Summer Ready:
A Meal Planning Summit

Before summer gets busy, set up the systems that make feeding your family easier.

Join us for a free, one-day virtual event!

Summer Ready is a free one-day virtual event designed to help families set up simple systems
before the busy summer season begins.

The Summit will be held live on May 29th at 10 am MT.
It's free to attend, and replays will be available!

Register for Free

What You'll Learn

With less routine and more activities, summer can make meal planning and cooking feel harder than other times of the year. 

This virtual summit will help you get ahead before summer begins!

You'll learn how to:

  • Build flexible meal plans for unpredictable schedules
  • Shop smarter and avoid extra grocery trips
  • Prep meals to make weeknights easier
  • Handle picky eating during busy days
  • Feel more confident in the kitchen

By the end of the day, you'll have practical tips and ideas you can start using right away.

Meet the Speakers

Learn from trusted experts who will share practical, real-life strategies.
hannah van ark

Hannah Van Ark

Plant Forward Families

Hannah is a plant-forward Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, mom of two little ones, and former clinical nutrition researcher passionate about helping other moms feel energized, well-fed, and confident in their bodies. She specializes in helping families create realistic, flexible plant-forward routines that fuel both short-term energy and long-term health.

carol ann kates

Carol Ann Kates

Award-Winning Author

After years of operating supermarkets in Northern Colorado, Carol Ann Kates transitioned from grocer to award-winning author. She is the author of Secret Recipes from the Corner Market, selected as a Top Ten Favorite Cookbook by the Denver Post Food Staff, and Amazon international best-selling Grocery Shopping Secrets. Her current focus is her memoir, Busted But Not Broken, the story of the hard-fought struggle to save her family’s business.

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Pam Mercer

Greenily

Pam Mercer is the founder of Greenily and host of the podcast Green Living for Real Life, where she helps everyday moms swap in greener habits one simple step at a time. Find her at greenily.co and @pam.p.mercer on Instagram.

Debbie Brosnan

The Effortless Kitchen

Debbie Brosnan is the founder of The Effortless Kitchen, where she helps people embrace joyful, effortless cooking and experience the world through foodie travel. She leads culinary retreats in Europe and beyond, offers private cooking coaching, and is the author of two Amazon-bestselling cookbooks, including her newest release, The Effortless Kitchen Cookbook, Volume 2. 

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Diana Rice

Tiny Seed Nutrition

Diana Rice is a registered dietitian, a certified intuitive eating counselor, and a certified parent coach with a mission of helping families enjoy a healthy relationship with food. Diana also owns Tiny Seed Family Nutrition, a weight-inclusive nutrition coaching practice that helps both children and adults with issues including selective eating, food fixations, body image and weight concerns and dieting trauma.

katie kimball

Katie Kimball

Raising Healthy Families

Katie Kimball of Raising Healthy Families helps change kids’ relationship to food, both through work in the kitchen and helping parents of picky eaters. She’s a former teacher, two-time TEDx speaker, writer, mom of 4 kids and creator of the Kids Cook Real Food Course, Teens Cook Real Food Course, #LifeSkillsNow virtual summer camps, and blogs at Kitchen Stewardship. Her mission is to connect families around healthy food, teach every child to cook, and instill those all-important life skills!

maddie let's eat plants

Maddie Biesek

Let's Eat Plants

I’m Maddie from the YouTube channel, Let's Eat Plants, and I love helping people eat more plants with meal prep! I focus on easy systems and practical tips to make healthy eating stick.

riley and roni

Riley + Roni

Plan to Eat

Riley and Roni are Plan to Eat's resident meal planning experts! They share their knowledge and many tips and tricks on the Plan to Eat Podcast and create content on Plan to Eat's social media, blog, and YouTube channel.

Event Details

Date: May 29, 2026

Time: Starting at 10 am MT • Event will last approximately 4 hours

Format: Free Virtual Event

Replays: Available for a limited time after the event

Join us for this free one-day virtual event!

Register for Free