Dinner for the week, from the kitchen you already have
Menuistia writes recipes and a week of meals around how you actually eat: allergies, dislikes, how many people, how much time, what is in season, and what is already in the fridge.
Most meal plans start from a fantasy shop
They assume you will buy the salmon, the herbs, the second kind of vinegar. Then they act surprised when Wednesday becomes toast. A plan that fits has to start from the people at the table and the food you are willing to buy or already own.
Tell Menuistia the diet, the allergies, the things someone refuses, how you like to cook, and what is in season where you are. It writes recipes to that, not to a generic week of "healthy dinners".
The photo is for when typing feels like a chore
You can photograph ingredients, or the shopping you just brought home, and get recipes that use them. A recipe in a book or a magazine can be photographed and brought in. So can a dish you ate and want to try at home, with the honest caveat that a photo is a guess, not the chef's notebook. A link or a pasted recipe works too, if the page is buried in ads and you just want the method.
The shopping list follows the recipes, and a second list can follow the first if you plan more than one day. The aim is one trip, not a new idea every evening.
A reasonable way to start
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Step 1
Set the household once
Servings, allergies, diet, and the two or three ingredients that cause an argument. You should not retype these for every meal.
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Step 2
Show it the food, or name a dish
A photo, a list, a link, or a plain description. Vague is fine. "Something with the chicken, not spicy, Thursday" is a real brief.
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Step 3
Keep the ones you would actually cook
Reject the clever ones. A week of five honest dinners beats a week of restaurant projects.
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