Need some inspiration for your weekly meal planning? Sarah Waldman, nutritionist, mom, and author of Feeding a Family (now in paperback) is here to help! She has put together a schedule of a whole week of wintery meals for your family, with a complete shopping list to make things easy.

In her book Feeding a Family, Sarah Waldman lays out all the tools you need to break out of the mealtime rut and turn dinner into a nutritionally fulfilling and happy occasion—despite busy schedules, long work days, and picky eaters. Through forty complete meals, you'll discover hearty dinners the whole family will love.

Click below to download a plan for a week of winter meals, with a couple sample recipes included, featuring Slurpee Noodle Bowls and Chocolate, Peanut Butter & Date Truffles.

For all the meals and recipes referenced in this plan, please see Feeding a Family, available wherever books are sold.

About the author

Feeding a Family author Sarah Waldman fell in love with food while playing “cooking show” with her little sister in the 1980s. Decades later, she followed that passion to the Institute of Integrative Nutrition to study the connections between food and personal wellness. Now Sarah spends her time being a mother, food writer, and recipe developer. As a health-focused home cook, she develops and offers recipes for simple, whole-food meals appropriate for every member of the family. Her work has been featured in Fine Cooking, Shape, Edible Vineyard, Food52, and The Coastal Table. Sarah lives on Martha's Vineyard with her husband and two boys. On her blog (SarahWaldman.com) she shares healthy, seasonal recipes that celebrate a family-focused life.