Food Prep: What is Skinnytaste?

Skinnytaste was started by Gina Homolka as a way to slim down favorite recipes. From this beginning, Ms. Homolka has developed Skinnytaste into an amazing website, a collection of books, and a partnership with Home Chef.

While visiting our nephew and niece last fall, I first learned about Skinnytaste. Their family has adopted a very healthy lifestyle which inspired me. Upon returning home, I purchased two used Skinnytaste cookbooks on Amazon thinking I had found some great new tools. But it turned out that I was already using Skinnytaste without realizing it!

This is because I dabble in meal kits, Home Chef in this case. Now meal kits can be pretty pricy, so I’m not proposing that you run out and subscribe (I’m not sharing my link because I want to remain independent and trusted.) But they clearly are more convenient, so if time is an issue, it might be worth a try. Home Chef really has some healthy meals that use Skinnytaste recipes! Most meal kits don’t have the best choices for weight maintenance.

For those on a tight budget, or who wish to spend their money elsewhere, the Skinnytaste website has many free recipes. As if that wasn’t enough, they have free 7 day meal plans! Here is the most recent week at the time of this blog post: https://www.skinnytaste.com/7-day-healthy-meal-plan-jan-9-15/

You can also sign up for email reminders as menus become available. Several Skinnytaste Facebook groups allow you to share your experiences. Printable shopping lists and ideas for particular diet plans like Weight Watchers round out the offerings. All are by Gina Homolka, who has graciously provided so much to us at no cost.

Ms. Homolka has also written six cookbooks. Each is full of creative recipes and vivid illustrations. I will be reviewing the two that I own coming up soon. But for now, I’m sharing the photo above from a dish on her website. This is Flaugnarde of Mixed Berries. Sounds difficult, but it’s easy and delish!

Give the Skinnytaste website a try. It’s such an amazing resource for our weight maintenance journeys!