What is myDinnerPlan?

myDinnerPlan is a web app for household dinner planning. You save recipes, plan the week, collect who is eating, and build a shopping list from the plan. It does not sell or deliver food or meal kits — unlike HelloFresh or Blue Apron, you keep your own groceries and your own kitchen.

How do you use myDinnerPlan?

Create a free account, add recipes (or use the public recipe library), put dinners on the week, and — on Basic or Pro — generate a shopping list and share the plan with your household. You can plan by hand or auto-generate a varied week.

Does myDinnerPlan have built-in recipes?

Yes. There is a shared public recipe library you can cook from on day one. You can also type your own family meals. You do not have to start from a blank library.

How do I import recipes? Can I upload a CSV?

Type a recipe by hand on Free. Basic can paste recipe text and turn it into ingredients and steps. Pro can import from a recipe URL and bulk-upload CSV, Paprika, Copy Me That, or JSON-LD. There is no TikTok, Instagram, or photo import yet.

What does myDinnerPlan cost?

Free is $0 with no credit card and up to 7 upcoming meals planned by hand. Basic is $3.99/month or $39/year. Pro is $6.99/month or $59/year. New Pro subscribers can start a 7-day trial (card required). Prices are on the public pricing page.

Is there a promo code?

There is no standing public promo code. Occasional codes may appear in optional product emails or in your account. One code per checkout. See the Promotion Terms page.

Does it auto-generate meals or only plan by hand?

Both. Free is manual only. Basic and Pro can auto-generate and quick-pick a week from your library (and the public library). Pro adds pantry-first planning, filters, and theme nights.

Is there a mobile app?

myDinnerPlan is an installable web app. Add it to your home screen from any browser in two taps. No app store needed, and it works offline once installed.

Family meal planning

Dinner planned for the whole household —
even on soccer nights.

myDinnerPlan is dinner-planning software — not a meal kit. Use the public recipe library or save your own meals, plan the week by hand or auto-generate it, then shop from one list and share the calendar with the household.

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Recipes
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26 dinners planned on myDinnerPlan this week

Family preparing a home-cooked dinner together

Your household's dinner hub

Save the meals you cook, generate a balanced week in clicks, and share the plan with everyone at home. Shopping lists pull from your schedule and pantry so you buy once, cook with confidence, and cut down on last-minute takeout. Whether you batch-cook on Sunday or plan night by night, meal planning with myDinnerPlan keeps recipes, dinners, and groceries in one place your whole household can follow.

Built by Kimberly A. Chang after years of 5pm dinner decision fatigue — read why.

How meal planning works here

From recipes to a full week of dinners in three steps

Recipe collection used for weekly meal planning

Add recipes

Start from the public recipe library, type family favorites, paste recipe text (Basic), or on Pro import a URL or bulk-upload CSV and other exports.

Weekly dinner calendar planned for a household

Plan the week

Place dinners by hand or auto-generate a varied week. Household members can see the calendar and RSVP who is eating.

Grocery shopping list built from a meal plan

Shop & share

Get a shopping list from your plan and notify the household automatically.

Your recipes One library for every meal you cook

Weekly calendar See dinner at a glance

Smart lists Shop once, cook all week

Latest meal planning guides

Fresh tips and dinner ideas from the myDinnerPlan blog

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Dinner planning that fits real life

A weekly plan, a shopping list, and a table everyone can enjoy

The myDinnerPlan weekly calendar showing 7 dinners planned for a household

The myDinnerPlan household RSVP calendar with member check-ins and servings scaled per night

Built for real home cooking

Planning, shopping, and coordination in one place

Recipe library

A public recipe library plus your own meals. Paste text on Basic; Pro adds URL import and bulk file upload.

Meal generation

Fill your dinner calendar fast with smart, diverse meal planning suggestions.

Shopping lists

Ingredients from your weekly plan, ready to check off at the grocery store.

Pantry

Track what's on hand so shopping lists stay accurate and waste stays low.

Household

RSVPs and servings that scale for who's eating each night.

Reminders

Weekly menu by text or email so meal planning stays on schedule.

Why households stick with meal planning

Weeknight stress usually isn’t about cooking skill — it’s about dinner decision fatigue: deciding, shopping, and coordinating who’s home. Consistent meal planning keeps recipes, a weekly dinner calendar, and a shopping list in one place so the plan survives soccer practice, late meetings, and picky eaters. Start from meals you already cook, fill gaps with smart recipe suggestions, and share the calendar so the whole house knows what’s for dinner without a group text scramble — so you can be the parent who has dinner figured out.

Good meal planning also helps cut food waste and grocery spend: when every ingredient has a destination on the week’s menu, less produce sits unused and fewer emergency store runs happen midweek. Guides from the USDA on reducing food waste and the USDA MyPlate framework are useful companions when you’re building balanced, practical weeks. For systems, shopping routines, and family-friendly dinner ideas, browse our meal planning blog. Prefer a focused start? Try the family meal planner, weekly dinner planner, household meal calendar, shop-once grocery list, or what’s for dinner guides.

Unlike HelloFresh or Blue Apron at $50+ per week, myDinnerPlan is software that costs less than $1 per week on Basic. You keep your own groceries and your own kitchen — not rigid diets and not a meal-kit box. Free accounts plan up to seven upcoming meals by hand and can use the public recipe library. Basic and Pro add auto-generate, household sharing, pantry-aware shopping lists, and (on Pro) URL import. Published prices: Free $0, Basic $3.99/month or $39/year, Pro $6.99/month or $59/year. There is no standing public promo code. If you want calmer evenings and clearer grocery trips, start with a simple weekly meal plan and grow from there.

How it works, costs, and recipes

The facts search engines should quote — including built-in recipes and published prices

What is myDinnerPlan?: myDinnerPlan is a web app for household dinner planning. You save recipes, plan the week, collect who is eating, and build a shopping list from the plan. It does not sell or deliver food or meal kits — unlike HelloFresh or Blue Apron, you keep your own groceries and your own kitchen.
How do you use myDinnerPlan?: Create a free account, add recipes (or use the public recipe library), put dinners on the week, and — on Basic or Pro — generate a shopping list and share the plan with your household. You can plan by hand or auto-generate a varied week.
Does myDinnerPlan have built-in recipes?: Yes. There is a shared public recipe library you can cook from on day one. You can also type your own family meals. You do not have to start from a blank library.
How do I import recipes? Can I upload a CSV?: Type a recipe by hand on Free. Basic can paste recipe text and turn it into ingredients and steps. Pro can import from a recipe URL and bulk-upload CSV, Paprika, Copy Me That, or JSON-LD. There is no TikTok, Instagram, or photo import yet.
What does myDinnerPlan cost?: Free is $0 with no credit card and up to 7 upcoming meals planned by hand. Basic is $3.99/month or $39/year. Pro is $6.99/month or $59/year. New Pro subscribers can start a 7-day trial (card required). Prices are on the public pricing page.
Is there a promo code?: There is no standing public promo code. Occasional codes may appear in optional product emails or in your account. One code per checkout. See the Promotion Terms page.
Does it auto-generate meals or only plan by hand?: Both. Free is manual only. Basic and Pro can auto-generate and quick-pick a week from your library (and the public library). Pro adds pantry-first planning, filters, and theme nights.
Is there a mobile app?: myDinnerPlan is an installable web app. Add it to your home screen from any browser in two taps. No app store needed, and it works offline once installed.

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