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I’ve carefully selected which food I like in the meal planner, but when I try to swap out foods in the meal plan it only gives me options of foods I specifically do not have checked. For instance it gives me turkey, and when I try to switch it out the only option I get is a list of fish I don’t care for. Anone else have this problem?
yes! I have spent hrs on this meal planner and get stuff I either dont like or cant find in a store around me or the pairing of foods dont make sense. To time consuming and frustrating.
Yes. I had the same problem. One of the reasons we select a program like this is because the meals are somewhat planned out. But how many people have the option of a hot lunch? Not me! Also, lifestyle questions would help narrow down how we live and what we need. For instance, if you travel daily, how does that affect you? Or if you live in a small town that only has Ezekial bread (augh!) and not tortillas or English muffins, what do you do?
You don’t need to have a hot lunch – note the many fixings for sandwiches (including items that you can cook the night before and put between bread slices instead of over rice, etc.) and portable foods such as nuts and fruits.
Yes I have to agree it seems like an awful lot of work and so many of the ingredients I can not even source in the UK. However I am going to give it a go and hope that I can get into some sort of routine with it.
Just finished my favorites – went to get my menu and they do not offer all the options I gave. Bummer.
Menu Planner ingredients in the UK – sources:
UK shopping links for healthy foodsGrocery Shop Chains
ASDA – Carries organic foods, dairy alternatives, wholemeal breads and grain products
http://groceries.asda.com/asda-estore/index.jsp?nf=%2Fasda-estore%2F
Online and shopsOcado – Carries organic foods, dairy alternatives, wholemeal breads and grain products
http://www.ocado.com/webshop/getCategories.do?tags=&fromLoggedOutHome=yes
Online and shopsSainsbury’s – Carries organic foods, dairy alternatives, wholemeal breads and grain products
http://www.breadlink.co.uk/
Online and shopsTesco – Carries organic foods, dairy alternatives, wholemeal breads and grain products
http://www.tesco.com/groceries/
Online and shopsWaitrose – Carries organic foods, raw dairy and dairy alternatives, wholemeal breads and grain products
http://www.waitrose.com/shop/BrowseCmdInHeader-Groceries
Online and shopsHealth Food Shops
Dove’s Farm – Organic, wholemeal products
http://www.dovesfarm.co.uk/
Online and available in shops such as TescoBreadlink – The Home of Organic Sprouted Flours
http://www.breadlink.co.uk/
OnlineGoodness Direct – “Shop By Aisle”
http://www.goodnessdirect.co.uk/cgi-local/frameset/script/home.html
OnlineHealthy Supplies
http://www.healthysupplies.co.uk/
OnlineNatural Food Finder
http://www.naturalfoodfinder.co.uk/
Links (including to raw dairy suppliers)Real Foods
http://www.realfoods.co.uk/
Shops, online, linksWhole Foods Market
http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/list
Shops and onlineGrass-Fed Meats & Eggs
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Grass-fed meats (including some out-of-the-ordinary)Eatwild – The #1 Site for Grass-fed Food & Facts (Global)
http://www.eatwild.com/products/
LinksGrass-Fed Beef Now
http://www.grassfedbeefnow.com/
LinksGrass-Fed Meats
http://paleohacks.com/questions/36288/grass-fed-meat-in-central-london-uk#axzz23tpC0WCE
List and linksGreen Pasture Farms
http://www.greenpasturefarms.co.uk/
Grass-fed/free-range meatsSeeds of Health
http://www.seedsofhealth.co.uk/resources/
LinksWhitfield Farm Organics
http://www.whitfieldfarmorganics.co.uk/
Grass-fed/organic meats; onlineRaw dairy
Supermarkets – Most supermarkets, i.e. Waitrose, sell raw milk cheeses.
London Chapter Resource List: Raw milk directory with listings of other foods, compiled by London Chapter Leader of the Weston A. Price Foundation, Philip Ridley, at http://www.meetup.com/westonaprice-london/about/.
Natural Food Finder: http://www.naturalfoodfinder.co.uk/unpasteurised-raw-milk-uk.
Seeds of Health
http://www.seedsofhealth.co.uk/resources/
Links
Delivery Service: Hook & Son offers a nationwide delivery of raw organic milk, http://www.hookandson.co.uk/
Herefordshire: John’s Jerseys at Beaconhill Farm in Herefordshire, raw jersey milk available from the farm and also by nationwide delivery http://www.johnsjerseys.co.uk email beaconicecream@aol.com .
Neal’s Yard Dairy offers mail order raw milk cheeses throughout the UK, http://www.nealsyarddairy.co.uk/.
Teddington Cheese Company sells raw butter and a variety of raw milk cheeses, http://www.teddingtoncheese.co.uk/
Chelsea Farmer’s Market: “Here” organic shop at the Chelsea Farmer’s Market carries an extensive range of raw milk cheeses and Neal’s Yard carries many raw (though not always organic) milk cheeses.
Cornwall, near Callington/Gunnislake: J.A.Flashman Dairy, 01579-350893, West Prince Farm, Seven Stones, (entered byTeresa Gillespie 01503-240-333), Organic Unpasteurized milk available for pick up. Bring own plastic containers. Call to arrange.
Dorset: Manor Farm Organic Dairy, Pam and Will Best, Godmanstone, Dorchester, Dorset. enquiries@manor-farm-organic.co.uk . DT2 7AH, 01300 341415. Grass-fed organic unpasteurised milk. Please order (essential) for collection from the farm. farm@manorfarmdorset.co.uk
Dorset: Modbury Farm, Tim Garry , Burton Bradstock, Bridport, Dorset. tim.garry@modburyfarm.co.uk , DT6 4NE, 01308 897193. Organic grass fed Jersey cows – sell raw milk and cream.
East Sussex: Hook & Son at Longleys Farm, Hailsham, Phil & Steve Hook, Tel.: 01323 449494, Email: sales@hookandson.co.uk , http://www.hookandson.co.uk/ Raw milk.
Gloucestershire: Diana Smart, Old Ley Court, Chapel Lane, Churcham, Gloucestershire. http://www.smartsgloucestercheese.com. GL2 8AR, 01452 750225. Unpasteurised cheese maker – grass fed cows in summer, silage in winter. Will sell raw milk but need to provide your own containers. Wants to focus mainly on cheese.
Kent: Platt House Farm, Fairseat Lane, Wrotham, Sevenoaks, TN15 7QB. Contact Robin Betts; T: 01732 820021; email: robin@winterdale.co.uk ; web: winterdale.co.uk. Raw milk from Holstein-Frisian cows sold from the farm on Saturdays. Cows are grass fed in summer; grass/maize sileage fed in winter.
London: Blackheath Farmers Market, London SE3, United Kingdom. http://www.lfm.org.uk/black.asp
London: Jess’s Ladies Organic Milk is all pasteurised and bottled onsite at the family farm, but never homogenised. They became the first pasteurised milk anywhere to win great taste award gold medals in 2008, and produce some of the finest organic milk in the country. Available throughout the southwest and london from independent deli’s and farm shops. Visit their website at http://www.theladiesorganicmilk.co.uk.
London, Stoke Newington Farmers’ Market: Raw organic cow’s milk from High Alham Farm, Somerset is sold at the Stoke Newington Farmers’ Market, . Every Saturday,10am -2.30pm (William Patten school, Stoke Newington Church Street, London N16 0NX) see http://www.growingcommunities.org for more details of Stoke Newington Farmers’ market – the UK’s only all-organic weekly farmers’ market. High Alham Farm also sell real buffalo mozzarella and ricotta as well as a range of other cheeses and yogurts.
Lincolnshire: F.W.Read and Sons Limited, Ulceby Grange, Alford, Lincolnshire LN13 0HE, 01507 466987. http://www.lincolnshirepoachercheese.com .Available at farmers markets in Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Derbyshire, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Essex and London.
Northumberland: Wheelbirks Farm, Stocksfield, Northumberland, NE43 7HY Tel/Fax: 01661 842316. They are a family run farm whom are proud to sell raw Jersey milk from their farm door. Since 1925 they have sold their milk and cream, being one of the first turberculosis tested herds in the country. To the best of their knowledge they are now the only supplier (to the public) of real milk in Northumberland. On the web at: http://www.wheelbirks.co.uk
Somerset: Dykes Farm, House – O, Slough Lane, Stoke St. Gregory, Taunton, Somerset. TA3 6JH, 01823 490349. Organic grass fed Friesians, silage in winter
Somerset: Gilcambe Farm, George Partch, Brutan, Somerset, PA10 0QE. Phone: 01749 813710, email: george@gilcambefarm.co.uk, web: gilcambefarm.co.uk. Small herd of British Friesian and Jersey cattle fed grass and clover in summer and hay/silage in winter. Fully organic for over 10 years. All feed home grown. Farm shop in Somerset, farmers markets in London (Barnes market Saturdays and Hammersmith market Thursdays). They also offer nationwide delivery.
Somerset: Olive Farm, Dave Paul, Babcary, Somerton, Somerset. info@hurdlebrook.co.uk . TA11 7EJ, 01458 223 229. Grass fed in summer – silage in winter – sell raw milk and cream from farm or from farmers market – 2nd Saturday each month the Cheese and Grain building 9-1pm. Also delivers through Somerset Local Food Direct.
Suffolk, England: GROVE DAIRY – Pastured Raw Jersey Milk & Cream Hollesley Bay, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England. Contact +44 (0) 7967 708220, Email: info@rawjerseymilk.co.uk
West Sussex: Old Plawhatch Farm, Plawhatch Lane, Sharpthorne, West Sussex, RH19 4JL. A co-operative owned mixed biodynamic farm. Produce biodynamic raw milk, cheese, yogurts, cream, eggs, meat, vegetables and sell more items in our shop. (They no longer deliver) Website: http://www.plawhatchfarm.co.uk. Email: info@plawhatchfarm.co.uk .
West Sussex: Family run farm. Produce raw milk, eggs, meat and sell in our shop. Website: http://www.southviewfarmdairy.co.uk
Wethersfield: UK Essex: Boydells Dairy Farm, Wethersfield, Braintree, CM7 4AQ http://www.boydellsdairy.co.uk Tel 01371 850481 – sells raw ewes’ milk in frozen pints.
Scotland: Raw milk production and retail has been outlawed in Scotland since 1983 but can be purchased mail order from England and Wales. Please visit Raw Milk Scotland to join their campaign for real milk at: rawmilkscotland.webs.com.Hello Ossie, I’m still kinda new & haven’t really began the diet per say. I’ve changed some of my eatting habits but still trying to figure this diet out. I love all the input from everyone and am really looking forward to beginning 100% after my vacation next week. I too am having difficulty with the menu plan, it either gives me items that make no sense or items that are more prep time then I have at the time. When I try to change something out it gives me things that I don’t care for. Can you tell me what the simple plan would be? For instance, Breakfast – protein & carb & fruit? Lunch same? Or lunch – protein, carb & vegetable? Dinner -Protein, carb, vegetable & fruit? Snack – whatever goes together. I believe with all the suggestions you’ve provided I can pick & choose what I can eat at the particular time & make sure that I combine the meals correctly. Any help you can provide I would greatly appreciate the help.
Yes ‘heathermom’, I too am getting gabbage out of the menu planner. I get a ‘smack’ with 20 pretzles, cup of bell peppers and a slice of bread.???? For a dinner I got this:
•1 Tbsp of Honey Mustard Dressing
•2 ounces of Tilapia Grill
•1 cup of Butternut Mung Bean Soup
•1 cup of Cabbage
•2 Tbsps of Low-Fat Sour Cream
•1/2 cup of Black-Eyed BeansEven better a late night snack:
•1/8 tsp of Mustard
•1 cup of Vegetable Juice
•2 slices of Rye Bread
•1/4 cup of Egg Substitute, Egg White Based, In Oil
•1 ounce of Cold cuts, Beef, Lean
Something is wrong here! Glad they have a 60 moneyback policy.Hi, Chubabubba. I have forwarded your examplaes to the tech support team. In the meantime, feel free to move the foods around there to whatever combinations you want – the point is that over the course of 24 hours, they together meet your nutritional needs for the day.
Hi, CGoode. You have the right idea about the Menu Pattern. Be sure to get sources of calcium in there as part of your proteins. For the snacks, squeeze in extra fruits and vegetables and a little protein.
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