Why I Love to Help You Plan!

I’ve always loved to organize and plan. I’ve made lists all my life. I’ve planned our monthly menu for years. In January of 2011, I started offering menus as a gift to a few friends. It was fun. And I was amazed to hear that other people didn’t love to plan their menu. In fact some found it overwhelming and a burden! Someone asked if I’d thought of doing this for pay. I had, but I didn’t know if anyone would want to pay me to do something I loved so much. I thought I’d give it a try and see what happened.

As I’ve planned for people over time, I’m realizing more and more that while I do love to plan for the “regular” eaters out there, the people I love to plan for the most are those who are struggling with it. I realized this when Summer entered a contest I held in July for a free menu. To enter, all she had to do was tell me why she deserved a menu. She wrote that she was overwhelmed by new food restrictions in her diet (no dairy, no soy, no corn syrup, and no sugar) and was struggling to come up with things to feed her family (who didn’t share the restrictions), that she could eat too. Insert shout of excitement from me! Someone actually needed my help! She won then and there. And, thus began the journey of realization that I’m on about this little business of mine. The overwhelmed, the stressed, the burdened, the hungry because you can’t think of anything to make… bring your menu woes over here!

I’m not just in this to make money. My goal is to help you plan. If that means planning for you, I’m happy to oblige. But, if you’d like help learning to plan, while it puts me out of a job, I’d be so pleased to teach you. I’d rather you come out of it planning healthy, delicious meals without feeling overwhelmed, than you having to depend on me each month for your menu plan. If you would like to learn how to plan, send me an email, leave a comment on here, put a notice in the newspaper, do something to let me know, and I’ll send you a quote.

The same thing goes for cooking. I love it. I love love love to cook! It relaxes me, and brings me so much joy. If you don’t love to cook, if you don’t know how, ask. I’d love to help you. Whether that’s helping you cook over skype, via email, or just answering a question, I’d love to help! Let me know how I can teach you, and I’ll send you a quote.