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I just joined and feel really excited about getting started. I only have a couple questions that I think would help others in my same state. With the 21 day Simple to super weight loss menu, how do I take these wonderful foods list in the menus and turn them into a tasted prepared meal? I am very unskilled in the kitchen and find see individual items that don’t seem to go together. I was under the assumption this site would give me the benefit of the doubt and help me take these menu items and turn them into an ever so easy to follow recipe. My problem is having imagination in the kitchen to help turn every ingredient into part of a meal rather than just separate items on a plate. Please help me understand how to take these menu items to the next level.
Hi, MaryJaneP. If you are using the 21-day menu, it does not have any special modifications. I suggest you get started with the Menu Planner application (in Apps above), and select the foods you can eat – it will generate menus for you.
Hi, SharonBacon. Try the Menu Planner application in Apps above – you can choose what you like and avoid what you don’t.
Hi, James, and welcome! We have many recipes you can use, if you wish (link above) – just type in a main ingredient or several ingredients, and options will pop up. If you find a recipe you like but the ingredients don’t exactly match up, don’t worry – remember that a vegetable is a vegetable, a starch is a starch, and a protein is a protein. If you are looking for something simpler, know that herbs and spices are free, as are vinegars and broths and lemon/lim juices, so you can use these to season. If you have a non-stick pan or like oven-baked/broiled foods, you don’t need to add cooking oils, and can leave them for salad dressings.
If you find things don’t go together, you can just swap other items in from the same food group, even from another meal or day.
If you would like more help there, please write back. You can also join one of the groups (link above) – New Beginnings is the most popular, and there are very, very helpful people in there who have been through your stage 🙂one more thing I would like to add that I think could make a great addition to this site. In the menu planner app it would be nice to see a little info box pop up when I scroll over and highlight an item I am unfamiliar with. These would contribute to a convenience factor as so I don’t have to waste extra time looking an item up when cycling through the vast items in the menu planner. Just food for thought. I don’t know if you guys take into account the opinions of your customers when thinking of ways to improve the site. Hope you like the idea. I only thought of this because there are many food items on the menu planner that I do not know what they are and when I scroll over the name of the food with the mouse it highlights like an active button. However, nothing occurs and then I have to take extra time to look up a food via a search engine rather than something that keeps me here and focused on this website.
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Hello and welcome, if you are not sure to start there is loads of helpful information on the menu planner and much more at http://blog.trimdownclub.com/60-day-challenge/
Also watch this, it will really help if you are new to the Trim Down Club “How to start with what you have”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdBTmuiHrMo
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