Family Dinner Plans Help

How do I add a meal or scan a recipe?

Quick answer

In the Meals tab, tap Add Meal to type one in, or Scan Recipe to turn a photo of a recipe into a meal you can edit.

Add a meal by hand

  • Open the Meals tab.
  • Tap Add Meal (the + button).
  • Type the Meal name. This is the only thing you must fill in.
  • Photo: Take Photo or Choose Photo. Optional.
  • Time & Servings: set the time in minutes and how many it serves.
  • Ingredients: fill in Qty, Unit, Ingredient. Tap Add Ingredient for more rows.
  • Recipe & Cooking Instructions: type the steps.
  • Tap Save.

Scan a recipe

  • In the Meals tab, tap Scan Recipe.
  • Pick Take Photo or Choose Photo.
  • Wait for “Reading recipe…”.
  • A New Meal form opens with the name, ingredients and steps filled in.
  • Check it, fix anything wrong, tap Save.

Photo of a recipe page as a meal photo

  • In a meal’s photo section, a photo that looks like recipe text gets a question.
  • Extract Ingredients & Instructions: fills the form from the photo.
  • Use as Meal Photo: keeps it as the picture only.

Edit or delete a meal

  • Edit: tap the meal, then tap Edit.
  • Delete: swipe left on the meal in the list.
  • Deleting a meal also removes it from any planned days, and their calendar events.

Find a meal

  • Use Search meals at the top of the Meals list.