Goodies
Staying Whole in a Processed World Series – all about how to transition to a whole food-based kitchen and cleaner eating.
- Introduction
- Fruits & Vegetables
- Whole Grains
- Getting Your Protein
- Healthy Fats
- Processed Food
- Sweets

CSA Wednesday Series – Ideas for how to use certain vegetables from your CSA, co-op, or farmer’s market stash.
- What’s a CSA?
- Fresh Herbs
- Salad Greens
- Chard, Kale & Spinach
- Cucumbers & Radishes
- Cabbage & Bok Choi
- Carrots & Beets
- Zucchini & Other Summer Squash
- Sweet Peppers & Tomatillos
- Tomatoes & Eggplant
- Pears & Apples

All weekly menus and shopping lists are dinner-only for about four people unless otherwise indicated. If you’ve tried any of these, I’d love to hear what you think! Use the contact form or email me at perrysplate@gmail.com for feedback and suggestions.
Low-Carb – Fall/Winter #1 (download PDF)
Low-Carb – Fall/Winter #2 (download PDF)
Low-Carb – Fall/Winter #3 (download PDF)
Low-Carb – Fall/Winter #4 (download PDF)
Low-Carb – Fall/Winter #5 (download PDF)
Other Helpful Posts
For Parents:
- Tips on Helping Kids to Eat
- Tips on Helping Kids to Eat, Part 2
- Making “Fancy” Things with Kids Around (time management while cooking)
Recipe Organization:
- Non-digital Recipe Organization
- Using Microsoft OneNote to Organize Recipes (post under construction)
Menu Planning:
Eating Healthy on a Budget:
My Favorite Food Blogs
- 101 Cookbooks
- A Year of Slow Cooking
- Aggie’s Kitchen
- Annie’s Eats
- Belle of the Kitchen
- Bev Cooks
- Buns in My Oven
- Cannelle et Vanille
- Cara’s Cravings
- Closet Cooking
- Cooking Canuck
- Cooking Healthy For Me
- David Lebovitz
- Dessert for Two
- Dorie Greenspan
- Eats Well with Others
- Elana’s Pantry (gluten-free/Paleo)
- Fat Girl Trapped in a Skinny Body
- Fix Me a Snack
- Guilty Kitchen
- Healthy Food for Living
- Homesick Texan
- How Sweet it Is
- Indian Simmer
- Joy the Baker
- Kalyn’s Kitchen
- Laura’s Best Recipes
- Lauren’s Latest
- My Wife’s Food Blog
- One Hungry Mama
- Our Best Bites
- Patio Daddio BBQ
- Safely Gathered In (food storage and emergency prep)
- Simple Bites
- Simply Healthy Family
- Simply Recipes
- Simply Scratch
- Smitten Kitchen
- Sophistimom
- Sprouted Kitchen
- Steamy Kitchen
- Tartelette
- Tasty Kitchen Blog
- The Cavewoman’s Kitchen (Paleo)
- The Dish List
- The First Mess
- The Healthy Foodie
- The Nourishing Gourmet
- The Pioneer Woman Cooks!
- The Roasted Root
- The Sweets Life
- The Year of the Cookie
- Weighty Matters (non-cooking)
- With Style and Grace


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