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A family meal planner that shows who's eating what this week

Meal Planner · free · no signup

One week, several different plates

Planning meals for a family sounds like one plan, but it rarely is. One person is cutting, one eats whatever's going, someone has late shifts on Thursdays and skips dinner. Squeezing all of that into a single shared plan means somebody's targets get ignored, which is why so many family plans are abandoned by Wednesday.

Here each person keeps their own Meal Planner, built around their own diet, allergies and calorie target. Join a household and the This week tab gets a Household view: the whole week day by day, with what each person is eating at breakfast, lunch and dinner and roughly how many calories it is. That makes it easy to spot the evenings where everyone's eating the same thing, or to cook one extra portion. What's shared is the meal name and calories, never ingredients, portions or targets, and each person can turn Meal plan sharing off. Cooking one plan for everyone, sized per person, is the Grocery Planner's household meal prep for now. To be straight about the tiers: whoever creates the household needs a Premium plan and every other member needs Basic or higher; the planner on its own is free. Start with the free planner below.

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Common questions

Can the whole family use one meal plan?
Each person keeps their own plan, so everyone's diet and calorie target stay right. The Household view then puts the week side by side, who's eating what at each meal. To cook one batch for everyone, use the household meal prep in the Grocery Planner.
What does the rest of the household see?
Only the name and calories of each meal you plan, by day. Ingredients, portions and your targets stay private, and you can turn Meal plan sharing off at any time in your household settings.
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