Creating/Editing Meal Plans and Items

Creating a Meal Plan

To create a meal plan:

1. Open the 📱 Meal Plans page
2. Click the + button in the bottom right corner
3. Add a title and any collaborators
4. Click "create"

Adding Items (text) to a Meal Plan

To add items directly to a meal plan:

1. Open the 📱 Meal Plans page
2. Open the meal plan you'd like to add items to
3. Click the + button in the bottom right corner
4. Click "manual entry" unless you want to 📖 add a recipe
5. Enter the title, date, and select a meal
6. Optionally add notes
7. Click "add to meal plan"

Adding a Recipe to a Meal Plan

To add a recipe to a meal plan you have two options - either via the recipe details page or via the meal plan details page. Both are just as effective, and are merely for convenience depending on what you're doing at the moment. Feel free to go through either flow depending on what's easier for you.

Via the Meal Plan Page

1. Open the 📱 Meal Plans page
2. Open the meal plan you'd like to add the recipe to
3. Click the + button in the bottom right corner
4. Leave "choose recipe" selected
5. Search for the recipe you'd like to add via the search box
6. Click the recipe you'd like to add from the results list
7. Enter the date and select the meal this will be scheduled for
8. Optionally add notes
9. Click "add to meal plan"

Via the Recipe Details Page

1. Open the 📱 My Recipes page
2. Open the recipe you'd like to add
3. Open the options menu in the top right corner
4. Click "add to meal plan"
5. Select the meal plan you'd like to add the recipe to
6. Select the date and select the meal this will be scheduled for
7. Optionally add notes
8. Click "add to meal plan"

Notes

Each meal plan item can have optional notes. Notes are useful for adding extra context to an item, such as side dishes, cooking reminders, or serving instructions.

To add or edit notes:

1. Click the + button to create a new item, or click an existing item and select "edit this item"
2. Enter your notes in the "Notes" field at the bottom of the form
3. Save the item

Notes support the same header syntax as recipe notes — wrap a line in square brackets (e.g. [Sides]) to make it a bold header.

Notes are displayed in the item details view when you click on an item. They are also included when sharing your meal plan via iCal.

Editing an Item

To edit an item, simply click the item and select "edit this item". You can change anything about the item, including the date, meal, notes, or recipe/title.