A Healthy Family Starts at the Table
Meet the meal planning service that works with your busy schedule:
Join the Peas & Hoppy Meal Guide Membership and spend more time enjoying your family while we take care of what's for dinner.
| More Variety |
| Less Stress |
| Better Nutrition |
We've all experienced the 5 o'clock dinnertime panic...
- A "quick" grocery run on the way home from work
- Too many recipe books, Pinterest ideas, and blogs
- "How do we have so much food, but nothing to eat?!"
- Already ordered take-out twice this week...
You want to make sure your family is getting the nutrition and variety they need, but there's just no time to plan.
Help me stop the panic!
Hi, I'm Ann
I’m a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, home cook, and creator of the Peas & Hoppy Meal Guide Membership.
When I married my husband, I instantly gained a new son - as well as baseball practices, youth groups, and golf tournaments.
With this busy new schedule I found I was meal planning “on the fly” - which for me meant frequent trips to the grocery store to grab the essential ingredient I forgot and lots of hangry frustration surrounding dinnertime.
Since then, we’ve added baby James to our family. Between balancing my small business, raising two busy boys, and trying to fit in that elusive self-care - I know just how challenging it can be to get dinner on the table.
Gather Around the Table
The Peas & Hoppy Meal Guide Membership helps you plan around your busy schedule and provides you the meal ideas and recipes you need so you can get out of the food ruts you’ve found yourself in.
As a dietitian and mom, I know that having dinner as a family is about more than just nutrition - it's also about the memories we make together.
It’s about the conversations with our teenager. It’s about teaching healthy eating habits to our toddler.
Having dinner as a family is about sharing life together.
"The Meal Guides have made me look forward to being in the kitchen cooking. My husband loves, loves your recipes. Says there aren't any ones he doesn't like."
Pat H.
"Now I have a plan for the week and save money buying only the groceries needed. There is less waste and food spoilage with the Meal Guides. The recipes are tasty and they save time. I have lost a few pounds and feel healthier than I have in a long time."
Rhonda
"The fact that Ann’s recipes are written so clearly and are easy to follow is a huge help! That means I can involve my son in the cooking and he doesn’t feel intimidated by any of the instructions. Having him help in the preparation, plus having everything always taste so good, has made him a believer in almost any veggie dish that Ann whips up."
Paige G.
How Membership Works
The Peas & Hoppy Meal Guide Membership is a plant-forward, flexible alternative to rigid meal plans which helps busy families get dinner on the table by making mealtime easer.
Step 1: Get a New Menu Every Thursday
Beat the boredom with tasty, healthy ideas planned seasonally to make sure your family gets the variety & nutrition they need
Step 2: Customize your Meal Guide
Search our database of 800+ recipes to add/delete meals, adjust servings, and make the whole family happy
Step 3: Finalize your Grocery List
Customizations are automatically updated; add your family's staples to finalize the shopping list and access from your app in the grocery store.
Membership Features
The Peas & Hoppy Meal Guides are a flexible alternative to traditional meal plans, which teach you how to make a personalized plan for your family and guide you along your journey of health and nutrition.
Weekly Meal Guide
Each week's menu includes plant-forward recipes for: 4 Cooked Meals, 2 Grab & Go Meals, 2 Breakfast Yums, and 2 Snack Inspirations. Guides are thoughtfully planned to include a variety of cuisines, protein types, and seasonal vegetables.
Education
Pro tips & step-by-step instructions teach all levels of cooks how to prep new veggies, try new cooking techniques, substitute ingredients based on taste preferences and availability, and involve kids in cooking.
Recipes + Grocery List
Every recipe is personally tested in my home kitchen; no more hours spent scouring the Internet to find something your picky eaters will enjoy. Weekly grocery list saves you time, money, and prevents food waste.
Support
Weekly "Healthy Inspiration" reflection questions with video explanation keep you on track with nutrition and lifestyle goals. Find like-minded peers in the members-only Peas & Hoppy Community Facebook group.
Eat Better for You + the Planet
A quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions comes from food production. Of that, half is related to producing animal products.
As an individual consumer, one of the biggest changes you can make to improve the health of the planet (and your body) is to eat plant-based proteins in place of animal proteins. But if you’re like me and have spent most of your life with chicken or beef as the staple of your plate, it can be hard to know where to start.
The Peas & Hoppy Meal Guide Membership offers you a practical solution to start this journey.
The Healthy Plate option includes at least one vegetarian meal per week - formulated for meat-loving taste buds - to start expanding your palate and move towards a plant-based diet.
The Healthy Vegetarian option is a lacto-ovo plan, meaning recipes may include dairy and eggs. However, about half of the meal options are entirely plant-based, to continue your transition to a plant-based lifestyle.
Bonus? When you become a member, you gain access to BOTH meal guide types, so you can decide how quickly you want to move towards an animal-free eating pattern. Read more about the Flexitarian and Vegetarian diets.
Become a Member of Peas & Hoppy Meal Guides
and take the guesswork out of mealtime
Better for You
Nutritionally balanced meals are written by a professional and recipes are tested & tasty so your family will (actually) eat them
Better for your Budget
Get organized and stop throwing away produce; buy only what you need with a cusomized grocery list
Better for the Planet
Eat lower on the food chain with tasty vegetarian options and use seasonal produce from local farmers
Are you ready to reclaim dinnertime and become the superhero in the kitchen your family needs?
Start your free 2-week trial of the Peas & Hoppy Meal Guides and enjoy stress-free meals that improve your health, your family, and the planet.
