Recipes and meal plans that actually work
From ingredient-level nutrition tracking to step-by-step cooking mode, everything your members need to cook confidently — and everything you need to build a world-class recipe library.
Search and filter that finds anything
Members can search your entire recipe library by ingredient, nutrition range, tag, difficulty, and cook time — with results ranked by a four-tier relevance algorithm.
- Include or exclude specific ingredients with fuzzy matching — search "chicken" and find "chicken thighs," "chicken breast," and "ground chicken"
- Filter by calorie, protein, carb, fat, fiber, sugar, and sodium ranges to match any dietary goal
- Configurable preset filter chips let you create one-tap shortcuts like "High Protein," "Under 30 Minutes," or "Nut Free"
- Tag autocomplete with match-all or match-any toggle so members can combine tags to narrow results precisely
- Responsive layout — expandable filter panel on desktop, full-screen search sheet on mobile
Ingredients with real intelligence
A structured ingredient system with app-wide defaults, tenant overrides, aisle mappings, and allergen tracking — so every recipe ingredient carries rich metadata.
- Thousands of pre-populated ingredients with USDA/AFCD nutrition data, ready to use out of the box
- Override any default ingredient name, nutrition data, aisle mapping, or allergen list to match your brand and audience
- Each ingredient supports amount ranges, units, qualifiers, prep notes, and optional status for flexible recipe formatting
- Organize ingredients into named groups with headings — separate your sauce, filling, and topping ingredients visually
Nutrition tracking that calculates itself
Nutrition values calculate automatically from ingredients, or you can override them per recipe. Choose exactly which nutrients your members see.
- Automatic per-serving nutrition calculated from ingredient amounts, units, and serving sizes — no manual entry required
- Toggle recipe-level nutrition override when you have lab-tested values or want to fine-tune the numbers
- Configure which nutrients to display — show just calories and protein, or the full panel including vitamins and minerals
- Daily nutrition summaries in meal plans aggregate all recipes in a day, with per-serving or daily-total display modes
Cooking mode keeps hands free and screens on
A full-screen, step-by-step experience designed for the kitchen — with swipe navigation, wake lock, and an ingredient reference drawer always one tap away.
- One step at a time with large text, prominent photos and videos, and swipe or keyboard navigation
- Automatic wake lock prevents the screen from sleeping while your members cook — no more tapping to keep it alive
- Slide-in ingredient drawer shows the full list with scaling applied, grouped and formatted to match user preferences
- Multi-media gallery per step with lightbox images and inline video playback from Mux
- Member ingredient swaps and modifications carry through into cooking mode so personalized recipes stay accurate
Meal plans your members will actually follow
Build weekly meal plans with drag-and-drop scheduling, configurable meal rows, daily nutrition summaries, and personal copy support so members can make each plan their own.
- Visual weekly grid with customizable meal rows — breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, or any labels you choose
- Select up to six nutrients to display per day, from the classic four macros to vitamins and minerals
- Members create personal copies of your plans and swap recipes, adjust servings, or add their own meals
- Members can build their own meal plans from scratch by picking recipes from your library
Scale servings or switch to yield mode
Members adjust servings and watch every ingredient recalculate instantly. For sauces, doughs, and batches, yield mode tracks total weight or volume instead of portions.
- Enable or disable scaling per recipe — lock down baking recipes that need precise ratios while keeping others flexible
- Choose from select dropdown, stepper buttons, or slider controls for the servings UI — configurable per template
- Yield mode lets you express output as weight or volume — perfect for sauces, doughs, and batch-prep items
- Meal plan servings integrate with recipe scaling — change servings on a session card and shopping lists update automatically
Shopping lists that organize themselves
Auto-generated from any meal plan with ingredient aggregation, aisle grouping, pantry exclusions, and admin curation — so the list is ready before members even open it.
- Items grouped by grocery store aisle with ingredient-level aisle mappings for an efficient shopping route
- Persistent pantry list of staples your members always have — pantry items are automatically excluded from generated lists
- Admins curate meal plan shopping lists — exclude items or add custom ones — and those curations propagate to every member
- When recipes have ingredient ranges, members choose low, average, or high quantities to match their appetite
- Toggle recipe names on each item to see exactly which meals need which ingredients
Batch cooking and leftovers, built in
Any meal can become a leftover source — no special toggles required. Set "Make Extra" to scale up quantities, then schedule leftovers on other days with reheat instructions and assembly notes.
- Any recipe in any meal session is automatically a valid leftover source — just reference it from a leftover entry on another day
- Optional "Make Extra" field specifies total quantity to prepare, so shopping lists and nutrition scale accurately for batch cooking
- Dedicated prep row and advance-prep days for food prepared ahead of time — nutrition counts only where food is consumed
- Attach reheat instructions, assembly notes, and pantry additions to each leftover entry so members know exactly how to finish the dish
Import your existing recipes in minutes
Upload PDFs, Word docs, spreadsheets, or WordPress exports and let AI extract structured recipes — complete with ingredients, steps, and nutrition — ready for review and one-click import.
- Upload PDF, Word, Excel, CSV, TXT, or WPRM JSON files — the system handles every common recipe storage format
- GPT-4 Vision reads your documents and extracts structured recipe data including ingredients, steps, and serving sizes
- Confidence scoring flags uncertain extractions for human review before import — so nothing goes live without a check
- Import multiple recipes from a single document in one job, with per-recipe approve or reject controls
Let members make it their own
Members can swap ingredients, create personal meal plan copies, build their own plans, and edit shopping lists — turning your content into a personalized experience.
- Members swap individual ingredients on any recipe and see their custom version everywhere — recipe pages, cooking mode, and shopping lists
- Personal copies let members rearrange meals, change servings, add recipes, and remove items without affecting the original plan
- Members build their own meal plans from scratch using recipes from your library, with full shopping list and nutrition support
- Members edit their own shopping lists — remove items they already have and add custom items — with curations preserved on regeneration
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