Menu Planner

Meal Plans, Shopping Lists, Pantry, and Recipes all in one app

Recipes Overview

Recipes
Menu Planner makes importing, storing, and viewing recipes simple. From this screen, you can:
  • Tap the "+" button at the top of the screen to add a new recipe manually.
  • Search your list of recipes.
  • Group your recipes either alphabetically, by category, or by rating.
  • See which recipes you have all of the ingredients for (in your pantry). The recipe will display the green checkmark icon.
  • Remove a recipe by "swiping" across to get the Delete button.

Adding a Recipe Manually

Manual Recipe
After tapping the "+" button to add a recipe manually, you'll see the recipe's edit screen.

Enter the recipe details. You can add or change the recipe image by tapping the image area. If you have a device with a camera, you'll be able to choose between taking a new picture or using an existing one from your photo library.

More information about the recipe details:
  • Categories help to organize your recipes. When you're viewing your entire list of recipes, you can choose to group them by category to narrow the list
  • You can enter ingredients by typing the name, or by selecting them from your existing ingredient list. If you type out the ingredient, a small window will be displayed to show you a list of ingredients that match what you've typed. You can select from this window if you find a match, or continue typing until you get the ingredient name you want.
  • If you enter an ingredient name that is not already in Menu Planner, you'll see a red exclamation point next to it. That means Menu Planner couldn't find a match for the ingredient and will add it automatically when you save the recipe.
  • You can paste a list of ingredients that you've copied from a website and have the app try to pull them into the correct pieces (amount, ingredient name, note) automatically.
 
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