Guide · Meal planning
Make a meal plan you can change.
Pick a day, add a saved recipe, then choose the ingredients you want to buy.
Start with recipes you actually want to cook. Foodie’s Meal Planner gives them a place on the calendar; ingredient selection is a separate action, so you can check what you already have before adding groceries.
Step by step
5 steps · 5 min
- 01
Open Meal Planner
Open the Meal tab and select the date you want to plan. Switch between the available day, week and month views to see the period you need.
- 02
Add a recipe to a meal
Use the add control for the day, choose a saved recipe and select the meal. You can also use Schedule Meal from a recipe.
- 03
Review the week
Add the other meals you want to plan. Leave space for leftovers or meals out, and change scheduled meals when your plans change.
- 04
Choose ingredients for shopping
Use Choose ingredients for a planned day to review its recipes. Select the ingredients you need, or add them all, before adding them to Groceries.
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Return to the plan when you cook
Open the scheduled recipe from the calendar and use Cook now. The calendar’s export menu also offers sharing the week and exporting the week or month as a PDF.
Pro tips
Small details that help.
- Planning a recipe does not mean every ingredient is automatically added to your grocery list.
- Check the calendar date before adding a meal, especially when moving between weeks.
- Use the calendar export menu when you want to share or keep a copy of the plan.
How FOODIE: Recipe Saver helps
Saved recipes, scheduled meals and groceries are connected, but you decide what goes on the shopping list. This keeps the plan useful when you already have some ingredients.
FOODIE: Recipe Saver
Try it in Foodie.
Free to download. Premium $4.17/month annually. Start with a recipe you want to cook.
Try Foodie for freeCommon questions
Frequently asked.
4 answers to the things people ask us most. Tap any question to expand.
Can I add a recipe from its own screen?
Yes. Use Schedule Meal from the recipe to choose when you want to cook it.
Does the grocery list fill itself as soon as I plan a meal?
No. Open ingredient selection for the planned recipes, choose what you need and add it to Groceries.
Can I share my plan?
The calendar export menu offers Share Week, Export Week PDF and Export Month PDF. The app shows any applicable access requirements.
Do I have to plan every meal?
No. Add only the meals you want to keep track of and return to the plan when you need it.
How to make a grocery list from recipes
Choose individual ingredients, add a whole recipe, or select ingredients from your meal plan.
GuideWhat to cook with what's in your fridge
Tell the Foodie cooking assistant what is in your fridge, review the suggestion, and save the recipe you want.
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