Meal Planning

The Meals screen

Tap "Meals" in the bottom navigation bar to open the weekly meal plan view.

The screen shows 7 day tabs (Mon–Sun) at the top. The active day is highlighted in sage green. Below each day are four meal period sections: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Snack.

Generating a plan with AI (Pro)

1. On the Meals screen, tap the "Generate plan" button (floating button, bottom-right).
2. A loading indicator appears while the AI scores and selects recipes based on your preferences, cooking history, dietary restrictions, and nutritional goals.
3. Meal slots fill in with a staggered animation — one by one — so you can see the plan taking shape.
4. The plan covers the full week: Mon–Sun, 4 slots per day.

The AI scoring takes into account:

• Your taste preference weights (updated every time you rate or cook a recipe)
• Your dietary restrictions and allergies
• Nutritional balance across the week
• Variety (avoids repeating the same recipe in the same week)
• Estimated prep + cook time vs. your skill level

Adding meals manually

If a meal slot is empty (shows "+ Add a meal"), tap it to open the recipe browser. Search or filter recipes, then tap any recipe to assign it to that slot.

Swapping a recipe in a slot

Tap and hold any filled meal slot to open a bottom sheet with options:

• Swap recipe — opens the recipe browser to pick a replacement
• Mark as flex day — removes the recipe and marks the slot as a relief day (see below)
• Remove — clears the slot

Flex / relief days

Sometimes you don't want to cook. Mark any meal slot as a flex day:

1. Long-press the slot → tap "Mark as flex day"
2. Choose the type of relief day:
   • Effort relief — you want something easy or takeaway
   • Nutrition relief — you're eating out or treating yourself
   • Mental relief — a rest from cooking decisions
   • Social relief — eating with others, no plan needed

Flex slots are shown with a grey dashed border instead of a recipe card.

Viewing nutrition for the week

Tap the "Nutrition" icon in the Meals screen app bar to see:

• Total weekly calories, protein, carbs, fat, fibre
• Daily averages
• Percentage of your personalised nutritional goals

Completing a meal

When you finish cooking a meal from your plan, tap the slot and select "Mark as completed". The slot gets a sage green checkmark. Completed meals contribute to your cooking history and preference learning.