Weekly Meal Plan: Hearty Midwinter Meals

by editor

Do you have a case of the midwinter cooking doldrums? It's easy to fall into the meat-and-potatoes trap at this time of year. This is where our online meal-planning tool comes in. It lets you drag and drop a week's worth of local recipes into one easy-to-read calendar.

Using the 100-Mile Challenge Meal Planner is easy:

1. Start by signing up to use this site, if you haven't already.
2. Then browse our recipes, making sure to save your favourites to your profile by clicking the "Add to My Favourite Recipes" link on each recipe's page.
3. After you've selected enough recipes to work with, go to your account page and click on the Meal Planner link. Then all you have to do is drag and drop your favourite recipes wherever you choose in the calendar week.
4. When you're happy with your menu, hit the print button and stick it on your fridge! You can also save your meal plan to your profile for future reference or revisions. You can even choose to share it with other members of our 100-mile community.

We've created our own Midwinter Meal Plan for you to start with. It features a week's worth of hearty dishes starring seasonal ingredients such as apples, pears, squash, beets, and of course, potatoes.

And don't forget: you can always add your own recipes to our recipe collection. After you've submitted your recipe, scroll to the bottom of the recipe page to search for local food producers for all your listed ingredients.