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Why: Streamline your meal planning process by easily adding recipes to your meal plans. This feature allows you to curate meals for your members, enhancing their experience and keeping them engaged with fresh content.
Navigate: App Station > Content Library > Meal Plans
Quick Start
Open the Meal Plan Editor by clicking on any empty cell or the Add button in a section.
Click on the cell where you want to add a recipe to open the Add Meal modal.
Use the search input to find recipes or click the filter icon to refine your search.
Select the desired recipe and configure servings and additional days using the Add to Days picker.
Click Add to finalize adding the recipe to your meal plan.
Opening the Add Meal Modal
To add a recipe to your meal plan, start by opening the Meal Plan Editor. Click on any empty cell in the weekly grid or the Add button in a section. This action will launch the Add Meal modal, where you can select recipes to include in your meal plan.
Searching for Recipes
In the Add Meal modal, you'll find a search input at the top. This allows you to quickly search for recipes by name or ingredient. Next to the search input, there's an icon-only filter button. Clicking this will open the filter panel, enabling you to refine your search based on various criteria.
Using the Filter Panel
The filter panel appears below the search row when activated. By default, all sections in the filter panel (such as Ingredients, Tags, Nutrition, Difficulty, Time & Servings) are collapsed. On desktop, the filter panel is displayed in a two-column layout, while on mobile, it remains single-column for easier navigation.
Adding to Days Picker
The Add to Days picker is a collapsible feature that defaults to closed when you click into a specific cell. It shows the label "Add to {section} on {day}" based on the context. If you toggle on additional days, the label updates to reflect the extra days (e.g., "Add to Dinner on Mon +2"). The primary day cannot be deselected, ensuring clarity in your meal plan.
Quick Filter Chips
Beneath the search row, you'll see a row of quick filter chips. These chips can be of two types:
Legacy power-user chips: These include options like "Not on a plan," "Top Rated," "Most Loved," "Popular," "Newest," and "Not used in 30d." These are visible only to admins.
Tag-driven chips: These are configured by you in the App Station and are visible to both admins and members.
To configure which tag types appear as chips, navigate to App Station > Settings > Content Settings > Meal Plans > Quick Filter Tag Types.
Tag Chip Functionality
Clicking on a tag chip toggles that tag in the filter panel and triggers a search. Each tag type can display up to 10 chips alphabetically, with any additional tags accessible through the filter panel.
Mobile Experience
On mobile devices, the Add Meal modal occupies the full viewport, allowing for a more immersive experience. This ensures that the recipe list uses the entire screen, making it easier to browse and select recipes.
Plan Size Limits
Note: Here are some important limits to keep in mind when working with meal plans:
Each meal plan can hold a maximum of 100 recipes. This limit applies to everyone, including admins.
For PDF exports, the practical limit is 50 recipes. If a plan exceeds this, a warning banner will appear at the top of the meal plan tab, indicating that while the plan can still be edited, it will not produce a PDF.
If your meal plan is getting too large, consider splitting it into two smaller plans and linking them together using the Related Content property.
A member's access level may also impose a stricter recipe-per-plan limit, which can be configured under App Station > Settings > Access Levels.