Meal planning for real families

Dinner,
decided.

For parents who don't have time to answer “what's for dinner?” every single night. Plan the week in minutes, shop from one list, and cook without thinking too hard.

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Loved by tired parents · Free to start
A weeknight sheet-pan dinner on a warm family table
6 min to plan a week
1 list, sorted by aisle
900+ kid-tested dinners
No ads. Ever.
Why we built this

The 5pm question is exhausting.

You've been working since 8. Somebody needs to be picked up, somebody needs help with fractions, and the fridge has three things in it that don't go together. And then it arrives, right on schedule: what's for dinner?

The hard part was never the cooking. It's the deciding — the invisible planning, remembering, and negotiating that happens before a single pan comes out. That's the part that quietly wears you down, night after night, year after year.

So we built the thing we wanted: a plan that's already made when your brain is done for the day. Not aspirational. Not thirty ingredients. Just dinner, decided, so you can spend that hour with your people instead of staring into the fridge.

A parent chopping carrots while a small hand reaches for a slice

The deciding

It's not the cooking. It's holding seven decisions in your head while someone asks for a snack.

The forgetting

You had a plan. You also forgot the one ingredient that made it a plan.

The guilt

Cereal for dinner again isn't a moral failing. It just doesn't feel great on a Wednesday.

Three steps, that's all

How My Family Dinners works

No onboarding marathon, no spreadsheet energy. Open it, plan it, close it, live your life.

Step 01

Plan

Pick your week in a few minutes on Sunday — or let us suggest a plan built around your family's favorites, your schedule, and how much energy you actually have.

Step 02

Shop

Your whole week becomes one shopping list, merged and sorted by aisle. Shop it yourself or hand it to whoever's already going out.

Step 03

Cook

Tap Start Cooking and follow along. Big text, real timers, no scrolling past someone's childhood memoir to find the oven temperature.

Features

Everything you need for weeknight dinners

And nothing you don't. We left out the social feed, the streaks, and the badges for cooking three nights in a row.

Weekly Plans

Build a week of dinners in a few taps — or let the app suggest one based on what your family actually eats.

Core

Smart Shopping List

Every recipe in your week, merged into one list, sorted by aisle. Check things off together at the store.

Core

Start Cooking

A calm, step-by-step cooking view with built-in timers. Big text, no ads, no life story before the recipe.

Core

Kid-Friendly Recipes

Real weeknight food that small people will actually eat, filtered by age and pickiness level.

Core

Recipe Import

Paste a link from any recipe site, type in the ones that live in your head, or upload an entire cookbook PDF and let AI parse every recipe into your library. Your recipe box, finally in one place.

Core

Family Accounts

Share the plan and the list with your partner, your sitter, or the teenager who says they'll cook Thursday.

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What parents are saying

Placeholder quotes for now — real ones land the week we launch.

I stopped dreading 5pm. That's it. That's the review. The plan is already there when my brain isn't.

S Sarah M.
Working mom, 2 kids

My wife and I share the list now, so whoever's closer to the store just goes. We've stopped buying three jars of cumin.

M Mike T.
Dad of 3, night shift

The kid-friendly filter is doing heavy lifting in my house. Fewer standoffs, fewer plain noodles at 7pm.

P Priya L.
Mom of twins, 4
Pricing

Simple pricing

One price, no tiers to decode, no “contact sales.” About the cost of one abandoned takeout order a month.

Free
$0forever

Get started, no credit card. Genuinely useful on its own.

  • Weekly meal planning
  • Your full recipe box
  • Smart shopping list
  • Kid-friendly filters
  • Recipe import from any site
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No trial timer, no nagging
PremiumSave 33%
$4.99/ month, or $39.99 / year

For the weeks that need all the help they can get.

  • Everything in Free
  • Unlimited saved weekly plans
  • Prep Mode — Sunday prep sessions with smart cooking order
  • Family accounts & shared lists
  • Offline access & sync
  • Seasonal recipe collections
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Prices in USD. Family plan sharing is included with Premium at no extra cost. Full details on the pricing page.

FAQ

Questions parents actually ask

Straight answers. If yours isn't here, just ask us.

Do I have to plan the whole week at once?
Nope. Some weeks you'll plan all seven nights on Sunday, and some weeks you'll open the app at 4:45pm on a Tuesday and pick one thing. Both are fine. The app doesn't guilt you for skipping days.
What if my kids only eat four foods?
Then you're in good company. You can mark the meals your family actually eats, filter for kid-friendly, and hide anything that's caused a dinner-table standoff. Over time the plan starts to look like your real life.
Can I use my own recipes?
Yes. Paste a link from any recipe site and we'll pull in the ingredients and steps. Type in the ones that live in your head or on a stained index card from your mom. And if you have a digital cookbook PDF, upload it — AI reads it end-to-end and turns every recipe into an organized, searchable entry in your library.
Does the shopping list actually work?
It combines everything from your week's plan, merges duplicates (two recipes needing garlic won't send you home with two heads), and sorts by aisle so you're not backtracking through the store.
Do I need the paid plan?
No. The free plan covers weekly planning, your recipe box, and shopping lists — that's a real, useful app on its own. Premium is for when you want unlimited plans, Prep Mode (Sunday-prep sessions with smart cooking order and storage tips), and a shared family account.
Can my partner see the plan too?
With a family account, yes. Everyone sees the same week, the same list, and can check things off at the store in real time. No more “did you already get the milk?” texts.
What about allergies and dietary stuff?
Set it once in preferences — gluten-free, dairy-free, vegetarian, nut allergies — and we'll keep it out of your suggestions. It's not a medical safety net, so always check labels, but it saves a lot of scrolling.
Is my family's data private?
Your recipes and plans are yours. We don't sell your data, we don't run ads against it, and you can export or delete everything from inside the app. The full details are in our privacy policy.

Ready for the good stuff?

Download My Family Dinners and let tonight be the last night you stand in front of an open fridge with no plan.

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