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FAMILYWISE · PRACTICAL GUIDE

Meals

Save foods and recipes once, then choose when to eat them in Planner.

Choose this section in Your tools. Everyday Family planning and Pets are included with Free; expanded features need Plus.

About your app version

This guide previews the updated Meals labels. In earlier versions, choose Add meal to open the same food choices.

How to use it

  1. Add food opens Meal, Side, Snack, Dessert, Beverage and Other choices. Pick one and save its details and ingredients.
  2. Search saved foods or choose a category to find one again. Opening a food shows its saved details; saving it does not put it on a date.
  3. Meal plan opens Planner. Choose a date and a meal slot to schedule a saved food.
  4. Household staples records ingredients you normally keep on hand. Matching staples are left off generated grocery lists; this is not a live pantry count.

Try this

Save taco soup with beans and tomatoes. Mark salt as a Household staple only if you normally have it. Plan taco soup for Tuesday, then review the beans and tomatoes in the generated groceries.

Where it works

These steps are for the mobile app. Records you save locally stay on that device. To share household records, sign in and choose the correct household. Your plan, membership and permissions determine what you can open or change.

Free local planning saves changes on the device. The Account option View saved local setup opens a preserved view-only setup. Open your authorized family from Account → Sharing & sync when you need to make changes there.

Keep the explanation close

Use the i button on the matching app page for a short offline explanation. Settings → Help & about lets you hide or restore those buttons. Hiding help or a tool never deletes its saved records.

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Last reviewed October 22, 2026. Features vary by app version and access.