Commonsense cooking

Meal plans that save you money.

what's on sale is what's for dinner

Every Wednesday, Vie reads what is on sale at your grocery store, digs through three thousand of my own recipes, and sends back a week you can actually cook.

Start from what is cheap this week, not from a recipe you already picked. That is the whole trick, and my grandmother did it without an app.
Lynsie chopping carrots in her kitchen, a toddler beside her

Meet Lynsie, mom of six, Vie founder, and chef with 20+ years of experience in professional and home kitchens.

this is what lands on wednesday

Almost the whole list is on sale

The plan is built backwards from what your store marked down, so the saving is baked in rather than hunted for. Usually the only things not on sale are pantry staples, and if one of those is a genuinely good deal, Vie says stock up.

Chicken thighs $1.99 Corn 4/$2 Zucchini 99c

A sample week

five mains, three sides, lunches

  1. MON Sheet pan chicken and corn on sale
  2. TUE Zucchini fritters, big salad on sale
  3. WED Cheddar and scallion biscuits
  4. THU Thighs again, with rice on sale
  5. FRI Whatever is left, in a quesadilla

Nearly everything above was on sale. This particular week is made up, to show you the shape of it.

everything on one page

numbered cards, no menus to hunt through

Each one opens where it stands. Nothing to download and nothing to sign into. Start with the first one.

from my kitchen, not a stock library

Every dish on this page, I cooked, styled, and shot

Pyrex from my grandmother's cupboard, thrifted pottery, and whatever was actually for dinner that night. The styling and the photography are the parts I never wanted to hand off.

Nests of carbonara on a green glazed plate
Zucchini and sausage bake with striped napkins
Mandarin and ramen salad in a wooden tray
Candied lemon scones on a white platter
Wild rice bake in a silver chafing dish
Soft eggs and green sauce on a gold glass plate
Cut oranges and apples in a white bowl
Years more of this on Instagram. Recipes, kitchen notes, and the best archive of this kitchen there is.

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Wednesdays, one email, no noise

The plan lands the day the new sale prices do, so you have the weekend to shop it.

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