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PlanYourMeals.com is a brand new website devoted to helping families manage the meal planning experience.
The Origins of PlanYourMeals.com
In late 2000, my wife and I were walking around Wal-Mart, shopping for groceries. We started realizing that every week it was the same experience: aimlessly walk around the store, trying to find something to make for the week. Then, the next night, we go to make one of the meals, and realize we forgot a key ingredient. So, we either ended up eating out that night or going back to Wal-Mart the very next day.
Being a web developer for a living, I tried to convince her to let me build her a program that helped her plan her meals for the week. For at least a month, she resisted. Finally, out of desperation, she told me to go ahead and make it. I hosted the site on my company's web servers and it served her needs very well for the next 2 1/2 years, but I had visions to take the website to the public.
The Mission of PlanYourMeals.com
The purpose of PlanYourMeals.com is two-fold:
- Provide an easy way for families to plan meals
- Create a community where families can share recipes with each other.
Why We're Different From the Rest
I'm fully aware that there are other websites out there that offer similar services to PlanYourMeals.com. However, I feel that PlanYourMeals.com offers several distinct advantages to these other websites
- We're not trying to hawk recipes that use a certain brand of food. Most of the other meal planning websites are owned by major food production companies. The main purpose of their websites is to get you to buy their foods. Also, a lot of websites make it very easy to use their recipes, but more difficult to input your own.
- Simplicity and ease of use. We exist solely to help you plan your meals. So, you don't have to wade through advertisements for food you will never eat and lots of needless features for you to plan meals. Simplicity is a major goal here at PlanYourMeals.com.
- Community is a major goal of PlanYourMeals.com We want to help you connect with other families and find recipes that other people are actually using. You don't have to wade through a fancy cookbook to find the one meal that is practical for you to use. You can also make and view comments on other people's recipes.
- No programs to download. Some meal planners are actual programs that you download and install on your computer. With PlanYourMeals.com, you get the benefits of meal planning, without having to buy a program. Also, with standalone programs, you don't get the benefit of sharing recipes with other users.
We Welcome Your Comments
Feel free to email the webmaster with any problems, complaints, suggestions or comments. We value your input and will strive to make this a valuable part of your meal planning experience.
Our Web Hosting Company
PlanYourMeals.com uses Brinkster for ASP.NET hosting.
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