New Feature: Plan Meals Around Leftovers with Member Kitchens

At Member Kitchens, we’re always looking for ways to make meal planning smarter, more efficient, and tailored to real-life needs. That’s why we’re excited to announce our newest feature: Leftovers Integration for Meal Plans!

This powerful new tool allows admins and users to plan their weekly meals while reusing leftovers from previously prepared dishes. Not only does this simplify cooking schedules, but it also creates more accurate shopping lists by automatically excluding leftover ingredients.

Why Leftovers Planning Is a Game-Changer

1. Cook Once, Eat Twice (or More!)

With this feature, you can create meal plans that reuse dishes throughout the week. For example:

• Prepare a large batch of lasagna on Monday.
• Reuse portions for lunch on Wednesday or dinner on Friday.

2. Reduce Waste and Save Money

By accounting for leftovers, your audience can avoid buying unnecessary ingredients, minimizing food waste and saving money on groceries.

3. Streamline Grocery Shopping

Our leftovers feature works seamlessly with the Instacart integration. Since leftover ingredients are excluded from the shopping list, your subscribers will only add what they actually need to their Instacart cart—making grocery shopping faster, cheaper, and more accurate.

How Leftovers Planning Works

1. Plan  with Leftovers:
   • When creating meal plans, you can either Add a meal, or Use Leftovers.
2. Generate a Smart Shopping List:
   • The leftovers are automatically excluded from the grocery list, ensuring accurate ingredient quantities.

Benefits for Food Bloggers and Their Audiences

• Enhance Subscriber Value: By offering smarter meal plans, you provide a time-saving, money-saving feature your audience will love.
• Link to Instacart Integration: Combined with the Instacart integration, leftovers planning becomes even more powerful. Subscribers can generate grocery lists and send them directly to Instacart, knowing they’re only purchasing what they need.
• Build Loyalty: Features like this set your service apart, strengthening subscriber retention and brand loyalty.

How to Enable Leftovers Planning

It's enabled! Simply create or edit a Weekly Grid type of meal plan, and incorporate Leftovers along with standard meals.

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For full details, visit our documentation here.

Leftovers and Instacart: A Perfect Pair

By combining leftovers planning with Instacart integration, you can provide your subscribers with an unmatched meal-planning experience:

• Accurate grocery lists that reflect planned leftovers.
• Seamless shopping through Instacart for only the ingredients they need.
• A modern, efficient solution that saves time, money, and effort.

The Future of Smarter Meal Planning

This is just another way Member Kitchens is helping food bloggers and their audiences thrive. With tools like leftovers planning and Instacart integration, we’re redefining what it means to offer premium, user-friendly meal plans.

Ready to make the most of these features? Start planning smarter today!

Member Kitchens—because your audience deserves better, and so do you.

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