i signed up on january 1st and have already completed the week 1 meal prep. my boyfriend and i could not stop talking about how this is an AMAZING value for the price. thank you for making these high-quality meal plans so affordable!
I never understood how my mom always made delicious food for so many people without spending hours in the kitchen every day. And then I found out that she meal planned. Every week she sat down and not just wrote out a shopping list but planned the way the meals would come together so she was always a step ahead instead of doing everything all at once the moment you need to cook
Already signed up! The amount of thought and care you put into the first plan is astounding. I'm so glad you left your job as a lawyer to do this but also used your lawyer brain to make things clear, easy to understand and comprehensive. The vegan gods are smiling down upon you!
It shows Nisha and we are all better for it!! 😻 Your passion oozes through. Thank you and your younger self for following your heart ❤ @RainbowPlantLife for the win!
I signed up on January 1. I can tell SO much work went into creating a polished, thoughtful guide. I went grocery shopping and spent ~$45 for the week.... At Whole Foods! I am so excited to have this service do all the brain power around my meals. Everyone: Sign up!!!!
Signed up on January 1, and my husband and I already made the first meal last night. It's rare I can say "My husband and I" made a meal because he's usually clueless in the kitchen (he has other redeeming qualities!), but with the clear instructions and ahead-of-time meal prep, he was actually able to help out. Cooking was fast and it was fun to spend time together, so THANK YOU!
Can confirm that meal planning changed my life too!! I feel like there is no learning curve because Nisha has made it so sooooo easy. I get delicious meals, groceries are cheaper, less trips to the grocery store, less food waste, and best of all I’m not in the kitchen for hours! Cannot recommend this enough! I am so forward to all the meals this year! 🥰
Thank you so much for this feedback! So glad that all of the information was laid out clearly for you and that your grocery shopping and cooking experience has been great!!
I want to be more consistent and healthier this year - I've had a love/hate relationship with cooking and always making excuses. I am an everyday athlete and want to focus more on nutrition to help fuel and help me with my fitness journey. I came across your channel this week and you have given me inspiration to start that journey! No more excuses! I'm ready to fall in love again with cooking 😊
Yay! That’s how I started 8 years ago 🫶🏻 Give yourself grace, continue building recipes that are easy go tos for you, and continue your research such as watching documentaries like earthlings, Cowspiracy, forks over knives etc. good luck!!
Oh Nisha! I am soooo excited to use your new meal plan. I just got my first week. Reading through it (like a novel) and getting inspired. This is so well thought out and written. It's obvious that you have put a ton of work into every page. You've address every little step and answered every question in advance. I'm going to look like a master chef and my family will be so well cared for. You have all the nutritional categories covered without me even thinking about it. THANK YOU SO MUCH... THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I NEED FOR 2024. People: Sign up now! I've used Nisha's recipes for years and I haven't found anything this good.
🥰 this comment made me so happy! Thank you for noticing all the little details and hard work that went into putting these plans together! I am so excited for you to start using the plans and wowing your family with meals!!
Wow I just want to thank you as a nutrition nerd and a wanna be bodybuilder how you include the nutrition information! you have truly thought of everything!
Warning: This will change your life :) Nisha, you have truly developed something special here and the format of the plans is fantastic and the recipes simply delicious. I thoroughly enjoyed being among your testers and I've signed up for my healthiest, happiest, grooviest year of cooking ahead - thanks to you! Highly recommend this to anyone looking for easy, exciting and inspiring meals every week.
My husband and I already signed up, so excited to start this-genius idea! The only thing that kept us from buying the whole year up front is the lack of macros provided. Please please please consider adding this feature/detail, even if it ups the price to have access to it, Nisha! :) I know not everyone cares but for gym rats like us, knowing the details (even just the big 4: calories, protein, fat, and carbs) of each portion would have made this perfect in every single way. I don't need the meals to be perfect and complete gym food by themselves by any means, but just being able to know what else we should fit around the meals in order to get the right numbers in most days would be incredible. Thank you thank you!! EDIT: Guys, I'm dumb, it does indeed have the nutritional info!! There's a sheet in there once you download the meal plan-mind blown! This is truly a PERFECT system for preparing plant-based, delicious recipes and we will be renewing for a whole year at the end of our three months.
I used to spend, well, a day planning out a weeks worth of meals, agonized over the grocery list, having to navigate between books and iPad recipes to make sure I would have everything. It became a very unwanted task. I got meal plan 1, grocery list took a minute, and by Thursday it took 5 min to put the meal together. I am utterly thrilled, and the taste of the meals is amazing. Your attention to the details is unreal, and cannot thank you enough for all your time and attention as it saves me so much stress, time and energy. 🙏❤️❤️
Thank you for making my day with your feedback! This is exactly why I created these meal plans and it's such a joy to hear that they've been simplifying your life!!
We have been plant based for 15 years and i struggle with planning meals. My husband is not as adventurous in meals as i am. He would have plant burgers and potatoes for every meal. This video helps me pick meals that i can sneak in between his ho hum meals. Thanks!!!
Thanks! Came for the brownies, stayed for the other amazing recipes. The other month when you announced this I was uncertain, since I always cook for one. I thought it would be too many meals for me. But you solved that too. I'm in !!!
My family is two weeks in on Nisha’s Meal Plan and it has been phenomenal! Great organization in terms of shopping, meal prep, and recipe instructions. And most importantly the dinners have been healthy and absolutely delicious. This service has exceeded our expectation … highly recommend!
You are the greatest for adding that PDF with the meal planning all laid out!! I love cooking but the organizing of a whole week with different weeks of varying meals is daunting for me. Very grateful and definitely subscribing for your meal plans!
I signed up and made the Basil pasta, garlicky lentils and the side salad. All the recipes were delicious, shopping meal prepping and cooking everything was super easy with the formatting of the pdf, this is a life changing idea. It’s like hello fresh but way better!
Got the quarterly plan, and of course I had to move it into my Notion workspace ;) All the recipes were outstanding, and the care you put into outlining the prep, the steps, the components, thinking about how things work together is what most other content around meal prep lacks. I'm very impressed and excited about the next recipes!
Consider me honored, Marie! Thank you for sharing ❤ You have helped me understand Notion so much, so thank you! We actually plan most of our meal planning team work in Notion :)
Have you considered doing a Notion-based version of the recipes/planner for the Notion folks? :D If not i'd totally be down to collab because I obvs went and cleaned up my meal prepping after signing up for your meal plans! 😅 Might be a fun way to reach "vegetarian notion" lol!@@RainbowPlantLife
I am in awe of the Week 1 Meal Plan! Let’s start with taste: A+ for perfectly balanced meals that have awesome textures, creaminess, & umami flavors! There is variety with every meal & they are as nutritious as they are amazingly tasty! Nisha has everything organized to simplify shopping, component/veggie prep, substitutions, nutrition boost ideas, storage & finally, assembling the recipes. The ingredients overlap making prep a breeze! I love doing meal prep & planning weekly menus, but I end up obsessing over so many choices, so I end up making the same meals on repeat. I’m super excited about what’s to come & for my year ahead of meal plans with Rainbow Plant Life!
🥰 Hi, Erin! this is such amazing feedback to read, thank you!! I’m so very happy that you loved the first week so much and are excited for more meal plans to come!!
I meal prepped yesterday (super easy and fast by the way) and made my first meal today. The umami mushroom and lentil stew was out of this world delicious! I had to come back and leave a comment. If any of you are debating signing up, take this as your sign! I’m so excited to cook more at home with your nourishing meal plans. Thank you so much Nisha and team!!!
I have a lot to learn, but one prep method that works great for my salads is chopping hearty veg (bell peppers, carrot, cucumber, red onion, and even fruit like apples or blueberries), pouring a vinaigrette over them, then making bed of lettuce to put a pile of the marinated veg in the middle. Add more dressing as needed, and it’s an easy salad! The veg keeps for at least 3 days and actually gets better as it marinates. I came up with this because my Mother has dementia but we don’t eat every meal together. I knew she wouldn’t remember to add salad dressing (sad salad), and this way it would be fresh without making the lettuce soggy. Thank you for your tips!
This is the thing I'm most excited about in 2024! For the first week, I couldn't believe how good the quinoa/lentil bowl was. Seemed simple but was amazing. Tonight we had week 2, meal 1 - sofritas black beans bowls with cilantro crema - also amazing! I've signed up for the whole year, and can't wait for Thursdays now, when the next week's plan hits my inbox. Bravo, Nisha and team!
Joined meal plan program this week. Was pleased to have most ingredients already in my pantry and fridge. Chose to make three of four recipes due to cooking for one, and so far, they were yummy and filling and have met my health parameters.Looking forward to week 2!
Nisha, I cannot rave about this service more! I signed up on the 1st and I'm eating leftovers of the delicious lentil stew (subbed potatoes as suggested :') as I watch this video. I've been in a cooking rut and this got me excited again. The program is so well thought-out and since I love everything you come up with it seems like a no-brainer to me! I can really see this simplifying my life and reigniting my love of cooking. Thank you for the service and best of luck with this new venture!!
Hi Lauren, thank you for sharing your incredible feedback! So happy you are enjoying the plan so far and I’m truly delighted that it’s helping you to get out of a cooking rut. Hope you will love week 2’s meal plan!
I joined and have completed the first weeks recipes. My family loved every meal, even my husband who is not vegan loved every meal. So very pleased with this purchase.
Came here to say: I'm so excited for you to do meal planning! I've never enjoyed a singular person's recipes so much. Can't wait to make them faster and more often. Please keep doing what you do! The people LOVE IT!
We are on meal two of the week and everything is just amazing. We are satisfied and full and don’t feel bad about ourselves going to bed. This is GREAT. You’ve done such good job - and everything is super easy to follow.
This is a game changer. Already cooked 2 out of the three meals. I love to cook, but it was hard for me to get started. The work that you have done is incredible! You are transforming people’s lives 🙏 Thank you!
I’ve been following you for quite a while now, and I’m thrilled to see how your channel has grown! The time, effort and attention to detail you put into your work is evident in the high quality videos you put out each week. VERY nicely done… and thank you! ❤
We were one of the folks included in the "soft launch" and we could not wait to sign up! The meal prep on Sunday was easy and made the weeknight cooking a breeze and fun. Both my wife and I took the lead on cooking on different nights. It made so much difference to have a plan. And the meals were so delicious! I highly recommend!
Just signed up for the annual subscription! Such a great idea 🎉 With a toddler and a newborn this is going to save us so much time and take away the stress when it comes to meals. Thank you!!
Oh my god. I've been using your cookbook, but haven't dropped by your youtube or website in a while and literally two days ago I was wishing that you had meal planning lessons or something! I am going to sign up immediately. I LOVE all your recipes!
I love this! I signed up on January first, and LOVE it already. I have a super busy life (gone 12 hours a day) but the food prep makes it super easy to cook dinner, even when I get home at 7pm after my workout. Thank you so much for this service- well worth the money spent.
I had to come back here and write about how amazing the first week’s recipes were. I don’t even like arugula or fennel but I LOVED that salad, and so did my 5 year old! Having a meal plan and food prepped took a huge mental load off of me this week. I’m making the bonus meal plan recipes for next week and they all look incredible. This meal plan is 100% worth it.
I am so delighted to hear that the meal plans took of a huge mental load for you! And it's amazing you tried the salad even though you think you didn't like those ingredients (i love when that happens!).
I'm not in the right headspace just yet to jump into this but I'm definitely going to subscribe at some point this year. I struggle so much with meal planning and procuring ingredients (I live alone, cannot drive, and live on a busy street in an apartment with no parking so I can't really get deliveries either), and it's really hard to know what to buy and when. Thank you for putting this together.
We just made the first dish - the umami mushroom and lentil stew - so good!! Having done the shopping and the component prep over the weekend with very little mental load, it was easy to put it together and it was DELICIOUS, and took the stress out of a busy day. I appreciate this so so much because my work life has gotten busier this year and it has been hard to keep up with cooking.
Signed up January 1 and have made the first two meals, delicious and easy! Especially want to say THANK YOU for your plant forward perspective. It really makes the nutrition on your meals stand out!
Hey! That's me! 😅 I absolutely loved the meals in this meal plan (and so did my family members!) Everything was so flavourful and filling! I loved how easy it was to grocery shop, spend some time at the beginning of the week and then to quickly make the meals! Very impressive - all the work is done for you!!
🥰 thank you so much for being part of our early testing group and for sharing your feedback - it’s appreciated more than you know! I’m so delighted that you and your family members loved everything in the meal plan!
Already signed up and just finished grocery shopping for the week. Cannot WAIT to prep tomorrow. Thank you so much, Nisha! You're the best for a reason! :)
Signed up on 1/1 for the year, and am seriously loving this meal plan so far. I’m shocked by the ease of the mini prep, thrilled with the amazing instruction and organization of the guide AND most of all it is so clear how much more excited I am to cook and eat something I just made than yet another serving of something days old. Love! Already made the yummy mushroom soup and am making the pasta tomorrow. I already tried the tofu ricotta and it is the fist tofu thing I have ever loved. Genius ❤ and I feel like a badass vegan chef and I am very new to/ sporadic with whole food plant based eating. Thank you!!!
I am so delighted that you feel like a badass vegan chef! That is exactly how I want users to feel! Thank you for giving it a try, and I hope you will continue to love it!
Can't believe I wasn't already subscribed! I signed up for the meal prep service. Thank you Nisha! Your hard work is very helpful for the rest of us. I look forward to trying this all out.
I am so glad I started following you!! I love your perspective and personality. I am not vegan or vegetarian, and your creativity inspires me. Will definitely try some of your recipes because ive been looking to increase more plant-based meals into my diet. Congrats on your meal planning service! I know you are going places! 👏
I just signed up. I probably shouldn't admit this, but I'm not a vegan. However, I received 12lbs of Rancho Gordo beans from my sister for Christmas, so we're trying to incorporate them. They're really good! I discovered I can eat beans for breakfast, lol! Always love your videos, Nisha, and your humor is awesome! Wishing you a wonderful year!
Honestly I think one of the best endorsements for a vegan meal plan is when it even appeals to non-vegans. Many of us here are plant eaters in "mixed relationships" with omnivores and have found Nisha's recipes to have broad appeal. :)
I just signed up for the annual subscription. You are a life saver. I've been looking for something like this since my Vegan journey. I didn't want to subscribe to some food delivery service because I like preparing my meals in my own kitchen. So looking forward to experiencing this life changing journey. Thanks again.
Two weeks into trying this meal planning service and I am loving it! I've never been interested in the hello fresh style meal plans both because of lack of vegan options and because I like the ability to choose / modify ingredients, cook different amounts, etc. This is a fantastic idea and so glad that one of the best vegan recipe creators is the one doing this.
I can’t rave about this service enough, I just finished my ricotta pasta and modified side salad (don’t like arugula or fennel, subbed cruciferous crunch from Trader Joe’s and spinach). It’s easy to adapt to your preferences, the groceries you’re buying aren’t too expensive (might even be less than what you normally buy) and the mental load is reduced so much. As someone with ADHD I really struggle to feed myself. I’ve tried things like hello fresh, premade meal delivery, everything under the sun. But I think this is what is actually going to stick. Everything I’ve made from nisha is delicious, these meals are no exception
I signed up for quarterly and made the tofu ricotta pasta tonight. I live alone, had gastric bypass(so portions are smaller), and hate eating leftovers. I made adjustments to the amounts and got enough yummy sauce for 2 meals. It was really good...basil-y, lemony, creamy...all the "-y's." I am making the Umami Mushroom lentil stew tomorrow and sharing with a few friends who love it when I cook for them. Thank you, Nisha, for making it easy to cook during the week and get/stay healthy.💖
Already signed up! The amount of thought and care you put into the first plan is astounding. I'm so glad you left your job as a lawyer to do this but also used your lawyer brain to make things clear, easy to understand and comprehensive. The vegan gods are smiling down upon you!
I was trying to create something like this over the summer with shared components and it was such a stressful headache. I made 4 weeks worth of plans and then gave up. I'm sooooo excited to get started with this!
Hi Nisha, what a perfect timing! I just started renovation on our bathroom and for the next few weeks I work remotely from my dad's flat. I don't want to be too much of a burden for him and cooking at my place mid-week in these conditions is super hard. I'm super excited to get started with your meal plans! I'm finalizing my quarterly subscription right now
I love your videos! I've been watching and cooking along with you for awhile and I love your meal prep ideas. I didn't think I would sign up for the plan because I'm on a tight budget, but the cost is very reasonable for what you are offering. Thank you so much for all you do! I'm so happy to be able to support your work with a paid subscription!
The only thing I can add to the other rave reviews is that this may well save me from a lifetime of last minute salads and hummus on toast. I cook for two-husband (an omnivore) and myself. Usually all my thinking goes into planning and preparing his meals. Now, someone is planning my meals-and providing a well thought out guide to prepare them. Even so, if the results weren’t delicious it wouldn’t be worth it. The results so far are spectacular. Eating may become something I look forward to again. Thank you Nisha.
I completed the first week of meal prep! Enjoying it so far. I've learned to cook with more techniques and flavor from you, and I'm excited to give meal prep a try!
Nisha, you are truly talented. You help others think, prep and cook like a chef. I make your recipes all the time. I modify them to my lifestyle and diet. They are always 🔥!!!!! Thank you
Nisha this is revolutionary in the cooking space alone but also such an amazing launch for veganuary :) I feel like it eliminates so many hurdles that people have about going vegan, showing how simple, fun, and nutritious eating plant-based can be. I am SO excited!!!
We signed up on the 1st and just made the final meal from the plan tonight. My husband and I agree - this is life changing! What a fantastic service you are providing! THANK YOU! Also, will we get a Week 2 plan for next week for those of us who already cooked through Week 1? 😊
Thank you for signing up Capn Crunch 🫡 During the trial, we send the meal plan right away because we want to make sure you have a full week to use it. Once the trial ends, your next meal plan will arrive on the normal Thursday schedule. Hope that helps!
I just signed up and can't wait to try it! I have been trying to meal plan for a year and end up in a rut where I just get too stressed or busy so this is perfect!!
For the last month I have been eating nothing but chips and dips and cookies and cokes and my body finally said ENOUGH and I crashed and burned. So this came at the perfect time. I am SO ready to eat something healthy and delicious but without all the stressing about what to make for dinner. Can't wait to get started!
I am so with you! I love convenience throughout the week. So when tomatoes are in season, for example, I prepare tomatesauce as a base-sauce and can it! It's only a base (a traditional italian Napoli-sauce) but it's so versatile! Lasagna? Use the tomato-base. Vegetables with a delicious sauce? Use the tomato-sauce and put more spices in it!
I signed up the minute I got the email. Will be shopping this weekend for the first week of meals! Your recipes are always so delicious. I'm super excited!
This is super awesome! I am looking forward to giving it a shot this spring. I really appreciate the quarterly payment option so I can go season by season.
I‘m excited, this is the first time that someone actually makes a meal plan that could work! Every other meal plan has 7 different meals which I‘m never gonna be able to eat because I always have leftovers and spontaneous plans. One feedback: It would be really convenient to have a version for two servings instead of four! Of course I can just calculate the right amounts but for the shopping list, it combines different servings (one recipe serves 4-6 for example) and it‘s just very complicated to go back to each recipe to see what I‘d actually need for two servings.
I signed up on January 1st too! This is amazing! So much thought.... everything laid out. We've already had the mushroom lentil stew and it was fantastic! This honestly solves like every planning problem I've ever had! Thank you so much!
This is such a beautiful video. Many food prep videos are exactly what you pointed out, can be stressful, tiring and sometimes pricey. Giving the idea of just chopping and getting ingredients ready to go put a smile on my face. I'm so excited to start this journey! :)
Love this idea!! If I ever finally move somewhere with a kitchen I share with less than 8 people and some more fridge space, I will sign up so fast. Maybe I can get this for my mom to not-so-sneakily get her to eat more plant-based food 🤔
Hi Nisha, I never comment on videos, but I wanted to rave about the amount of detail you put into the meal prep! So much information and perfect for a solo chef like me! I've now made all recipes from week 1 and they've all been so delicious and honestly it was so quick! I love that there are shared components, and I can choose to skip a recipe if I'm travelling. I will email you with more detailed feedback 😊 Cannot WAIT for week 2!
I am very excited to try this and have been looking forward to it since you announced you were testing it out a few months ago! In the past I tried a (not to be named) meal service with a vegetarian option. The meals were good, but they 1) didn't coordinate like this 2) the cooking was overwhelming, and the worst was 3) TONS of non-recyclable packaging every week. Just watching your video made me feel calmer about dinner this coming week! Thank you so much for coming up with this! ❤
Just following up after making the first week's meals and starting on week 2: My husband and I are blown away! The recipes are off the chart delicious! I was amazed that though there are so many shared ingredients in week one's meals, each meal is so deliciously different! The cilantro cream we made for tonight's meal was incredible. Thank you so much for giving all the details for the shopping, prep, and recipes in such an organized way. This is so worth it!!👏 Oh and, this is really the first time for us to go 'vegan'. I've made a few vegan recipes here and there, and I enjoy your InstantPot cookbook, but this meal plan is helping us change our eating habits. In my opinion, what Julia Child did for French cooking, you are doing for vegan cooking!
I made the Umami Mushroom lentil stew tonight and it is DELICIOUS ! I accidentally used a whole can of lite coconut milk instead of the measurement in the recipe, so mine came out like an umami-filled cream of mushroom soup with yummy mushrooms, lentils and kale swimming in it. It's SO GOOD and super satisfying.
I love your videos and I'm so glad I signed up for your meal planning! The recipes are delicious and unique, yet not so complicated that I avoid cooking them haha
Great ideas. I live alone. My breakfast is a smoothie. No lunch, only dinner. I try to fix dinner for 2 and hope it can freeze or stay ok in frig for a couple days. I am in a rut. Need more variety. Thanks for the mini meal prep...that is more my thinking too. Just need to do it!
i signed up on january 1st and have already completed the week 1 meal prep. my boyfriend and i could not stop talking about how this is an AMAZING value for the price. thank you for making these high-quality meal plans so affordable!
🎉🎉🎉 thank you for this lovely feedback! I’m so delighted that you both are loving the meal plans so far!
I second this. It’s extremely well thought out and I’m blown away by the tofu ricotta pasta - so delicious!
honestly that lentil stew...nom nom nom
You are so organized!
The Umami Mushroom & Lentil Stew is beyond delicious!!!
I never understood how my mom always made delicious food for so many people without spending hours in the kitchen every day. And then I found out that she meal planned. Every week she sat down and not just wrote out a shopping list but planned the way the meals would come together so she was always a step ahead instead of doing everything all at once the moment you need to cook
Already signed up! The amount of thought and care you put into the first plan is astounding. I'm so glad you left your job as a lawyer to do this but also used your lawyer brain to make things clear, easy to understand and comprehensive. The vegan gods are smiling down upon you!
🙇🏽♀️ I’m honored! I love my job!!
I had the same thought- she’s so smart and it really shows. Even her clipboard looked all professional! :)
ditto!
It shows Nisha and we are all better for it!! 😻 Your passion oozes through. Thank you and your younger self for following your heart ❤
@RainbowPlantLife for the win!
I signed up on January 1. I can tell SO much work went into creating a polished, thoughtful guide. I went grocery shopping and spent ~$45 for the week.... At Whole Foods! I am so excited to have this service do all the brain power around my meals. Everyone: Sign up!!!!
Music to my ears 🎶 Thank you for sharing this with us!! Excited for you to try out the meals 😋
Signed up on January 1, and my husband and I already made the first meal last night. It's rare I can say "My husband and I" made a meal because he's usually clueless in the kitchen (he has other redeeming qualities!), but with the clear instructions and ahead-of-time meal prep, he was actually able to help out. Cooking was fast and it was fun to spend time together, so THANK YOU!
Haha I know what you mean! So sweet to hear you got to spend some quality time together in the kitchen.
Can confirm that meal planning changed my life too!! I feel like there is no learning curve because Nisha has made it so sooooo easy. I get delicious meals, groceries are cheaper, less trips to the grocery store, less food waste, and best of all I’m not in the kitchen for hours! Cannot recommend this enough!
I am so forward to all the meals this year! 🥰
Thank you so much for this feedback! So glad that all of the information was laid out clearly for you and that your grocery shopping and cooking experience has been great!!
I want to be more consistent and healthier this year - I've had a love/hate relationship with cooking and always making excuses. I am an everyday athlete and want to focus more on nutrition to help fuel and help me with my fitness journey. I came across your channel this week and you have given me inspiration to start that journey! No more excuses! I'm ready to fall in love again with cooking 😊
I'm pescatarian but starting off the year with Veganuary. Can't wait to try this! If all goes well, I'll continue veganism indefinitely
Wishing you the best Veganuary! I hope you’ll love the meals in these weekly plans!
Good luck!!!
Yay! That’s how I started 8 years ago 🫶🏻 Give yourself grace, continue building recipes that are easy go tos for you, and continue your research such as watching documentaries like earthlings, Cowspiracy, forks over knives etc. good luck!!
This is a great place to start!!!
Oh Nisha! I am soooo excited to use your new meal plan. I just got my first week. Reading through it (like a novel) and getting inspired. This is so well thought out and written. It's obvious that you have put a ton of work into every page. You've address every little step and answered every question in advance. I'm going to look like a master chef and my family will be so well cared for. You have all the nutritional categories covered without me even thinking about it. THANK YOU SO MUCH... THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I NEED FOR 2024. People: Sign up now! I've used Nisha's recipes for years and I haven't found anything this good.
🥰 this comment made me so happy! Thank you for noticing all the little details and hard work that went into putting these plans together! I am so excited for you to start using the plans and wowing your family with meals!!
Wow I just want to thank you as a nutrition nerd and a wanna be bodybuilder how you include the nutrition information! you have truly thought of everything!
Warning: This will change your life :) Nisha, you have truly developed something special here and the format of the plans is fantastic and the recipes simply delicious. I thoroughly enjoyed being among your testers and I've signed up for my healthiest, happiest, grooviest year of cooking ahead - thanks to you! Highly recommend this to anyone looking for easy, exciting and inspiring meals every week.
☺️ thank you, Catherine! For taking the time to test out the meal plans and for sharing your feedback! I so appreciate it! Cheers to an amazing 2024!
My husband and I already signed up, so excited to start this-genius idea! The only thing that kept us from buying the whole year up front is the lack of macros provided. Please please please consider adding this feature/detail, even if it ups the price to have access to it, Nisha! :) I know not everyone cares but for gym rats like us, knowing the details (even just the big 4: calories, protein, fat, and carbs) of each portion would have made this perfect in every single way. I don't need the meals to be perfect and complete gym food by themselves by any means, but just being able to know what else we should fit around the meals in order to get the right numbers in most days would be incredible. Thank you thank you!! EDIT: Guys, I'm dumb, it does indeed have the nutritional info!! There's a sheet in there once you download the meal plan-mind blown! This is truly a PERFECT system for preparing plant-based, delicious recipes and we will be renewing for a whole year at the end of our three months.
This would indeed make it perfect!
@@joeb6705 IT DOES HAVE IT!! :D I'm so happy!
@@whiskeyinthejarful oh fantastic!
I used to spend, well, a day planning out a weeks worth of meals, agonized over the grocery list, having to navigate between books and iPad recipes to make sure I would have everything. It became a very unwanted task. I got meal plan 1, grocery list took a minute, and by Thursday it took 5 min to put the meal together. I am utterly thrilled, and the taste of the meals is amazing. Your attention to the details is unreal, and cannot thank you enough for all your time and attention as it saves me so much stress, time and energy. 🙏❤️❤️
Thank you for making my day with your feedback! This is exactly why I created these meal plans and it's such a joy to hear that they've been simplifying your life!!
We have been plant based for 15 years and i struggle with planning meals. My husband is not as adventurous in meals as i am. He would have plant burgers and potatoes for every meal. This video helps me pick meals that i can sneak in between his ho hum meals. Thanks!!!
Thanks! Came for the brownies, stayed for the other amazing recipes. The other month when you announced this I was uncertain, since I always cook for one. I thought it would be too many meals for me. But you solved that too. I'm in !!!
Thanks for you support - I'm delighted that you're onboard! 🥳 🥳 🥳
My family is two weeks in on Nisha’s Meal Plan and it has been phenomenal! Great organization in terms of shopping, meal prep, and recipe instructions. And most importantly the dinners have been healthy and absolutely delicious. This service has exceeded our expectation … highly recommend!
You are the greatest for adding that PDF with the meal planning all laid out!! I love cooking but the organizing of a whole week with different weeks of varying meals is daunting for me. Very grateful and definitely subscribing for your meal plans!
I signed up and made the Basil pasta, garlicky lentils and the side salad. All the recipes were delicious, shopping meal prepping and cooking everything was super easy with the formatting of the pdf, this is a life changing idea. It’s like hello fresh but way better!
So pleased you're finding the service valuable, Michael!
Got the quarterly plan, and of course I had to move it into my Notion workspace ;) All the recipes were outstanding, and the care you put into outlining the prep, the steps, the components, thinking about how things work together is what most other content around meal prep lacks. I'm very impressed and excited about the next recipes!
Consider me honored, Marie! Thank you for sharing ❤ You have helped me understand Notion so much, so thank you! We actually plan most of our meal planning team work in Notion :)
Have you considered doing a Notion-based version of the recipes/planner for the Notion folks? :D If not i'd totally be down to collab because I obvs went and cleaned up my meal prepping after signing up for your meal plans! 😅 Might be a fun way to reach "vegetarian notion" lol!@@RainbowPlantLife
I am in awe of the Week 1 Meal Plan! Let’s start with taste: A+ for perfectly balanced meals that have awesome textures, creaminess, & umami flavors! There is variety with every meal & they are as nutritious as they are amazingly tasty! Nisha has everything organized to simplify shopping, component/veggie prep, substitutions, nutrition boost ideas, storage & finally, assembling the recipes. The ingredients overlap making prep a breeze! I love doing meal prep & planning weekly menus, but I end up obsessing over so many choices, so I end up making the same meals on repeat. I’m super excited about what’s to come & for my year ahead of meal plans with Rainbow Plant Life!
🥰 Hi, Erin! this is such amazing feedback to read, thank you!! I’m so very happy that you loved the first week so much and are excited for more meal plans to come!!
@@RainbowPlantLife ♥️
I meal prepped yesterday (super easy and fast by the way) and made my first meal today. The umami mushroom and lentil stew was out of this world delicious! I had to come back and leave a comment. If any of you are debating signing up, take this as your sign! I’m so excited to cook more at home with your nourishing meal plans. Thank you so much Nisha and team!!!
None of us know how much work you probably put into this meal service. Thank you!
I have a lot to learn, but one prep method that works great for my salads is chopping hearty veg (bell peppers, carrot, cucumber, red onion, and even fruit like apples or blueberries), pouring a vinaigrette over them, then making bed of lettuce to put a pile of the marinated veg in the middle. Add more dressing as needed, and it’s an easy salad! The veg keeps for at least 3 days and actually gets better as it marinates. I came up with this because my Mother has dementia but we don’t eat every meal together. I knew she wouldn’t remember to add salad dressing (sad salad), and this way it would be fresh without making the lettuce soggy. Thank you for your tips!
Nisha, I continue to blown away by your dedication, creativity, organization, and overall value that you bring to your viewers!! Thank you!
This is the thing I'm most excited about in 2024! For the first week, I couldn't believe how good the quinoa/lentil bowl was. Seemed simple but was amazing. Tonight we had week 2, meal 1 - sofritas black beans bowls with cilantro crema - also amazing! I've signed up for the whole year, and can't wait for Thursdays now, when the next week's plan hits my inbox. Bravo, Nisha and team!
Aww thank you!! So pleased that you are excited for Thursdays now and have been enjoying the meals so much!
Joined meal plan program this week. Was pleased to have most ingredients already in my pantry and fridge. Chose to make three of four recipes due to cooking for one, and so far, they were yummy and filling and have met my health parameters.Looking forward to week 2!
🥳 this delights me to hear! Thank you for sharing and I’m excited for you to try out the meals in week 2!
cooking for one here too and I don't care for leftovers....but so far so good.
Nisha, I cannot rave about this service more! I signed up on the 1st and I'm eating leftovers of the delicious lentil stew (subbed potatoes as suggested :') as I watch this video. I've been in a cooking rut and this got me excited again. The program is so well thought-out and since I love everything you come up with it seems like a no-brainer to me! I can really see this simplifying my life and reigniting my love of cooking. Thank you for the service and best of luck with this new venture!!
Hi Lauren, thank you for sharing your incredible feedback! So happy you are enjoying the plan so far and I’m truly delighted that it’s helping you to get out of a cooking rut. Hope you will love week 2’s meal plan!
I can second this! This is an absolutely wonderful service.
I joined and have completed the first weeks recipes. My family loved every meal, even my husband who is not vegan loved every meal. So very pleased with this purchase.
Hi there! So happy to hear that your family loved every meal ☺️ I can’t wait for you to try more of the meal plans!
Came here to say: I'm so excited for you to do meal planning! I've never enjoyed a singular person's recipes so much. Can't wait to make them faster and more often. Please keep doing what you do! The people LOVE IT!
We are on meal two of the week and everything is just amazing. We are satisfied and full and don’t feel bad about ourselves going to bed. This is GREAT. You’ve done such good job - and everything is super easy to follow.
🥳 🥳 🥳 I'm so delighted to hear that, Caity!
And so impressed you're already on meal 2 already haha -- way to start the New Year right!
This is a game changer. Already cooked 2 out of the three meals. I love to cook, but it was hard for me to get started. The work that you have done is incredible! You are transforming people’s lives 🙏
Thank you!
I’ve been following you for quite a while now, and I’m thrilled to see how your channel has grown! The time, effort and attention to detail you put into your work is evident in the high quality videos you put out each week. VERY nicely done… and thank you! ❤
We were one of the folks included in the "soft launch" and we could not wait to sign up! The meal prep on Sunday was easy and made the weeknight cooking a breeze and fun. Both my wife and I took the lead on cooking on different nights. It made so much difference to have a plan. And the meals were so delicious! I highly recommend!
Hi Thomas 👋
Thanks so much to both you and Teresa for participating. I'm so pleased you love the meal plans and delighted you're onboard fulltime!
Just signed up for the annual subscription! Such a great idea 🎉 With a toddler and a newborn this is going to save us so much time and take away the stress when it comes to meals. Thank you!!
You sound like you have your hands full! I hope these meal plans will bring some organization and calm to your weekly routine ❤
Oh my god. I've been using your cookbook, but haven't dropped by your youtube or website in a while and literally two days ago I was wishing that you had meal planning lessons or something! I am going to sign up immediately. I LOVE all your recipes!
You are going to love it!!!
Hey, you should definitely apply for Top Vegan this year! It would be awesome to see you on there and you'd certainly win
I love this! I signed up on January first, and LOVE it already. I have a super busy life (gone 12 hours a day) but the food prep makes it super easy to cook dinner, even when I get home at 7pm after my workout. Thank you so much for this service- well worth the money spent.
Thank you for this feedback! I’m so honored the plan is already making your busy schedule easier!
I had to come back here and write about how amazing the first week’s recipes were. I don’t even like arugula or fennel but I LOVED that salad, and so did my 5 year old! Having a meal plan and food prepped took a huge mental load off of me this week. I’m making the bonus meal plan recipes for next week and they all look incredible. This meal plan is 100% worth it.
I am so delighted to hear that the meal plans took of a huge mental load for you! And it's amazing you tried the salad even though you think you didn't like those ingredients (i love when that happens!).
I'm not in the right headspace just yet to jump into this but I'm definitely going to subscribe at some point this year. I struggle so much with meal planning and procuring ingredients (I live alone, cannot drive, and live on a busy street in an apartment with no parking so I can't really get deliveries either), and it's really hard to know what to buy and when.
Thank you for putting this together.
Well I just signed up for my first quaterly plan and am excited to see how much more this is going to improve my life in the kitchen. 😊😊
We just made the first dish - the umami mushroom and lentil stew - so good!! Having done the shopping and the component prep over the weekend with very little mental load, it was easy to put it together and it was DELICIOUS, and took the stress out of a busy day. I appreciate this so so much because my work life has gotten busier this year and it has been hard to keep up with cooking.
I don't like paying for recipes on TH-cam. Been a fan of you for a long time. But I am on TH-cam for providing me with free information and recipes.
Signed up January 1 and have made the first two meals, delicious and easy! Especially want to say THANK YOU for your plant forward perspective. It really makes the nutrition on your meals stand out!
Hey! That's me! 😅 I absolutely loved the meals in this meal plan (and so did my family members!) Everything was so flavourful and filling! I loved how easy it was to grocery shop, spend some time at the beginning of the week and then to quickly make the meals! Very impressive - all the work is done for you!!
🥰 thank you so much for being part of our early testing group and for sharing your feedback - it’s appreciated more than you know! I’m so delighted that you and your family members loved everything in the meal plan!
Already signed up and just finished grocery shopping for the week. Cannot WAIT to prep tomorrow. Thank you so much, Nisha! You're the best for a reason! :)
Signed up on 1/1 for the year, and am seriously loving this meal plan so far. I’m shocked by the ease of the mini prep, thrilled with the amazing instruction and organization of the guide AND most of all it is so clear how much more
excited I am to cook and eat something I just made than yet another serving of something days old. Love! Already made the yummy mushroom soup and am making the pasta tomorrow. I already tried the tofu ricotta and it is the fist tofu thing I have ever loved. Genius ❤ and I feel like a badass vegan chef and I am very new to/ sporadic with whole food plant based eating. Thank you!!!
I am so delighted that you feel like a badass vegan chef! That is exactly how I want users to feel! Thank you for giving it a try, and I hope you will continue to love it!
Can't believe I wasn't already subscribed! I signed up for the meal prep service. Thank you Nisha! Your hard work is very helpful for the rest of us. I look forward to trying this all out.
Thank you for giving it a try, Olivia! I hope you will find it useful and delicious!
Wow! This format is unique. Thoughtful and perfect for so many of us!! You're into a winner 🎉
I am so glad I started following you!! I love your perspective and personality. I am not vegan or vegetarian, and your creativity inspires me. Will definitely try some of your recipes because ive been looking to increase more plant-based meals into my diet. Congrats on your meal planning service! I know you are going places! 👏
I just signed up. I probably shouldn't admit this, but I'm not a vegan. However, I received 12lbs of Rancho Gordo beans from my sister for Christmas, so we're trying to incorporate them. They're really good! I discovered I can eat beans for breakfast, lol! Always love your videos, Nisha, and your humor is awesome! Wishing you a wonderful year!
Honestly I think one of the best endorsements for a vegan meal plan is when it even appeals to non-vegans. Many of us here are plant eaters in "mixed relationships" with omnivores and have found Nisha's recipes to have broad appeal. :)
I just signed up for the annual subscription. You are a life saver. I've been looking for something like this since my Vegan journey. I didn't want to subscribe to some food delivery service because I like preparing my meals in my own kitchen. So looking forward to experiencing this life changing journey. Thanks again.
Two weeks into trying this meal planning service and I am loving it! I've never been interested in the hello fresh style meal plans both because of lack of vegan options and because I like the ability to choose / modify ingredients, cook different amounts, etc. This is a fantastic idea and so glad that one of the best vegan recipe creators is the one doing this.
I can’t rave about this service enough, I just finished my ricotta pasta and modified side salad (don’t like arugula or fennel, subbed cruciferous crunch from Trader Joe’s and spinach). It’s easy to adapt to your preferences, the groceries you’re buying aren’t too expensive (might even be less than what you normally buy) and the mental load is reduced so much. As someone with ADHD I really struggle to feed myself. I’ve tried things like hello fresh, premade meal delivery, everything under the sun. But I think this is what is actually going to stick. Everything I’ve made from nisha is delicious, these meals are no exception
I signed up for quarterly and made the tofu ricotta pasta tonight. I live alone, had gastric bypass(so portions are smaller), and hate eating leftovers. I made adjustments to the amounts and got enough yummy sauce for 2 meals. It was really good...basil-y, lemony, creamy...all the "-y's." I am making the Umami Mushroom lentil stew tomorrow and sharing with a few friends who love it when I cook for them. Thank you, Nisha, for making it easy to cook during the week and get/stay healthy.💖
Already signed up! The amount of thought and care you put into the first plan is astounding. I'm so glad you left your job as a lawyer to do this but also used your lawyer brain to make things clear, easy to understand and comprehensive. The vegan gods are smiling down upon you!
I was trying to create something like this over the summer with shared components and it was such a stressful headache. I made 4 weeks worth of plans and then gave up.
I'm sooooo excited to get started with this!
Thanks
Hi Nisha, what a perfect timing! I just started renovation on our bathroom and for the next few weeks I work remotely from my dad's flat. I don't want to be too much of a burden for him and cooking at my place mid-week in these conditions is super hard. I'm super excited to get started with your meal plans! I'm finalizing my quarterly subscription right now
I love your videos! I've been watching and cooking along with you for awhile and I love your meal prep ideas. I didn't think I would sign up for the plan because I'm on a tight budget, but the cost is very reasonable for what you are offering. Thank you so much for all you do! I'm so happy to be able to support your work with a paid subscription!
The only thing I can add to the other rave reviews is that this may well save me from a lifetime of last minute salads and hummus on toast. I cook for two-husband (an omnivore) and myself. Usually all my thinking goes into planning and preparing his meals. Now, someone is planning my meals-and providing a well thought out guide to prepare them. Even so, if the results weren’t delicious it wouldn’t be worth it. The results so far are spectacular. Eating may become something I look forward to again. Thank you Nisha.
I completed the first week of meal prep! Enjoying it so far. I've learned to cook with more techniques and flavor from you, and I'm excited to give meal prep a try!
🥰 that makes me so happy to here you’ve been learning how to level up your cooking!
Nisha, you are truly talented. You help others think, prep and cook like a chef. I make your recipes all the time. I modify them to my lifestyle and diet. They are always 🔥!!!!!
Thank you
Nisha this is revolutionary in the cooking space alone but also such an amazing launch for veganuary :) I feel like it eliminates so many hurdles that people have about going vegan, showing how simple, fun, and nutritious eating plant-based can be. I am SO excited!!!
I'm excited that you're excited! 😀
We've made two of the recipes and the salad and we're in love. So excited to bring energy back to cooking and eating at home this year. ❤️
How. Can. You. Be. This. Awesome!?!?
Thank you sooooo much Nisha!! I cant believe how much work you must have put into this! You're incredible 🌈😁🤟
We signed up on the 1st and just made the final meal from the plan tonight. My husband and I agree - this is life changing! What a fantastic service you are providing! THANK YOU!
Also, will we get a Week 2 plan for next week for those of us who already cooked through Week 1? 😊
Thank you for signing up Capn Crunch 🫡
During the trial, we send the meal plan right away because we want to make sure you have a full week to use it. Once the trial ends, your next meal plan will arrive on the normal Thursday schedule. Hope that helps!
@@RainbowPlantLife Got it, thanks! Basil ricotta pasta on repeat it is :) Can't wait to see what you have in store for us in Week 2!
I just signed up and can't wait to try it! I have been trying to meal plan for a year and end up in a rut where I just get too stressed or busy so this is perfect!!
I love meal planning it helps me maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
For the last month I have been eating nothing but chips and dips and cookies and cokes and my body finally said ENOUGH and I crashed and burned. So this came at the perfect time. I am SO ready to eat something healthy and delicious but without all the stressing about what to make for dinner. Can't wait to get started!
Your body will thank you for all the nourishment!
I am so with you! I love convenience throughout the week. So when tomatoes are in season, for example, I prepare tomatesauce as a base-sauce and can it! It's only a base (a traditional italian Napoli-sauce) but it's so versatile! Lasagna? Use the tomato-base. Vegetables with a delicious sauce? Use the tomato-sauce and put more spices in it!
I signed up the minute I got the email. Will be shopping this weekend for the first week of meals! Your recipes are always so delicious. I'm super excited!
This is super awesome! I am looking forward to giving it a shot this spring. I really appreciate the quarterly payment option so I can go season by season.
Very excited to try this. We have loved everything you made for the past several years. Smart idea!
Question: are the nutrition facts in the appendix per serving or total for the whole dish?
Hi, friends! If you want to try out the meal plan in this video, you can sign up for a 7-day free trial here: rainbowplantlife.com/mealplans/
I've got it! So good thank you ❤
@@marystewart8721 🥳 thank you, Mary!
I want to give this video thumbs up over and over again 😂
I‘m excited, this is the first time that someone actually makes a meal plan that could work! Every other meal plan has 7 different meals which I‘m never gonna be able to eat because I always have leftovers and spontaneous plans.
One feedback: It would be really convenient to have a version for two servings instead of four! Of course I can just calculate the right amounts but for the shopping list, it combines different servings (one recipe serves 4-6 for example) and it‘s just very complicated to go back to each recipe to see what I‘d actually need for two servings.
Oh, I have to say to my comment that I‘m a flight attendant and usually only home for 3-4 days between longhaul flights. So my week is way shorter! 😂
I signed up on January 1st too! This is amazing! So much thought.... everything laid out. We've already had the mushroom lentil stew and it was fantastic! This honestly solves like every planning problem I've ever had! Thank you so much!
Hearing that it helps solve every planning problem makes me so very happy 🥹
Just signed up ! Have to say I’m already very impressed with how organized it is! Excited to begin
This is such a beautiful video. Many food prep videos are exactly what you pointed out, can be stressful, tiring and sometimes pricey. Giving the idea of just chopping and getting ingredients ready to go put a smile on my face. I'm so excited to start this journey! :)
Love this idea!! If I ever finally move somewhere with a kitchen I share with less than 8 people and some more fridge space, I will sign up so fast. Maybe I can get this for my mom to not-so-sneakily get her to eat more plant-based food 🤔
This was so helpful, glad I watched it.
Hi Nisha, I never comment on videos, but I wanted to rave about the amount of detail you put into the meal prep! So much information and perfect for a solo chef like me! I've now made all recipes from week 1 and they've all been so delicious and honestly it was so quick! I love that there are shared components, and I can choose to skip a recipe if I'm travelling. I will email you with more detailed feedback 😊 Cannot WAIT for week 2!
You are the most caring cook ever. Have a blessed New Year. Also you’re sweetie is lucky.
You are my favorite vegan content creator, your recipes are incredible, just signed up for the annual plan, I'm so excited!
Consider me flattered 🥹🥹🥹
Purchased the annual plan! Super excited to get prepping 😊
🎉🎉🎉thank you thank you! I can’t wait for you to start using the meal plans.
Love it! So excited to sign up and support you - thank you for all your work!
🥰 thank you for YOUR support!!
I am very excited to try this and have been looking forward to it since you announced you were testing it out a few months ago! In the past I tried a (not to be named) meal service with a vegetarian option. The meals were good, but they 1) didn't coordinate like this 2) the cooking was overwhelming, and the worst was 3) TONS of non-recyclable packaging every week. Just watching your video made me feel calmer about dinner this coming week! Thank you so much for coming up with this! ❤
Just following up after making the first week's meals and starting on week 2: My husband and I are blown away! The recipes are off the chart delicious! I was amazed that though there are so many shared ingredients in week one's meals, each meal is so deliciously different! The cilantro cream we made for tonight's meal was incredible. Thank you so much for giving all the details for the shopping, prep, and recipes in such an organized way. This is so worth it!!👏 Oh and, this is really the first time for us to go 'vegan'. I've made a few vegan recipes here and there, and I enjoy your InstantPot cookbook, but this meal plan is helping us change our eating habits. In my opinion, what Julia Child did for French cooking, you are doing for vegan cooking!
I made the Umami Mushroom lentil stew tonight and it is DELICIOUS ! I accidentally used a whole can of lite coconut milk instead of the measurement in the recipe, so mine came out like an umami-filled cream of mushroom soup with yummy mushrooms, lentils and kale swimming in it. It's SO GOOD and super satisfying.
Impressive... this is a kindness too, for many people. Thank you so much.
This is absolutely amazing! An absolut gamechanger for me. I love it. I want it. I'll have it! 😍
Haha yesss!! I hope you’ll love the meal plans!
Nisha, I've subscribed to your meal planning tool and just prepped two of the four recipes yesterday! Yummy!
Yay! I’m excited for you to try the recipes 😊
Thank you! By the way, how do I locate the other e-book included with subscription?
Exactly what I need!
one of your best ones so far, minus all the ones with our hilarious parents, of course. great product on offer, will be looking into it soon…
🥰 Thank you for the feedback (and I’m so happy you enjoy the videos with my parents!)
Great idea 🎉 I love it and would love to see this as an app! ❤
I think it’s perfect as it is, but apps can keep things organized, neat & tidy.
I love your videos and I'm so glad I signed up for your meal planning! The recipes are delicious and unique, yet not so complicated that I avoid cooking them haha
Stay safe in that freezing weather! If you must go out be sure to take a light jacket.
Next week the low temp is going to be 37F, and I literally have on my to-do list today to dig out my coldest winter coat, scarves, hat, and mittens😂
So excited for your new venture! I was wondering if there is a possibility to switch out some of the meals to create your own weekly list?
Great ideas. I live alone. My breakfast is a smoothie. No lunch, only dinner. I try to fix dinner for 2 and hope it can freeze or stay ok in frig for a couple days. I am in a rut. Need more variety. Thanks for the mini meal prep...that is more my thinking too. Just need to do it!
Just what I needed. I want to always make satisfying meals!