E-mealz Review

March 2nd, 2008 at 03:44 pm

I had mentioned e-mealz in a previous post. It is a site that, for $5 a month, provides you with menus and a grocery list for your dinners for a week. You pay for 3 months at a time and a new meal plan is posted once a week. My plan is available on Friday so when I log in I print out 2 copies of the menu and grocery list. One I place in a sheet protector in a 3-ring binder for future use and the other is the one I write on and mark up.

They have several plans to choose from. I chose the Point system meals for any grocery store, since I am counting Weight Watchers points to lose weight.

This will be our 3rd week using the plan and it appears that our average expense is $120 per week. That's about what we were spending before for a family of 5 and not having nearly as nice of meals as we are now.

Everyone in the family is really enjoying the meals. There is a lot of variety and the side dishes are wonderful. Our side dishes before amounted to opening a can of corn or beans. Now we have mandarin orange salad, honey-kissed slaw, oven roasted veggies, etc. Much tastier and healthier.

I think the thing that makes it most worth it to me is that I no longer have the dilemma of "what is for dinner?" and then wondering if I have all of the ingredients. It is a huge load off of my mind. That alone makes it worth it for me.

I like having a list of exactly what I need for each meal when I enter the grocery store. I am not a shopper so, for me, the grocery store is a mission. Get what we need and get out in as short a time as possible.

My grocery bill could be considerably less if we didn't drink as much milk as we do!!!

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17 Responses to “E-mealz Review”

HouseHopeful Says:
March 2nd, 2008 at 04:46 pm

I've been interested in Emealz. I didn't realize they had a Points based menu! I might have to try it out myself.
rduell Says:
March 2nd, 2008 at 04:54 pm

If you do decide to try, email me and I'll send you a coupon word you can use to get $2.50 off.
mom-sense Says:
March 3rd, 2008 at 06:20 am

I'm thinking I'd like to give this a try, too; however, could you please give a sampling of the meal titles. I'm feeing a family of seven: oldeest child is ten and there are some picky eaters here. Just an idea of the meals might help me figure out if it is worth a try.
RegkinsOrDie Says:
March 3rd, 2008 at 06:25 am

rduell, could you possibly send me that code? I really want to try e-mealz. Thanks!
Aleta Says:
March 3rd, 2008 at 09:36 am

I have always found that when I have meals planned for the week, that it takes off the pressure about what to cook. Sounds like it is a good website. Good luck!
rduell Says:
March 3rd, 2008 at 02:21 pm

Mom-sense...if you go to their website you can view a partial menu and grocery list. I think they show about 5 days worth, so you'd get an idea of what they offer. So far, they've had seafood (tilapia, haddock, tuna, etc.) once a week. Lots of vegetables or fruit side dishes. We've only found a couple of main dishes that we didn't care for much. They weren't horrible, we just didn't like them as much as others.
Angela Says:
September 30th, 2008 at 09:25 am

I would like an email with the coupon code for e-mealz. I just heard about it on Dave Ramsey and would like to give it a try. Thanks!
kerry @ colored with memories Says:
October 25th, 2008 at 04:18 am

i found your site through a google search of e-mealz. i am interested in signing up. do you still have that coupon code?

thanks for all the info.
jodee Says:
November 3rd, 2008 at 02:16 pm

I would love the code if someone has it. Could you please email it to me at bryant@westtelco.com

Thanks so much. This sounds great!
Andrea Says:
November 4th, 2008 at 08:11 am

I would also like to have that coupon code if it is still valid. Thanks!
Ursula Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 08:37 am

Can you please send me the code. I would like to try it out. I am a mother of four and this sounds like it could help me better plan meals.
Tracy Says:
November 30th, 2008 at 12:27 pm

I would like the coupon code. I am looking into trying this!
Bryan Says:
February 20th, 2009 at 08:47 am

Coupon code available at retailmenot.com.
David Says:
August 16th, 2009 at 06:01 pm

Talk about a freaking scam lol. 5 bucks a month to print a freaking grocery list . Give me a break. Money for nothing and that religious freakoid , Dave Ramsey keeps getting richer.
pam Says:
September 19th, 2009 at 07:53 am

I disagree with the post from August 16 by David saying this is a scam. I purchased this about a month or so ago, and I absolutely love it. Dave makes no money from this. It is apparent that "David" is not doing the cooking or planning in his house.
Nhi Says:
September 30th, 2009 at 08:45 am

If you enter code DAVE, you'll have $2.5 off, so you'll only pay $12.5 for 3 months.
Bonnie Says:
October 25th, 2009 at 06:37 pm

This sounds great! Looking forward to trying it. A comment to "David"... Creating a grocery list of this size with all the creativity, variety, dietary specific and store option, takes a lot of work. You are not appreciating this and that is sad. Lots of people struggle with planning healthy and creative meals. I commend these women who saw there was a need and took their time to see this through.

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