EBTChef.com
Meal Plan FAQs
Membership
- What do I get when I join Everything but the Chef?
- What are the benefits of your service?
- How can I sign-up and what are my payment options?
Meal Plans
- What exactly is a meal plan? Is it the same thing as a recipe?
- What if I have a question about a recipe?
- What if I know my family won't like a recipe or particular meal plan?
- How do I customize the meal plans?
- Do you provide meal plans for persons on a specific type of diet, such as low carb or diabetic?
- When do I get my meal plans (i.e. What day of the week are the meal plans changed, is it always the same, and how will I remember)?
- I've been telling my friend what a great service EbtChef provides. She says she can get hundreds of free recipes online, and can't see why she should join. So how can I best respond to her? She does need the help!
- My family has some favorite meals. How do I fit these in?
Billing
- When will my credit card (cc) be charged each month?
- How will the billing of EbtChef show up on my cc statement
- What if I want to cancel my membership?
Technical
Membership
What do I get when I join Everything but the Chef?
A time-saving web based service that organizes, plans and helps you cook regular family meals. Members get—
- HELP with dinner! Five new meal plans with a shopping list every week.
- Flexibility! You can delete one or more recipes from any meal plan and replace these with favorites or leave out things altogether.
- Access to our family friendly/relationship building web pages that include hints in the kitchen, family activity ideas, stories worth sharing, and fun stuff that will make you laugh ("Lickin' Life with Laughter").
- Weekly email reminders with a family treat recipe that's fun and irresistable!
What are the benefits of your service?
- #1-- According to the research, families that eat regular meals together are healthier emotionally, relationally, academically, physically, etc.
- Save Time--get organized, plan and successfully cook meals
- Save Money--planning ahead and then sticking to a complete shopping list helps save on the grocery bill more than anything else you can do
- More variety means better nutrition
- Our guarantee is that Chef meals
- Take the hassle out of planning meals
- Improve your organization
- Are flexible
- Are family friendly (practical and tasty, not gourmet)
- Are an inexpensive investment (pennies a day is all you'll pay!)
- Give you tons of variety
- Introduce most kids to something new (but not strange) that they'll
- actually like!
- Include basic recipes with quick email responses to your recipe questions
How can I sign-up and what are my payment options?
You can sign-up using our sign-up form. Payment can be made by VISA, Mastercard, or American Express Credit Cards, or by Bank Electronic Check.
Meal Plans
What exactly is a meal plan? Is it the same thing as a recipe?
A meal plan is more than a recipe. It includes a complete dinner menu with all ingredients a part of a weekly shopping list that's made up for you. Your Chef meal plans will be changed every week, and will include 5 different and complete menus for simply delicious dinners. (That is, they are "easy" to prepare, and taste great). Chef allows you the flexibility to delete and add recipes so you can customize each meal plan also, allowing you the flexibility to create meals your family will love.
What if I have a question about a recipe?
On the website you will find links to ask the chef.
What if I know my family won't like a recipe or particular meal plan?
Several options:
We know flexibility is important, so we've made it easy to replace a recipe that you are not interested in with a favorite that you've saved, or delete an entire meal plan if you don't need all five, etc.
Consider simply deleting the item you think your family won't like from a recipe (such as the peas or onions), or replace something they don't like with something else (chicken instead of pork).
Teach your family to get used to new things, or eating things they don't necessarily love. It's good for them!
How do I customize the meal plans?
To customize meal plans simply remove recipes from the meal plan that you wish to adjust. Then, from your favorites page add in the recipe you want to replace the removed recipe with. If there are no favorites then you will be able to remove meals.
Do you provide meal plans for persons on a specific type of diet, such as low carb or diabetic?
Currently we do not, but please note that we do upgrade our service periodically according to needs as we find it feasible to do so.
Also, this is a great service for families who have one family member that must be on a strict diet that includes food that the rest of the family doesn't enjoy. Now instead of planning two meals each night, you only have to plan one, since Chef plans one for you!
When do I get my meal plans (i.e. What day of the week are the meal plans changed, is it always the same, and how will I remember)?
When you sign-up initially you may go to the website (EbtChef.com), put in your password and receive the current meal plans. Thereafter, on Wednesdays you will receive a weekly email that alerts you to the fact that your new meal plans are ready. From this email you can link to the latest meal plans, adjust them if necessary and print off the recipes and a shopping list.
I've been telling my friend what a great service EbtChef provides. She says she can get hundreds of free recipes online, and can't see why she should join. So how can I best respond to her? She does need the help!
Tell her that the service at Chef helps you plan, cook, and maintain regular family mealtime organization. It makes you look good plus it's great for the kids! Chef offers far more than just recipes. We make it possible for many to get a home cooked meal on the table every single day without the challenge of being overwhelmed by a deluge of free online recipe options.
Searching recipes, organizing balanced menus, maintaining variety, and creating shopping lists all adds up to time out of her day. Tell your friend that Everything but the Chef will help her plan, organize and spend more good eatin' time with family.
My family has some favorite meals. How do I fit these in?
That is one reason we send 5 meal plans a week. That leaves two days free to do other things.
Billing
When will my credit card (cc) be charged each month?
The day you sign up becomes your anniversary date and you will be billed on that day of the month, or year, depending on the payment option you chose.
How will the billing of EbtChef show up on my cc statement?
To the left of your charge it will say "EbtChef.com 1-888-293-2433
What if I want to cancel my membership?
Simply login to your account and click the "My Account" tab. There is a link at the bottom to cancel your account.
Technical
What if I have questions or a problem with the website?
Please contact Technical Support.
Testimonial
"I just joined today, after looking at your sample menus. When I first came to the site, I was afraid your menus would be a bit too hoity-toity (you know, walnut-crusted trout and stuff) for my husband's taste, but actually your recipes look delicious and easy. I understand you're relatively new to the web, and I want to say I hope you make it. It seems like you're offering a wonderful service for a great price, so good luck to you!"
– Elizabeth
