 Ā½ lb boneless chicken breast fillets
- Ā½ (1-oz) package fresh basil, separated into leaves
- Ā½ cup fresh lemon juice (juice of 3 lemons)
- Ā¼ cup fresh lime juice (juice of 2 limes)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
Combine chicken, basil, lemon juice, lime juice, olive oil, salt, and pepper in a large bowl.
Cover and refrigerate no more than 4 hours.
Remove chicken from marinade, discarding marinade. Grill chicken over medium-high 4 to 5
minutes per side or until done.
How do you plan for school day/night meals?
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My love for eMeals runs DEEP. We have the clean eating dinner plan and I love it so much. Great recipe share.
I need to get my butt in gear when it comes to meal planning. I should totally check out emeals!!
Sounds like a great service.I normally plan the night before for the next day and mainly depends what I have from the garden veg and what I have in the freezer.
This sounds awesome. Love Basil used in meals.
I love eMeals! Their recipes are so easy to follow and I love customizing by the types of meals your family is accustomed to eating.
That is a great meal. Zucchini is m favorite veggie, I buy it fresh at the farmers market, and plan to do so today. My son is entering middle school in September so we have no idea what scheduling will be this year!
thanks,
Mitch
I have quite a few friends who use emeals and they love it. And honestly, coming up with stuff on my own isn’t always fun, so help would be great! That chicken sounds so good too!
Love eMeals and all of their recipes. Thanks for sharing this one!
Since I’ve become a blogger.. I’ve done decent with meal planning at least 3 days a week! Gotta blog about something.. hee hee. I need to look into this.
eMeals does sound good. So does the chicken recipe, and I love zucchini. I am the only one in the house who does though, can you even believe that?!?!? Atrocity, I tell ya.
I love summer and picking veggies from the garden. They taste so much better than store bought. The chicken recipe looks great!
Thanks for the 20% off code. I need to start meal planning. I know it would save my family money and save me precious time on school nights.
School nights can be so hectic. This is a great recipe to have on hand!
I love eMeals! They are such a time saver- and the food is super yummy!
Hey, I made this last night for dinner! Well, something similar. I had chicken breast with a bit of lemon infused olive oil and zucchini. Then, I mashed some cauliflower. It was a great dinner!
I have heard really great things about emeals. I think i am going to finally have to give them a try. Thanks!
I am a meal planner – I like to buy all needed ingredients – put the meals together and freeze them. Easy to take out of freezer and you have all ingredients to make the meal or put the meal in the crockpot in the morning.
This chicken recipe looks great. I’ll have to make it soon. We have fresh basil growing in our herb garden.
That Lemon Chicken looks delicious. And we handle school night that I make it before I go to work for my family to enjoy.
I always try to have my weekly meals planned out early in the week so I don’t have that rush of what to make for dinner. This chicken recipe sounds ah-mazing!
I’ve never tried emeals but it seems like a really good idea! The chicken dish looks great, I love chicken and with the squash, it is low calorie which is a must for me lately.
back to school is so far back on the burner. I still have a few weeks to think about it. great ideas for when I am ready
That’s a great discount code. I always struggle with what to make for dinner so I have to try eMeals one of these days!
I hadn’t heard of eMeals before. I’ll have to check it out.
We love eMeals! They have a lot of great recipes and it makes planning your meals so much easier!
I really need to get on the eMeals train. Meal planning is almost my least likely thing to do!
I’ve used e-meals and it’s such a great service. I love getting the weekly shopping list, it makes shopping (and saving) so much easier.
that looks good š i had something like that at a restaurant once. oh it was so good.
this is why i love have an herb garden. lots of fresh herbs for every meal. they steal the show
That dish looks like something I’d make for my family! I will have to make this soon. Perfect for summer time!
I have so much chicken!! This is definitely a recipe I want to try out!
We’ve been loving squash a lot here lately so this is right up our alley. Can’t wait to make it!
This looks great and healthy. I love new ideas for back to school!
I love the fresh flavors for back to school! Looks absolutely delicious!
What a cool idea! I am terrible at meal planning and normally buy and cool meals at the last minute. I would love to try this service.
What a great recipe! I’m definitely making this soon. Thanks for sharing.
I could use emeals. We try to plan, but in the end we are often flying by the seat of our pants at dinner time.
I love lemon chicken and quick easy recipes. š I love the idea of them sending a list it would make things so much easier
I try to plan fresh from the oven meals on nights when everyone is home, and on busier days we do the leftover thing. I like to make A LOT when I cook so I can portion and freeze.
We eat a lot of chicken. This looks like a really great recipe to try!