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A Weekly Meal Plan for YOU

By June 21, 2012October 2nd, 201337 Comments

Ok guys — didn’t I say right there on page 2 of the book that in order to kickstart the dinner habit, you are not in any way whatsoever required to start writing down what you are cooking and eating in a dedicated diary? So what is up with all the emails* telling me that you are starting your own books and filling them with chilled soups and grilled fish tacos and other simple, delicious-sounding summer dinners? Do you not know you are setting yourself up for a lifetime of obsessiveness and ridicule and…simple, delicious-sounding summer dinners?

Well anyway, I was thinking this morning that since I was the one who got you into this whole mess, the least I could do is help you kickstart some weekly planning. So book owners, you are welcome to download a PDF of the line-up that I intend to scribble into my own diary next week. It’s been hot in New York the past few days and this menu (including shopping list) was designed with that in mind. And, also, with the Really?-Dinner-is-Here-Again? cook in mind. All you have to do to access the plan is click here and type in the secret code, i.e. the last word on page 137. (Or, for Kindle readers: location 39% – 2151 of 5506, the word right above “November.”)

And non-book owners, what are you waiting for? Now that I’ve put my diary-inspired mania out there, and you have access to the meals that have seen me through fourteen years of first jobs and working late and eating in shifts and witching hours and picky eaters and two cursed egg-haters and dinners at the beach and in front of the World Cup and the Olympics and American Idol — well, now that all of this is out there, I’m going to be presenting these book-based meal plans as bonus features and I don’t want to feel guilty about leaving you behind! It’s bad enough that I’ve sent all these poor unsuspecting souls down the diary road. So, as Andy would say, let’s do this thing!

*If you have not heard back from me yet, please forgive the delay. Please do not mistake this delinquency for ungraciousness or apathy. I’ve read (and sometimes re-read) every note and will eventually repsond to every single one.

37 Comments

  • Avatar Michelle says:

    Just picked up your book at the library, and I can hardly put it down. Love the dinner diary idea!!

  • Avatar Jane says:

    Just received my copy of your book down here in Australia. It’s beautiful & so helpful. Congratulations!

  • Avatar Jo says:

    Waiting for my book in UK, struggling with the concept that we are now “excluded” from DALS until book is purchased. Passwords are not they way forward. I think you need to remain loyal to your readers, after all they were the ones who got you to where you are…x

  • Avatar megan says:

    hey jenny, i keep typing in the last word (either the last word in the last paragraph or the last word listed on the page) from my new book, and it still doesn’t let me in. can you help me? (BTW – love the book! with a 2 year old who has had an adventurous sleep journey, we can relate and are so happy to have easy but satisfying recipes in one location.

  • Avatar nancy says:

    I’m having the same problem as megan–I keep typing in that last word on p. 137, and nothing happens. Could it be a browser issue? (I’m using Chrome.) Off to try another browser. Very frustrating!!

  • Avatar Mindi says:

    Am I crazy? I see page 135 with the recipe for Flatbread Pizza with Arugula and Prosciutto and the next page has 4 cocktails pictured and then page 153! Misprinted? Missing pages?

  • Avatar Lisa says:

    I can’t get the site to accept the password either. Help?

  • Avatar Verenique B says:

    please help! i am typing in the last word on page 137 and it’s not working!

  • Avatar nancy says:

    Use all lower case and it will work.

  • Avatar Heather says:

    loved the book too, but password won’t work on Chrome or Safari 🙁

  • Avatar Heather says:

    disregard the above. capital first letter, lower for the rest. duh.

  • Nicole says:

    I realize I’m late to the party here, but I’m having password issues, too! I own the book, it’s sitting right here in front of me. I’ve tried the last word of the recipe on page 137, the word that appears physically closest to the bottom of the page, the last word in the recipe instructions, and the last word of the notes. I’ve tried all lower case, cap first letter, rest lower case… nothing works! Anyone have any ideas?

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