I have had SO many people over the last few years ask about meal planning. And you know what? I don’t plan much because I’m constantly making you guys new recipes so I have food in my house on a regular basis. My fridge is usually stocked with some sort of new recipe or at least some sort of food to throw together. But I don’t have the normal 9-5 job or kids or baseball practice or business school classes at night. You guys do! So me telling you to cook this or that in some order isn’t going to conform to each and everyone one of you and your different lifestyles.
But luckily, that day has finally changed. I now have an absolutely awesome meal planning tool for you guys. Thanks to fabulously creative people Antony and Emily, you now have one of the most comprehensive and powerful meal planning services right at your fingertips. Real Plans makes planning your weeknight dinners, quick morning meals and even afternoon snacks easier than ever. No more guessing on how to make the whole family happy because Real Plans makes it easier than ever.
Husband doesn’t like pork? That’s fine, exclude it from your weekly meals. Then divorce him. Kidding kidding, relax. Someone eating AIP in your household? No problem, just click AIP. Need some takeout style food this week? Just click on Asian. Real Plans settings makes customizing your meals easier than ever. No more scouring the internet for pork free, AIP friendly, restaurant style food. You have it all in one place! Everything you could think of, it’s customizable with Real Plans.
So once you choose from the many recipes in their system or upload one of your favorites and import into your meal planner, then you will instantly have a shopping list that is segmented into groups depending on where you’re at in the grocery store! The list can also be viewed on your phone via their app and you can even take a picture of the ingredient to save for later. So you’ll never have your significant other calling and asking what the hell yuca is or what it looks like. It’s right there!
They also create a timeline for you, which I think is one of the coolest parts. How many times have you walked into your house at 7pm to cook dinner then figured out you were suppose to marinate something over night. Quickly your goals for making a healthy dinner fly out the door. But with Real Plans timeline, every day they tell you what you need to do that day, whether it’s hitting the grocery store, thawing out meat, or prepping a recipe for later on.
But say you’re just not sure what to make this week. Deciding can be annoying when you do that in every other facet of your life. Well, they have this super cool tool called Recipe Roulette that randomly picks recipes to help you look at recipes you might have never looked at in the first place. Give it up a ‘thumbs down’ if you’re not interested or a ‘thumbs up’ if you want to add that to your menu that week! Perfect way to mix up your routine and get outside your food comfort zone!
Real Plans has around 2500 recipes in their database, about 611 of which are PaleOMG recipes and that number is growing every week as I create more and more for you guys! That means you can easily search my recipes, easily add them into your meal planner, easily grocery shop, and easily put together a meal that everyone in your household will love!
I’m always getting emails about how to lose weight or get in shape or feel better. And the answer is: planning. “Failing to plan is planning to fail.” That quote has always stuck with me ever since I was in college and began my lifestyle of paleo and CrossFit. Because it’s 100% true. If you don’t plan out what you and your family are going to eat, how are you suppose to keep you and your family healthy? Being healthy is not easy, it’s not simple and it takes time and energy compared to eating fast food or microwave meals. But luckily more products, more apps, and more ideas are making health simpler as time goes on. That’s exactly what Real Plans is doing for the busy mom, the single dad, the college student, and everyone in between.
So what are your goals? Are you trying to lose weight, trying to get your health under control, trying to get the family on board with paleo? What is it? No more excuses and no more eating whatever is around you. It’s time for you to take control, take planning into your own hands, and make your healthy diet easier than ever! With Real Plans, making health a reality RIGHT NOW is possible!
If you’re ready to get started with Real Plans, you can try them out with a 30 day money back guarantee! Plans start as low as $6/month ($7 if you want to access my 600+ PaleOMG recipes) and you can also shop other amazing blogger recipes, too! No more wasting ingredients or fighting about what to make for dinner. Real Plans has solved all those issues to make your life easier and healthier than ever! Click here to find out even more about Real Plans!
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does it have meals for 1? I’m single and find that is the hardest part! most recipes are for at least 4 people and i waste so much food! i would love to find something that caters to single people and recipes/meal planning/grocery shopping for 1 person.
as of right now, no. but when i started this blog, i was cooking for only one. if i made desserts, i would share them, but everything else I made for just myself. i just ate it for multiple meals and/or froze the other portions for later if i didn’t eat them! i never had an issue cooking for just one even though i was making a larger amount for the blog…and I was cooking way more than the normal person. just enjoy the leftovers!
Maybe you can make the recipes as is and find some people, who are hungry, to share it with. Let’s make this world a better place!! I am sure those people would appreciate it 🙂
Yessssss! I need this in my life. Thank you!
Hi! When I saw this I thought to myself “yay I don’t have to keep writing out my shopping lists and I can plan everything in a matter of a click”. However after subscribing I realized that real plans does not provide your recipes as you list them on your site. For example, you provide what specific brand to buy or to make it from scratch.
Your recipes have changed our lifestyle. We literally don’t go out to eat because the food at home is so much better lol 🙂
Either way I think it’s a great tool for people to use but I would’ve liked for all the details would be listed as your site. 🙁
i’ll see what i can do about that! and from now on, i’ll make sure i just list all the ingredients instead of clicking to another recipe! sorry about that frustration, i’ll make sure that changes moving forward!
I’m not talking about clicking into another recipe. What I’m saying is in real plans it’ll just say hot sauce vs Frank’s hot sauce on your site. Another example, in real plans it’ll say mayo vs home made mato on your site. I love your suggestions and your homemade sauces/dips, etc. I just wish they would list that in real plans.
i’ll email them today to see if there is anything we can do about that moving forward!
I just came to your site thinking “I love Juli’s recipes. … I wish she had a meal planning template.” And BOOM, wish answered! This is awesome!
i’m here for you, annie!
I’m now a mommy of 2 and This is PERFECT!!! I’m struggling to get back to my clean eating after having a baby. My life style changed and can’t decide what to prep.
THANK YOU!!!
you’re welcome, daniela! so glad i could help in some small way!
Do you know if this meal planning also gives nutrition information to, like for people who count macros? I love this idea though!
i don’t believe so, but that may change in the future!
The price has doubled since you wrote this blog. 🙁 Love your recipes!
So the price was $8.00 now its $16.00 a month. But, I’m loving the plans. Don’t think I will keep it long term at $16.00.
thanks for the feedback, Judy! I’ll let them know!
I need help, I am a broke college girl who just recently moved out of moms house, my counselor wants me to be on this Paleo diet because of my mental health state. I’m lost, I don’t know where to start. I go to the grocery store and I’m spending almost $100 on a 1 meal to make for the week, I don’t have that kind of money, it’s soooo much easier to pick up fish sticks and Mac n cheese. I’m making these foods from a paleo recepie book and not liking them and end up throwing all of it away, so therefore I’m throwing my money down the drain that I don’t even have. I want to like paleo, I just don’t know what to buy or how to cook it to taste good without spending a fortune! Please help.
when i graduated college, i decided to go paleo. at that point in my life, i was making $17k per year for a little while and still making paleo work. sure, i wasn’t purchasing the best cuts of meats or organic fruits & veggies and i definitely wasn’t baking that often, but i still made it work. i bought meats that were on sale, i bought veggies that were in season and i topped everything with hot sauce. i didn’t buy many spices, i didn’t make fancy recipes, i mostly just ate chicken, broccoli and topped it with hot sauce. boom, paleo. stop thinking you have to make super elaborate recipes right now, you don’t. you just need to feed your body with nutritious, simple food. and on special occasions, make a more fancy meal or baked good. i hope that helps! just keep it simple!
Hi Juli! First of all, I want to say that I love your Instagram, snap chat and your “I just don’t give a F” attitude about certain things. Since following you I have tried to incorporate a paleo-ish type diet and I’m slowly learning what I like and dislike about it (I need to buy your cookbooks! is there any particular one you love the most and recommend? Or is that like asking someone to choose a favorite child?). I’m relatively good at meal planning, but miserable at snack planning. Often times I find myself failing at snack time and eating something unhealthy. What are your go tos?Most snacks I want to buy are processed foods and completely throw me off track from the good I’ve done in the gym and with my meals.
Lastly, I love Jackson. My boyfriend has two frenchies that I basically claim as my own so I understand your obsession. Thanks for all of the laughs and information your provide!!
no that question is easy, definitely my third cookbook Juli Bauer’s Paleo Cookbook is my favorite cookbook and the one I recommend the most! it has the best recipes, the best photos and the most personality of all the books! and for snacks, it’s always different. sometimes it’s just a few bites of a meal like maybe chili, or it’s a larabar or some plantain chips or a small hazelnut butter packet. it just depends what i’m craving, but i usually have the best time with eating a snack that has some sort of protein and fat in it since that holds me over the longest. hope that helps!