We are SO EXCITED to share some enhancements that just went live on the Eat REAL America website!

Thanks to your feedback and requests, we have had a growing wish list for the website for a while.  And now our amazing new web developer has brought these to life!  

You can watch our video or read on to learn more.

Enhanced Search Functionality

The coaching tips and videos are now searchable! When you select Coaching Tips or Videos, you now have the option to select a category or search for a keyword – or both! 

For example, you can select Coaching Tips and search “cholesterol.”  Or select Videos, and then search the category Grocery Store Tours and search “yogurt.” 

We hope this will help you more easily utilize all the videos and hundreds of coaching tips we have on the website.  And if you can’t find a topic you are looking for, please let us know – we always love your coaching tip requests!

Sitewide Search

Now when you search for something in the main search bar, you will see recipes, coaching tips, and videos.  

For example, if you type “spaghetti squash” in the search bar, it will first show you all the recipes on the site.  Then, you can also select the checkboxes for coaching tips and/or videos to also include those in your search.

And that’s not all!  Now you can more easily search for more than one ingredient!  For example, you can type “chicken sweet potatoes” in the sitewide search bar to see all of the recipes that include both chicken and sweet potatoes.  Please keep in mind, this will include recipes that reference the words “chicken” and “sweet potatoes” anywhere in the recipe.  So, if we say in the why we like it or quick tip that “this recipe also works great with chicken,” it will show up in this type of search.

Recipe Box Favorites

This request was suggested because someone mentioned, “I would love a way to more easily organize my Recipe Box…I have 140 recipes in there!” 

We have added a feature for you to “heart your favorites” in the Recipe Box.  Once you click the heart, that recipe will be added to a Favorites section and will stay towards the top of your Recipe Box.  You also have the ability to easily add a recipe from your Recipe Box to your Shopping List.

Weekly Meal Planner in the Shopping List

We want to help you plan and organize!  

Your Shopping List still includes a list of recipes you have added that you plan to make.  And now it also includes the ability to organize those recipes by meal and day into a weekly meal planner chart.  You can add more than one recipe to any meal and can remove recipes from the chart or clear the meal plan with one click when you are ready to plan your next week.  You can also choose whether to print the recipe list, meal planner, and shopping list…print any or all of them!

Technology Pet Peeve(s)!

One of the frustrating things I have learned with technology is any changes like this may not show up on your device at first because of “cache” settings.  In other words, your device may be hanging on to the old code.  If you are having issues seeing these new features, here are some instructions on how to clear your “cache.”

• Chrome (Desktop or Mobile App)
• iPhone / iOS (Safari)
• Firefox
• Android browser
• Microsoft Edge

According to our website developer, eventually (in 7 days or so) your web browser will automatically load the latest code even if you don’t proactively “clear the cache.”

My other pet peeve is that every web browser and mobile device is a little different.  We have done our best to test these features on all the main browsers and mobile devices.  If you have any issues that persist after clearing your “cache,” please let us know.

Thank you for keeping us inspired to make improvements — we hope these enhancements will make your planning, organizing and REAL FOOD journey easier!  

Thank you for all your ideas, requests and feedback!