This is a picture of a meal based on the meal that Dr. Price had served to malnourished children to help rebuild their dental health (as mentioned previously, he was highly successful in doing just that!).
There have been some really great questions since I started posting in this series about Dr. Price and nutrient dense foods ( (Other posts: Are you really eating a nutrient dense diet? The diet that cures cavities, and The synergy of nutrients)). Questions that I hope to even have some guest bloggers/experts help answer for me. But one of the less complicated, yet most complicated (if you know what I mean) questions I have had is how to make this diet practical for everyday living. This is one of the most important questions to answer. Yet, it is also one of the least complicated.
Is eating this way time consuming?
Can this diet with lots of nutrient-rich foods be possible on a daily basis? I think that it can be. Just look at the picture above. The milk and OJ took little prep time (and the cod liver and butter too)! My pot of seafood stew took about 45 minutes total time to make, the biscuits only about ten minutes of prep time. The apples (or orange juice) may not be necessary, but the baked apples(being my simple super easy recipe for baked apples) also took only about ten minutes to prep. So in about the time that it would take you to watch one 1-hour show, you could have this nourishing meal finished and served. Considering that Americans can average 2.8 hours of TV time per day, this is a doable time frame for most of us, if we are willing to rearrange our schedule a bit.
Can it be done on a budget?
But what about frugality? This meal is not Kraft Macaroni and Cheese cheap. I can’t deny that. But it also isn’t as expensive as you’d think.
The chicken broth used in my stew was made out of frugal and nutritious homemade broth. Salmon is running pretty darn expensive right now, so I used a compromise food in this stew: Canned salmon (skinless, boneless), and it was wonderful!
The biscuits were quick to make with inexpensive whole grains (they were gluten-free too!). The apples were made with bulk apples that I buy for about four dollars for three pounds (they are on the small side so you also get a lot of apples per pound). Really the most expensive part was that cup of raw milk you see pictured. I pay more then most, as we are 1. Getting raw goat’s milk 2. Buying it at a local co-op, instead of driving to the farm, but I am looking for ways to get my milk fresh from the farm too.
If this is the most expensive meal of the day, you are doing really well. You will have paid less then the average take out meal too, for a very filling, nutritious meal.
Can you really eat all of that food at once?
Some of us were talking about whether or not you really had to eat all of the food at the same time (because of the need of a synergy of nutrients). The answer is perhaps not, especially if you have a good body store of certain nutrients. However, I find that if I spread it out too much, I may not always be getting everything in everyday. Plus, many felt that it was too hard to eat all of that food at once. Well, I can say that a 6-year old might not be able to eat a whole pint of soup (2 cups), but I can eat most of it at one time (I cut the milk in half and drink the other half later, and I have a little break before dessert). Once again looking at our picture, it really isn’t a huge amount of food, just a hearty meal. It’s a meal worth slowing down to savor.
When I look at that meal, I see a nice, but very doable meal. I hope you do too. But I know this one meal isn’t enough help to really adequately answer the above questions. I answered one of the comments from you, “Is this really doable?” with “It is as doable as we make.” Which wasn’t at all meant to be a snide remark, but rather a musing one on how to make a super nutrient dense meal plan doable time-wise, budget-wise, and tummy-room wise.
In order to best give answer to that important question, I am working behind the scenes to put together an eBook with menu plans that help put together entire meals based on some of these nutrient dense principles put forth by Dr. Price – principles I am still researching. I may change things up a bit, and have plenty of substitutions, but it will be founded on his principles.
I want people to find out that these principles can be simple and easy to follow! And reasonably frugal too! This will hopefully be a help to those of you willing to do my challenge (coming up!).
But because I am writing this eBook for you guys, I want to make sure it serves you the best. Would you mind telling me what you’d like to see in this eBook? I don’t plan on this being a full sized book like my 300 page book, Ladled. (Though who knows! Maybe I will expand it later to be another big book). But I do want it to be a helpful (and frugal!) resource.
Here are a couple of questions I’d love for you to answer for me.
1. Dietary Restrictions you’d like to see options for in the eBook
2. To get you started in eating this way, how many menus would you think adequate?
3. What types of food do you like best? American/British, Indian, Asian, a mix?
4. Any suggestions for how this eBook can be the most helpful for you?
5. Name ideas for the title, anyone? I don’t know if I can legally use the name, “ Dr. Price” in the title, but I could certainly use the words, “nutrient dense”. Free copy of my upcoming eBook to the first person who comes up with a name that I use for this eBook!
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Talia B.
I would love to see grain free and gluten free adaptions. I think I have read that the average person only rotates 10 meals or so (not me, I like variety!). I eat quite a mix of food 🙂
I think I would call it something like Simple Synergy: Pairing nutrient dense meals or something
Katie
Not sure if you wanted us to post the answers on here, but here’s mine.
1). I don’t really have any dietary restrictions aside from keeping away from sugar and too many carbs like breads/pastas because I have pcos and it can make it worse if I eat too much of those things.
2). I would think 2-3 weeks of menus would be fine for me although maybe the most ideal would be 5-6 weeks because then they could be rotated without repeating as much. I normally do the same types of meat 1-2x per week, but switch out how I use them every 2-3 weeks or so since it’s just my hubby and I.
3). We eat mexican, american, a little chinese every now and then- pretty open for us to try as long as the ingredients aren’t too hard to find.
4). eBooks are the best for me when it is easy to find things in them. For example, each week’s menu would also have a store list with it and it would all be on one page if possible so I’m not losing pages when I print them. Giving a little description of what you are focusing the food around and where to find the mostly used items- I have no clue where to find raw milk or that kind of thing, but giving a few websites to find a local csa would be helpful- that kind of thing.
5). My title suggestion- Nutrtion-Dense Eating for Dummies….(that would be me at least)
I’m looking forward to reading it even if I don’t get a free copy! My sister shared your salads book with me and I found your site and love it! Thanks for all your hard work!
Kathy
1. We have a lot of food allergies in our family — poultry, beef, legumes (including soy), tree nuts, dairy — and I don’t eat grain, so … that is a lot of restrictions! I’m sure you wouldn’t be able to accommodate them all, and I wouldn’t expect you to, but since you asked I thought I would go ahead and put them all out there. 🙂
2. A week’s worth of daily menus is usually enough for me to be able to take it from there. Although having a few special occasion/holiday/picnic/etc. menus might be nice, too!
3. I love ALL types of food! A mixture would be great!
4. I would love some info not only about the diet itself and how to make it work for meals my family eats at home (which is almost all of them), but also some ideas for portable meals/snacks that fit in with the diet. Travel/car food, packed lunches, that kind of thing. Tips for bringing this traditional diet into the modern day and how we live now (loved the canned salmon tip!).
5. Hmm, what about Nutrient Dense Foods for Daily Health? Or for Daily Living? Nutrient Dense Meals for the Whole Family? I think coming up with titles is the hardest part!
Margaret
I am so enjoying this topic! Thank you for the work you do here.
1. Wheat free/low sugar/no processed sugar diet restrictions
2. At least 14 meals on hand would be good for variety
3. We eat a mix of foods, but the family favorites are Mexican, Asian and simple American (like a slab of meat and steamed veggies on the side)
4. Information on the specific synergy of foods Dr. Price proscribed; a general list of these foods to mix and match for meals
Lisa
What a great idea! I would also like it to be grain/gluten free. As far as the types of foods to include, I like a mix of foods, but I wouldn’t like recipes that have so many unusual ingredients that I would have to go to ethnic markets to get them! For how many menus, hmm, I would think maybe at least a week’s worth, if not two. Or perhaps you could set up a week’s menu, then put ideas for substitutions for variety.
I love Talia’s idea of Simple Synergy, but I think I would use something like Simple Synergy: Nutrient dense meals on a budget for busy people. Or something like that, since it looks like you’re trying to make it approachable both for those on a time and money budget (and who isn’t?)
Reba
In addition to specific menu plans, I’d like to see a menu plan template that we could use to fill in the blanks with dishes our families love, but would help us to cover all the bases within the week. Something like day 1: bone broth based soup, day 2: shellfish, day 3: organ meat, etc.
Katie@ Nourishing Simplicity
This sounds like an awesome plan Kimi! I was just thinking last week of asking you if you had thought of sharing a menu plan sample. 😉
1. Dietary Restrictions you’d like to see options for in the eBook:
As of now I don’t have any restrictions. Though sea food and I are learning to be friends.
2. To get you started in eating this way, how many menus would you think adequate:
I think a week’s worth is a great way to get people started.
3. What types of food do you like best? American/British, Indian, Asian, a mix:
I eat such veriety of foods. I love a bit of everything. You will never see one of my menu plans with just American food. Though this week is heavily infulenced by India. 🙂
4. Any suggestions for how this eBook can be the most helpful for you:
I think that I would just like to see more real examples of how you make it work for each meal. Since reading your first article I have given a lot more thought to what I eat in each meal. I can usally find a balance for one meal but have had trouble carring it out for each meal. My biggest thing is getting more raw dairy into my meals. I don’t like to drink milk by itself and ran out early this week.
5. Name ideas for the title, anyone? I don’t know if I can legally use the name, “ Dr. Price” in the title, but I could certainly use the words, “nutrient dense”. Free copy of my upcoming eBook to the first person who comes up with a name that I use for this eBook!
I’ll have to get back to you on that one. This is awesome Kimi, thanks for all your hard work, research and planning! Blessings!
Jessica O.
Will you please share your GF biscuit recipe you mentioned? Thank you…
Angela
I would also like lots of grain-free recipes. My boyfriend and I have gone back to grain-free after a 2 month break, because he got terrible acid reflux when we went off. One week back on, and he’s almost back to normal (yay!).
My biggest concerns are money and time. I’ve been preparing breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks every day… and it seems like I’m in the kitchen ALL DAY. I love cooking, but I’m kind of sick of having something going on the stove/in the oven at every second. And don’t get me started on the dishes! It’s worth it, but time consuming.
We’re poor grad students, so we’re concerned about money as well. I’m willing to be poorer than most in order to have good food, but it does get a little discouraging at times.
Thank you for all you do! I would be lost without this website!
Amanda
1. Gluten Free/ Grain Free
2. Two weeks of breakfast, lunch and dinner options
3. Indian, Italian, Thai, Mexican, etc.
4. Catered to families. (specifically young kids!) I’m due with my first baby this April and intend to make my own baby food and only have REAL food in my house!
5. Real Food for Real People
Diana
Love love love. I concur with everything that Amanda wrote – including her title, so good luck to her with getting a free copy of your eBook 🙂
Kathryn
For the title, what about “Everyday Nutrient Dense Meals” or “Nutrient Dense Meals (for) Everyday” ?
I like the suggestion of having ideas for on the go. And 1-2 weeks worth of recipes would be great, especially if you have the ability to do a “make it your own” section- which could be too complicated, I understand! In my most recent Better Homes and Gardens cookbook (2010 maybe?) it has “make it mine lasagna” and “make it mine meatloaf” etc- which basically is a list of the things you need in the recipe with different possibilities for each. So for meatloaf, the meat section could have- 1 lb ground beef or 1 lb ground sausage or 1 lb ??? Does that make sense? That just popped into my mind so I thought I would mention it!
I really struggle with this, and it’s not because I don’t spend tons of time cooking and don’t have the time. Maybe it’s just so many things to think about? Or SEEMS like so many things to think about?
Maybe set it up like the food serving suggestions, but Dr. Price style? Like when I did home daycare I was told I needed a protein, a grain, a veggie, etc. It’s hard moving out of that food paradigm and structuring “what a meal should look like” in a different way.
I’m very looking forward to reading it!!!
Dani
I know lots of folks are gluten-free, so a big shout out to them for a GF section, but I just bought a couple hundred pounds of grain! I’m incorporating soaking/sprouting/sourdough into their use, and so any meal plan I make that incorporates grains reminds me to soak tomorrow’s oatmeal, rice, and beans while I’m simmering tonight’s supper.
And I stink at choosing titles, because honestly, I want to borrow heavily from the name of this very post. All I came up with was “A nutrient-dense diet: It really IS doable” subtitled “based on principles and concepts practiced by Dr Weston A. Price.” I’m kind of a “judge a book by it’s cover/title” kinda gal!
KimiHarris
Ooooh…. loving all of the suggestions! Keep them coming! This is helpful. 🙂
AmandaLP
That section in Dr. Price’s book, as well as in Cure Tooth Decay, have been on of my greatest things I look up to in the Nourished world. Knowing that just one simple but great meal can really make a difference in the health world makes the whole thing easier.
I would love to see a two week plan of soups and dishes for this meal, so that it can be added to with the extras. Something that rotates through different meats and flavors, but still makes it simple enough for cooking, either daily or in bulk.
Something like “Nutrient Dense Meals for Health” or Nutrient Dense Synergy.
Ellen
1. Dietary Restrictions: Coumadin-friendly? Nope, I guess that would defeat the nutrient dense part because of the vitamin K restriction… 🙁
2. 2 weeks. A month would be SUPER duper.
3. Mix it.
4. Include “easy” level among harder meals to fit daily changes (when sometimes we need easy stuff). I suppose you could mark each one with some kind of color-code symbol for that. “Advanced” etc.
5. “Nutrient Dense In The Present Tense: Recipe Calendar For Nutrient Superstar Meals”; “Present Tense & Nutrient Dense: A Month Of Healthy Menus/Meals For Your Family”
Miranda
I love the sound of this e-book! I’d like to see some g.f and egg free options. At least a couple of weeks worth of meals, and a mix of American food and ethnic food geared towards the average busy family would be great. How’s ‘Nutrient Dense and Delicious: Food that Nourishes and Heals’
Miranda
One more. ‘Nutrient Dense and Delicious: Meals that Nourish and Heal’.
Amy
This sounds great. A nice mix of meal styles (American, Mexican, etc) would be nice BUT I think it would be best if the primary style were basic American fare. So many people out there are not adventurous eaters, and it would seem that these folks might be a target audience. The more adventurous folks may not need quite as much help putting their nutrient dense meals together. Also, when putting together the meal plans, think in terms of how so many “real foodies” buy their foods – in bulk direct from the farm. For example, we often have a freezer full of beef, pork, and whole chickens. Specialty foods, such as seafood, require a trip to the store. Using ingredients we are most likely to have on hand would be so helpful. And keep in mind that our whole chickens are frozen already, so anything that calls for “boneless skinless chicken breast” is harder to do. Meals that can be made in bulk and frozen for another time would also be a blessing. Additionally, simple nutrient dense lunches would make my day!! I really struggle with lunch with my four kids!
Gina
This is a great idea! I would love to see about 30 days of menus and a really good variety of soy-free recipes.
Brandi
1. Gluten Free/Grain Free, Dairy Free, and Kosher (no pork or shellfish)
2. 1 week of menus would be enough for me as I just rotate the same things for simplicity sake, but I’m sure my family would enjoy 2 weeks for more variety.
3. We love (in this order) Thai, all other asian, indian, middle-east/greek, mexican, and pretty much everything else as we love to try new things.
4. I would love to see preps included with the menus: such prepare brone broth for later in the week, soak grain for tomorrow, ect.
5. would love a free copy not very creative…
Michelle
Isnt a big part of the WAP diet using grains that are properly prepared? So I would like to see some recipes that use grains that have been soaked or sprouted.
I would love to see foods that are typical American comfort foods.
Making menu plans for breakfast, lunch and dinner would be greatly appreciated.
I vote for Miranda’s name: ‘Nutrient Dense and Delicious: Meals that Nourish and Heal’.
Robin
My son is allergic to gluten and dairy, and can’t have soy (or chocolate!). I’d love to know how to find the vitamin K without having butter! I’m also interested in the GF biscuit recipe 🙂
Pam
Overall we eat pretty healthy but I would be very interested in a book like this. For me, help with portion sizes on nutrient dense food for a meal would be helpful. Also, we stick mainly with free-range chicken and grass fed meat – not big on preparing seafood, fish or what I call “exotic” proteins. When I look at “nutrient dense” menus, so often they include unusual ingredients. We prefer simple, basic, traditional meals that don’t use a lot of rice and pasta.
Annabelle
This would be a book well worth having! I find meal planning difficult to be on top of so this would definitely help
1. Dairy free as my husband is mildly lactose intolerant and my daughter was temporarily cows milk protein intolerant. Just in case my next baby is also and i have to cut dairy again.
2. I’d need a minimum of a week’s worth of breakfast lunch and dinner. Preferably a month but that might be a lot!!
3. Like a mix but really like asian food, soups and mediterranean foods.
4. Live in HK so it’s hard to find exotic Western ingredients for e.g fish with skin on (apart from salmon) that is not from local and possibly tainted water. So would need
readily available substitution suggestions.
5. Love Katie’s title Nutrient Dense for Dummies!! Or i would pick up a book titled Go Nutrient Dense, Grow Healthy. Or maybe Meal Planning the Nutrient Dense Way- it’s not boring it’s REAL! Or even Nutrient Dense Meal Plans- real, raw, real fast
Kathleen Casey
This ebook is a really great answer to a question I keep asking myself, so thanks!
I’m interested in gluten free options especially, and a discussion on the inability of some to get raw milk (not currently possible to purchase in this state). What foods could fill in the gap here?
I think 2-3 weeks minimum, 4 weeks is probably enough.
I like a mix, though it’s true that if you focus a bit more on basic American-style dishes, more adventurous people can figure out ethnic variety, but still, you should include some ethnic mix.
I like it when meal plans consider the usage of leftovers, though this would complicate things, and may not be necessary for families.
I’m not great with titles, but I vote for Miranda’s Nutrient Dense and Delicious: Meals that Nourish and Heal, with some reference to Price pretty early on the cover description.
Nicole
1. Dietary Restrictions you’d like to see options for in the eBook
I am very excited you are taking this on. I am very interested in well balanced nutrient dense meals. Or meal days. While I am gluten free and really try to go grain free; my son is dairy free, the rest of my family eats everything and I feel that is best for them. I would love to have ideas for how each of us can get a well balanced nutrient dense meal.
2. To get you started in eating this way, how many menus would you think adequate?
I would say a month would be great. If you can do six weeks it would allow us to pick some recipes and make our own monthly plan.
3. What types of food do you like best? American/British, Indian, Asian, a mix?
A wide variety if possible
4. Any suggestions for how this eBook can be the most helpful for you?
I would love for you to explain how you are basing your meal plans (macro and micro nutrients) so I have some idea of how I may create my own.
5. Name ideas for the title, anyone? I don’t know if I can legally use the name, “ Dr. Price” in the title, but I could certainly use the words, “nutrient dense”. Free copy of my upcoming eBook to the first person who comes up with a name that I use for this eBook! Nutrient Dense meals made easy for a healthy family.
Thank you
Shadoe McKee
Just had to say thank you for these awesome articles, and I would have NO trouble at all downing this much food in one sitting, especially for dinner! Your writing about Dr. Price and his work led me to more research on nutrient dense diets and I made some real quality changes that helped my health immensely. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Carolyn
First off – I’m really interested in this whole idea of one nutrient dense meal a day. I do think the meal you presented above is doable. Like someone else mentioned, the meal plans would be great but also some kind of chart to pick and choose from to make up our own meal plans would be really helpful. Title idea – Be Nourished or like your other one word titles – Nourished with a subtitle like – Nutrient dense all-in-one meal plans. Thanks for doing this. I know it will be helpful!
Ellen
This sounds fantastic!
I think a week of menus would give a good idea… and show how it is possible to sustain meal prep like this over time. Easy to do it for just a couple of days, but as the weeks god by, it is easy to let nutrients slip in favour of time.
A mix of culinary backgrounds would be lovely.
And dairy-free options would be great. My daughter can’t have dairy and it makes this a lot harder when I have to make a lot of different options for her. We do use a lot of dairy and just adapt for her, but it is nice when I don’t have to change everything.
Simply printed recipes on one page each are nice for ebook usability.
Looking forward to it!
Ellen
*as weeks GO by. Oops.
Also, nut free. I forgot to say we also have a nut allergy! Often the dairy replacement options use nut products. It can be hard… but some options that include neither are nice.
Terri
This looks like a great project!
1. Dietary Restrictions you’d like to see options for in the eBook
I like to eat sourdough breads, and avoid sugar as much as possible.
2. To get you started in eating this way, how many menus would you think adequate?
Since I love to eat seasonally, a week of menus for each season would be a minimum.
3. What types of food do you like best? American/British, Indian, Asian, a mix?
Wow, could you do Indian and keep it simple? A mix is certainly good.
4. Any suggestions for how this eBook can be the most helpful for you?
I find most people who write cookbooks love to cook, and the truth is that I don’t. So simple with great ingredients works best for me.
5. Name ideas for the title, anyone? I don’t know if I can legally use the name, “ Dr. Price” in the title, but I could certainly use the words, “nutrient dense”. Free copy of my upcoming eBook to the first person who comes up with a name that I use for this eBook!
I also love the “Meals that Nourish and Heal” title.
Peggy
1. Restitions: not any really, I don’t eat refined sugar and very little of the “good” ones. I would like to see stevia used as half of the sweetening for anything made that way. I would love the more unsual grains used…they add variety and of course, lots of beans. I can not stomach salmon-how about dishes that you can use to replace it?
2.Two weeks should be plenty.
3. Variety is great.
4. I would like to see substitutions and info on the differences in the nutrition. My understanding was that krill oil is better for you than cod liver oil. Was krill oil even around when Dr. Price was alive?
%. I’ll think about this one.
Erin
I was so excited to see you’re working on an e-book for nutrient dense meals! With two little ones and a husband working and in school it often feels like I’m spinning my wheels trying to feed our family better. There’s so much to learn, just not enough time! Anyway, my main suggestion is to include breakfast, lunch, and dinner recipes. I get the basic meal like you mentioned, but what equals a nutrient dense breakfast? Thanks so much for doing all the research so I can just read your book and make good food 🙂
Natali
1) I would love to see some recipes that have beef and chicken free options, such as duck. Apparently I tolerate duck better than chicken or beef, but have not delved into it’s preparation too much yet. I also would be interested in at least one vegetarian meal, for fasting purposes or just taking a break from meat now and then.
2) 10 or so menus?
3) Definitely a mix
4) It would be helpful to know a daily plan example. For instance, this meal looks very rich (and delicious.) If it were lunch, what would you recommend for breakfast and dinner. How many meals every day should/should not include meat?
5) Balanced Nourishment, Delicious and Doable Family-Pleasing Menus
Mamma
Kimi,
I want you to know just how much we all appreciate the hard work you put into all your topics! You not only begin these journeys but you take the whole trip from start to finish for all of us! I am a grandmother, so I’m not raising children anymore but am still very interested in your post. Seniors need to look into their lack of a “nutrient dense” diet as well as children. One idea I had regarding naming this book, from my grandmother’s generation to mine, preparing meals and serving your family meals that were good for them was part of “loving” them. It started in my generation to be liberated from those chains and shackles, to have a career! Look where this has gotten us! I’ll stop there. Let you thoughts take you further…..but why not something like “Love Dense Nutrient Dense Meals”. It is “Love” when we are unselfish enough to set aside time to do for those that we have been given to care for. By preparing meals that are nutrient dense, we are teaching as well as loving. Thank you Kimi for loving all of us enough to make it easier for us!
Con
Mamma
Oops! Forgot one thing! For seniors, or anything that has a problem with inflammation, keep in mind “no nightshade” foods. Tis includes tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, & peppers. All of these foods increase inflammation. Each individual can be effected differently by each. I have RA, but tomatoes are the only one on the list that bother me. Just a thought.
Pegs
Ditto to the wonderful feedback you’ve had so far. 3 weeks of menus please. And the rationale for what to serve together. Food allergies — Lactose, Casien, Gluten, Soy, Parabens. The idea of menus flexible enough to swap out ingredients to accommodate allergies and intolerance is magnificent! Favorite foods — Japanese, Thai, Vietnamese, Raw, American, Lebanese, Ethopian!, Seafood, Indian, Mix. Whatever you do will be useful. Thank you so much! Still thinking on a name..
Marlo Hughen
What about a chart illustrating the elements: you need a protein, here are the proteins. You need a fruit: here are the fruits. When you eat XX make sure to eat XX with it. Then people can mix and match as they like?
A.H.
Hmmm…how about “Nutrient Dense Synergy”?
I am really enjoying this series, as I have been giving a lot of thought/prayer to the way we eat. I have been reading up on the theory that eating too much fat WITH carbs causes weight gain, thus you should try to spread out “fat meals” and “carb meals” (eating a bit of fat w/carbs, but mostly keeping your good fats separate). Also that even raw, grassfed milk should only be for children because it is full of fats and carbs…
I’m pretty confused, do you have any thoughts? Do you think the way Dr. Price fed these children was only necessary because they were undernourished/underweight? I’m not criticizing, just pondering…we’ve tried to eat according to Weston Price principles for years, just still trying to figure things out here.
Thank you for all the research you are doing!
Caroline
I’m with all the other people that need to be dairy free and gluten free. Everything I’ve seen about this sort of thing is so heavy on the dairy, and that is not even a possibility for us. I’d love to see the theory behind why “x goes with y” and should be in a meal together. Sort of like when you are vegetarian and creating complete proteins …
Susan
Your meal looks amazing!!!! Just reading about it made my mouth start watering!! 😀
Now to answer your questions:
1. Dietary Restrictions you’d like to see options for in the eBook—-I don’t have any dietary restrictions.
2. To get you started in eating this way, how many menus would you think adequate?—-I think two weeks to a month’s worth of menus would be fabulous. There could be repeats on there, too, but it would give someone an idea of how they could plan each week’s groceries based on what meals are planned. Plus, it would be a great way to show how to make use of leftovers, by turning them into another nourishing meal. My husband doesn’t usually like leftovers unless I change them somehow so that it doesn’t look like he’s eating the same thing twice in one week. 😀
3. What types of food do you like best? American/British, Indian, Asian, a mix?—a mix
4. Any suggestions for how this eBook can be the most helpful for you?—-Sharing about the healing aspects of food, specifically each ingredient (or as many as possible) and how they can work together to heal or prevent certain conditions.
5. Name ideas for the title, anyone? I agree with Dani. “A Nutrient-Dense Diet: It Really IS Doable”. Those were my exact thoughts when I first read this question, then I saw she had already posted it. 😀
Jen B.
1. Dairy free, gluten free, nut free (or optional) (also, if you have a grain free crust that uses almond flour (which my child is allergic to) maybe provide another optional flour. grain free is great, but not great for the nut allergy people.)
2. 2-3 weeks
3. A mix, but mostly American, Asian, Mexican. Ya know, it needs to have ingredients that we can find easily. Every now and then, some odd ingredient comes up that I have no idea where to buy it or its super expensive. So ingredients that we can find without having to go to 10 different stores to find it would help.
4. How to work the synergy of nutrients into breakfast, lunch, and dinner, with concrete examples/recipes.
5. Harmony (or Synergy): Nourishing Nutrient Dense Meals
(For the title, I like your catchy one word titles, Ladled, Fresh, etc. )
connie
hi kimi…….i’m so excited about the e-book!
1. our only restriction is a peanut allergy in our family, but we can always work around that.
2. ideally it would be great to have a month’s worth of meals, but 2-3 weeks would be good, too.
3. american is usually easiest because of familiarity and use with children, but i’d certainly like to see ethinic dishes as long as the ingredients are easy to find and can be used in a few of your recipes.
4. i’d love to see a summary at the beginning of the book of all the research you’ve found on nutrient dense food as well as sites to find more info. i’d love to see it organized by whole meals so there’s no looking all over the book to come up with a complete meal.
5. how about a play on your blog name? in place of “the NOURISHING gourmet” you could name the book “the NOURISHING meal”.
Amanda W
It’s a lot to ask, but since you asked: my dream menu plan would not include wheat, dairy, soy, eggs, or nuts (all of which my son is allergic to)–or at least would have a substitution plan handy.
I don’t mind buying a couple of out-of-the-way ingredients, but would love it if the meals were planned so that I would use those ingredients up by the end of the week. (I seriously think that any recipe that calls for just egg yolks should have a companion recipe to tell me what to do with the egg whites!)
I love all of the other ideas about mix and match menu planning plus a basic list of what combinations to keep in mind. I am not completely unfamiliar with Dr Price or GAPS, but I am new to the idea of eating certain foods together to maximize nutrition.
And please include snacks and travel foods. My son’s school lunchbag stymies me particularly in that it can’t be something that needs to be warmed up. What to make other than sandwiches?
As for the title:
_Strengthened: Nutrient Dense Menus that Nourish and Heal_
Thank you so much, Kimi, for all that you do. Without your site, I would be adrift.
Jenny
I also am interested in what appears to be a very yummy gluten-free biscuit! Please post recipe. Thanks!
Amy
I think a couple of weeks worth of meals would be a good. It would also be nice to have suggestions for minimizing efforts, such as two different meals that could be prepped at one time because of common ingredients.
It would also be nice to see suggestions for 2nd best alternatives. For example, the meal you pictured above could have fresh salmon, but the 2nd best was canned.
My title idea is “High Density: Nutrient-Rich Meals Anyone Could Afford to Make”.
Thanks for this series! This is exactly the information I have been wanting to pull together.
Heidi
Dairy free substitutes would be great.
I think 2-4 weeks of dinner menus would be nice. Just a few breakfast menus would be enough for me, and a few lunch menus.
For the title, what about something that matches your previous books? Maybe “Dense: Nourishing Menus for All Seasons”.
Heidi
Or “Dense: Nutrient-Rich Menus for All Seasons”
Christy
Kimi – I am so excited to see you are going to help us all out with this topic! I have been doing the research, but I definately have challenges coming up with menus from day to day. Because of this, four weeks or more worth of menus would be blissful. 🙂
Here are my title suggestions (using some of your own words): “Balanced: Nourishing Meals that Heal” or “Nourished: The Diet that Heals.”
I will eagerly await your eBook. Thank you for all of the help you provide our families with your resources.
Christy
Let me tweak the last one a little:
“Nourished: Frugal Meals that Heal”
connie
hi kimi…..it’s me again. just thinking…..if you really want to use the words “nutrient dense” in your title, instead of “the NOURISHING meal” that i suggested, you could use “the NUTRIENT DENSE meal”. same idea with a play on your blog name, but just changing up the middle wording a bit.
Cory
1. However it works out, suggestions for removing the dairy from the meal would be awesome:) Or the meat. Either way. Honestly there aren’t a whole lot of kosher, whole-food resources out there so if you wanted to take a stab at it, that would be just so cool.
2. 20 was the number that came to minds. Ideas for lunches as well as dinners would be great.
3. A mix. Let us figure out what we like. We’ll have to do that anyways.
4. Cheapskate synergy. Like, just how much meat DO you have to add to a pot of beans to make the protein bioavailable? Joy of Cooking says to add 4 oz of milk to a PB&J meal to round out the protein, for instance.
5. “A WAPF-er takes a stab at Dr. Price” was the first thing that popped into my head. But that’s a terrible title for a cookbook:)
Cory
5: “Love in the Kitchen: A guide to nourishing meals for real families”