Where do the recipes for the menu planner come from?
I receive inspiration for recipes from many places – cookbooks, gluten-free blogs, and other online recipe services. I also make recipes up all the time while cooking at home. If I am using someone’s recipe, I almost always change or tweak a recipe to make a it work for the menu planner. First, if it is a complicated recipe, I find ways to make it simpler and take less time. If a recipe contains dairy, gluten, sugar or soy in it, I will either eliminate or replace the ingredient with something else. If there are too many portions, I make it work for four servings. I personally test every recipe I write in the menu planner. I also have families who are “recipe testers” who also give me their valuable feedback. I also welcome recipes from subscribers who would like to have their recipe in the menu planner. One last step is I calculate the nutritional information for each dish using software I have on my computer.
