30 Days of Whole30 Recipes + A Easy Whole30 Meal Plan (2024)

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1. Cara Wright — June 11, 2023 @ 4:16 am Reply

   Thank you so much for making our Whole30 experience so easy and delicious! The plan is so well organized and easy to follow, it was actually doable. I appreciated being able to download/print the entire plan in one easy step. The weekly emails are great and the product suggestions are helpful.

   My husband and I planned to cook together on Sundays which made it a fun activity we looked forward to. It was a commitment, but very well worth it.

   It’s amazing how much better we’re feeling after the Whole30. I have to say, we were a bit skeptical going in. I’ve notice a huge improvement in sleep quality, decreased joint pain, and better digestion/decreased bloating (& about a 7 lb weight loss, which as any woman over 50 will tell you, is a miracle!).

   Thanks again for the thoughtful plan, delicious recipes, and support! I highly recommend and have passed on your site to several friends already. Keep up the great work!

   • Justin Winn — June 12, 2023 @ 8:19 am Reply

     You’re very welcome and I’m so happy to hear how much better you’re feeling!

2. Christy Paulley — February 1, 2023 @ 2:26 pm Reply

   My husband and I had a successful Whole30 in January 2023. The menus/shopping list/recipes were all so good! I don’t think we would have been nearly as successful without your plan. I loved the make ahead breakfasts, and the leftovers for lunch incorporated in the plan. I would not do another Whole30 without your plan.

   I picked your plan because I had tried some of your recipes before Whole30 and loved them all. I was confident the recipes would be good, and I wasn’t disappointed! We will keep many of these recipes in our weekly menu rotation.

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   Thank you for making our Whole30 a great success.

   • Justin Winn — February 1, 2023 @ 3:14 pm Reply

     You’re very welcome Christy, thanks for the amazing review! We are happy to have helped you and your husband through your whole30 journey. Don’t forget to come back and browse around to find some new recipes to try 🙂

3. Tanya Conner — September 1, 2022 @ 5:12 pm Reply

   Really enjoyed your Whole 30 Meal Plans! This is our 3rd time doing a Whole 30 round over the past 3 years. Your meal plan is by for the easiest plan to use. The week overview, shopping list and recipes all printed perfectly and were delicious and easy to follow. Thank you for sharing this so freely so that others can eat healthy! My husband and I especially like the sauces and dressing you include. Well done!

   • Justin Winn — September 5, 2022 @ 10:28 am Reply

     Love hearing that Tanya, thank you for coming back to leave this review 🙂

4. Sharetha — May 16, 2022 @ 7:13 am Reply

   I have signed up several times but can not get the printout I never received an email

   • Justin Winn — May 16, 2022 @ 7:34 am Reply

     Sorry about that, I’m not sure why that was happening. I manually subscribed you to this series, so you should be getting the emails now. Let us know if you need anything else.

5. Alice — December 3, 2021 @ 10:49 am Reply

   I’ve tried signing up for the new Whole30 meal plan. I’m already on your email list, but for some reason, I’m not receiving the meal plan. I’ve checked my Spam filter and nothing there, either. I’ve tried emailing you twice, with no response. I’d really like to try the new meal plan. Can you help me figure out what the problem is?

   • Justin Winn — December 4, 2021 @ 11:11 am Reply

     Sorry about that, we never received the emails. I just added you to the meal plan sequence so the first email should be in your inbox soon.

6. Richelle — September 5, 2021 @ 7:13 pm Reply

   Sooo grateful for all the work you put in to providing us with such great recipes and support during my Whole 30. I love how everything was laid out and was easy to follow.

   • Justin Winn — September 6, 2021 @ 7:16 am Reply

     Glad to hear that our plan was helpful! Thanks for coming back to leave a comment:)

7. Randy & Vennessa Hagan — March 27, 2021 @ 7:46 am Reply

   Hi Justin and Erica ~

   My wife and I completed the W-30 recently, and I just got your email asking for feedback with a variety of questions we’ll be answering:

   – How did your Whole30 go?
   We found overall that the W-30 went very well. We used your meal plans and found that their organization and variety made it much less challenging to remain focused and resistant to cheating.

   – What were your biggest challenges?
   My biggest challenge was becoming accustomed to the changed the way I consumed coffee … cutting out dairy and sweetener marked a change from 60 years of drinking coffee that has taken me the last 6 weeks to become “comfortable” with (I grew up in S. LA. w/extreme dark roast coffee-based cafe au lait). I still drink very dark coffee but now “smooth it out” with unsweetened almond milk.
   My wife’s biggest challenges revolved around snacking behavior. She works a very intense job from home for a large firm out of FL, and she spends 10 hrs/day on video teleconferences and at her computer console. She’s accustomed to snacking in the afternoons. I confess that I, too, found the stretch of time between lunch and dinner challenging, feeling “munchy” but resisting snacking, especially during the first 2 weeks.
   Then, we both missed having some sort of small sweet between dinner and bedtime. It took several weeks for those small cravings to pass, as well.

   – Do you consider your Whole30 a success?
   Absolutely! a) I weighed myself for the first time on day 31 and found I’d lost 15 lbs without really sensing the loss. IT’s the lightest I’ve been in 10 years. Once I saw that change, I began to notice my clothes fitting more loosely on my frame than they had before and in the 2 weeks since, I’ve dropped two more pounds. b) I’ve also noticed a decided reduction in overt gastric activity (gas, etc.) as my eating has “cleaned up.” Further, I’ve seen improvements in my skin overall. c) Finally, while I didn’t notice any significant “surge” in energy levels or “tiger blood” sensations (I didn’t want to kill anyone, either!), I have overall felt a greater sense of overall health.
   My wife’s experience paralleled mine pretty much, although she lost less weight than I did (even by proportion). She continues to see her weight drop below her goal weight and she’s finding that the eating we are doing is having a solid impact on her feeling of health.

   – Was the meal plan helpful?
   Frankly, we could not have been successful had we not had your meal plan as our basis for our foray into uncertainty of W-30. My brother and his wife had done your program before and sent us your contact info and the W-30 meal plan. He and his wife, as well as my niece and her hubby and my wife and I all began at the same time. We all used your meal plan and compared notes on what we liked and what choices were more “meh.”
   As a result of getting connected with you two, we’ve added several of your recipes into the “Do Over” category of our meal planning — especially the so-called “comfort food” meals we tried after we finished the formal W-30 program!
   We noticed a couple of things … once we got “the hang of it” we would shop for the coming week on the weekend prior, make two breakfast choices for the week and then, we’d have one meal to cook each day w/leftovers comprising lunch the following day. That process helped immensely in keeping us on track with the program. Further, we noticed how deftly you guys had tweaked recipes to make them fun, flavorful and genuinely easy to make. I’ve always been a “foodie” and even took cooking courses at CIA in Texas, loving bistro and brasserie fare. The first glance at what appeared to be a long recipe was sometimes daunting, but going through it revealed its simplicity and brevity in preparation. This last element made it far less likely for us to throw up our hands in defeat and say, “Aw … too hard … let’s get takeout.” So, we’ve come to very much enjoy your recipes.

   What would make the meal plan better?
   Having grown up a S. LA boy, I’ve loved highly-flavored and highly-spiced foods. I totally get it that most other people in the US don’t. There are pockets of ethnic dishes that are known for intensity of spicy flavors (my Cajun as well as geographic specialties from the middle and southern Americas as well as many locales in Asia). I would ask you guys to add flavoring options for your recipes that would give us opportunities to transcend the “blandness” or “sameness” some of the recipes have.

   The rubs for meats have been fun — we accidentally created the coffee rub (intended for flank steak) and used it on a slow-cooked pork roast — it was outstanding — and the sauce was so good as to almost be “drinkable!” My gravy-making background was tantalized … and I didn’t have to do anything to add much to the sauce … some add’l salt and pepper while the sauce cooked down a little. That was one of the more spectacular discoveries!

   Was anything confusing/hard to follow?
   Not at all. As I mentioned before, I’d had training in preparing bistro/brasserie style foods as well as French haute cuisine, and your recipes were laid out in very clear ways. Only once or twice did we notice a small omission about what to do with a food prep step previously mentioned, but it happened so rarely, I don’t remember where those occurred.

   Were the emails helpful? If no, what could be done differently?
   I was glad to receive the emails and the links you provided me. I especially liked the link to “equivalents” for leafy greens and other veggies. If there were one thing I’d add, it would be another equivalents page for dried vs fresh herbs. Some recipes called for fresh herbs but none were available — it would have been helpful to see what the dried equivalent would be if the fresh weren’t at hand.

   Overall, we are VERY happy with the structure you guys helped provide us, and we credit it for the success we felt during the W-30. As a result, we’ve determined to keep on with “clean eating” plans throughout the week days and save our “splurges” for weekends, noting that we don’t feel that much of a desire for “splurges” in ways we once did. I’ve continued to drink my very dark roast coffee unsweetened and lightened w/almond milk. We both drink espressos the same way now … and I’ll see how long it goes before i want to try my previous style!

   • Justin Winn — March 29, 2021 @ 9:49 am Reply

     Wow – Thanks for the amazingly detailed review and response! We are truly thankful and are so happy we were able to help you through your Whole30 experience 🙂

8. Jodi — February 26, 2021 @ 1:50 pm Reply

   Thank you. You have made this so easy. I’m started whole 30 again because you took the thinking out for me. So again. THANK YOU

   • Justin Winn — February 28, 2021 @ 2:17 pm Reply

     You’re very welcome!

9. Melissa — February 8, 2021 @ 12:47 pm Reply

   I already completed the original Whole30 meal plan and was hoping there was a full month pdf that I could download for the updated meal plan that includes the shopping lists and recipes all in one. I’m already signed up to get emails but didn’t see an option to get the new one. Please help 🙂

   • Justin Winn — February 8, 2021 @ 1:08 pm Reply

     Hi Melissa – Just enter your email into the form on this page and there will be a download for all 4 weeks sent with this new meal plan. Or, if you don’t need the email sequence again, just shoot us a note to [email protected] and we’ll get you a copy.

10. Linda — February 5, 2021 @ 1:14 pm Reply

    Your recipes look delicious. I signed up for your meal plan a week ago and am very excited to start but I haven’t received anything yet. I have received several emails from you but no meal plans or shopping lists. I have also checked my spam mail and there is nothing there from you. Is there something else I need to do to get the meal plan? I can’t wait to start!

    • Justin Winn — February 6, 2021 @ 6:54 am Reply

      Hi Linda – I just manually triggered the meal plan sequence for this Whole30 meal plan for you. Please let us know if you have any further questions, just reply to any email from us 🙂

      • Dorothea — December 4, 2021 @ 5:59 am Reply

        I am having the same issue. Can you send the plan to me?

        • Justin Winn — December 4, 2021 @ 11:11 am Reply

          I just added you to the meal plan sequence so the first email should be in your inbox soon.

11. Cande Solie — February 4, 2021 @ 10:52 am Reply

    I really enjoyed everything about what you did, you made it so simple, from the meals (That were delicious) weekly planning, grocery list. And I lost 12 pounds in my 30 days!!

    • Justin Winn — February 7, 2021 @ 7:58 am Reply

      Wow, that’s so great to hear! I’m glad your Whole30 was a success and that you enjoyed the meals 🙂

12. Rachel — October 13, 2020 @ 5:36 pm Reply

    I did a Whole30 in June and was feeling overwhelmed before I began. I stumbled across this blog and set of meal plans. While I didn’t make everything, I made a lot and it helped so much. I try to meal plan weekly anyway so this was super helpful. I even kept a few of these recipes in my rotation after Whole30. I still come back to find more new recipes to try.

    • Justin Winn — October 14, 2020 @ 10:50 am Reply

      So happy to hear that our plan was helpful and you are still enjoying some of our recipes.

13. Michele — October 13, 2020 @ 3:25 pm Reply

    Thank you SO MUCH Erica and Justin for your amazing information, recipes, hints and tips, and overall healthy lifestyle support. I LOVE the content and although I don’t use the meal plan, I do use the emailed recipes an average of 4 out of 7 evenings of any given week. They are always amazing and a huge hit with my entire family, including my 5, 6 and 8 year old children. They are not just healthy, but employ ingredients I either have in my refrigerator/pantry or can easily source from a local store or farm.

    I also share your recipes and website with friends and family, and on my twitter account! Sometimes I just can’t help myself, when my kids are raving over a great meal I have to share the love & put the appreciation where it’s due! 🙂

    • Justin Winn — October 14, 2020 @ 10:49 am Reply

      Thank you for the kind review Michele, we really appreciate it!

14. Cherie — October 13, 2020 @ 7:04 am Reply

    I facilitated the Whole30 program for my family after 6 months of Covid19. We all needed a break from stress eating! Justin+Erica helped so much with the menus and especially the shopping lists as now more than ever grocery shopping feels like hunting and gathering!! I’m so glad we did this healthy reset 🙂

    • Justin Winn — October 13, 2020 @ 1:08 pm Reply

      Thanks Cherie, I feel you on shopping feeling like a chore lately! So glad our meal plan was helpful for your family.

15. Fran — April 19, 2020 @ 2:56 pm Reply

    My husband and I went on this plan last summer and he lost 20 plus lbs and I lost 13 lbs in 3 weeks
    The shopping list is great and recipes were delicious we batched cooked so it is quit easy
    Plan is wonderful
    No weighing or measuring eat all the good you can
    This is a great site
    Thank you guys!!!
    Looking forward to the new recipes

    • Justin Winn — April 20, 2020 @ 7:36 am Reply

      We hope you enjoy the new plan and congratulations on your success last time!

16. Amy Woods — February 3, 2020 @ 6:53 pm Reply

    My husband and I started the Whole 30 on January 6 so we are on day 29 but it has been going great. We used your menu plan and recipes. I especially found the shopping list very helpful. We both feel much better in all aspects! I have enjoyed trying all the new recipes and just finding a different way of cooking with different foods. Thank you for all the support and hints and menus.

    • Justin Winn — February 4, 2020 @ 9:00 am Reply

      You’re very welcome Amy, thank you for sharing your experience!

17. Elise Hebert — January 17, 2020 @ 6:29 am Reply

    I love all the wonderful resources you provide. I’ve signed up for the Whole 30 meal plan but never received it. Any suggestions?

    • Justin Winn — January 17, 2020 @ 7:01 am Reply

      Hi Elise, please check your junk/spam folder. I checked and several emails have been sent to you. If you are using a work address, they may block our email. If you can’t find them in your work email, you can try signing up with a personal email. If none of that works, please contact us directly at [email protected] and we’ll get you taken care of.

18. Serena Moroukian — February 22, 2019 @ 8:16 am Reply

    Hi J&E, thanks again for putting all the materials together to make this so easy for us. I actually started week 1 on Monday and bought all the ingredients based on your week 1 menu. Wondering if you can have week 2 sent to me so that I can meal prep this weekend. I signed up today but assume that I will be sent week 1. Thanks so much!!

    • J+E | Real Simple Good — February 22, 2019 @ 8:43 am Reply

      Hi Serena – We just sent you an email with the meal plans!

19. Molly — February 16, 2019 @ 11:38 am Reply

    Hi there! I am excited to use your meal plan, however I do not eat seafood at all. Can I substitute chicken for the seafood recipes? Also, do many of your recipes contain carrot? My husband has a carrot allergy so I wanted to check before we sign up for the plan. Thank you!

    • J+E | Real Simple Good — February 17, 2019 @ 7:35 am Reply

      Molly – Every recipe is listed in the blog post above, so you can read through them and click on each recipe to see the ingredients. There are a few seafood recipes that could be subbed with chicken (you’ll have to adjust the cooking time). For any recipes with carrots you could replace those with another vegetable.

20. Rachelle — February 13, 2019 @ 12:42 pm Reply

    Hello, I signed up to receive the Week 1 meal plan with grocery list, but it didn’t arrive in my regular or spam mailbox. Thank you for taking the time to put all of this together!

    • J+E | Real Simple Good — February 13, 2019 @ 2:39 pm Reply

      Rachelle, we checked in our system and it looks like you received the meal plan. Please email us at [email protected] with any issues.

21. Ann Marie — February 13, 2019 @ 8:21 am Reply

    Is it free after the first 30 days?

    • J+E | Real Simple Good — February 13, 2019 @ 8:45 am Reply

      The meal plan is 100% free but only lasts for the 30 days, it doesn’t go beyond that.

22. Tara M — January 27, 2019 @ 7:21 am Reply

    Thank you, thank you, thank you for these great meal plans!!! Your plans are what made Whole30 do-able for me the last 30 days. The recipes are simple and the food was delicious. I’ve signed up for the 2018 plans just so I can continue with the meal prepping for work. I’ve tried other meal planning services and yours is by far the easiest and most user friendly one I’ve used!

    • J+E | Real Simple Good — January 27, 2019 @ 9:13 am Reply

      That’s such a great review! Thanks so much for taking the time to come back and share! We appreciate it and are so thrilled to know you found so much value from our meal plan! Good luck as you continue on! Don’t be a stranger! 🙂

23. Jonathan Tam — January 3, 2019 @ 11:45 pm Reply

    I found your meal plan on Tuesday Jan 1 while looking for some new Whole30 recipes and jumped right in! So far, the grocery list and meal plan have been extremely helpful (and delicious)! Do you know when I’ll receive the week 2 email? I skipped Day 1 since it was already Tuesday, and want to make sure I can get the shopping list on Saturday so I can prep for week 2 starting Monday.

    Just want to make sure the “weekly” isn’t based on when I downloaded originally.

    Thanks!
    Jon

    • J+E | Real Simple Good — January 4, 2019 @ 7:37 am Reply

      Jon – the plans are sent weekly based on when you signed up. However, I will send you the remaining weeks so you have them when needed for shopping.

24. Theodora — November 23, 2018 @ 9:52 pm Reply

    Hello, I signed up to get the meal plans, and have received emails with tips and such, but I haven’t seen the meal plan/shopping list as of yet. I double checked my spam folder, and it’s not there. Am I missing something?

    Thank you.

    • J+E | Real Simple Good — November 24, 2018 @ 6:57 am Reply

      Theodora – I just emailed you a copy of the meal plan for week 1.

      • Theodora — November 24, 2018 @ 10:34 am Reply

        I received the email, thank you!

25. Amanda — September 24, 2018 @ 5:54 pm Reply

    My husband is doing whole 30 this month for the first time. We just googled “whole 30 meal plans” and got your site. I have to tell you your recipes have been consistently delicious and easy! We’ve been making 3-4 of your meals a week and doing eggs, roasted meats, and veggies in between. Every one of your recipes has been a winner. My husband is still raving about the hollandaise sauce we tried on week 1. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

    • J+E | Real Simple Good — September 25, 2018 @ 8:29 am Reply

      Thank you so much for the kind review! We are so happy to hear that you are enjoying the recipes and your Whole30 is going well :).

26. Lekeysha — August 30, 2018 @ 8:06 am Reply

    Hi guys! Your meal plan seems like it will be really helpful! I have decided to begin my whole 30 on September 10. I know that is far out but I am trying to mentally prepare myself for the time just like I did when I quit smoking. I am excited to begin this journey and thankful for all the resources you provide.

    • J+E | Real Simple Good — August 30, 2018 @ 10:57 am Reply

      Lekeysha – thank you and we are happy you found our meal plan! Best of luck and let us know if we can help in any way :).

27. Audrey — August 27, 2018 @ 5:40 am Reply

    This is coming at such a perfect time! My husband and I are going to be starting our second round of Whole30 on Saturday and we used your other Whole30 meal plan for our first round and loved it! Can’t wait to try all of these recipes. Thanks Justin + Erica.

    • J+E | Real Simple Good — August 27, 2018 @ 8:42 am Reply

      Yay! We’re glad it worked out so well for you guys! Keep us posted and let us know how your second round goes! 🙂

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