Q: How will Plan to Eat help me save money?
A: Creating a meal plan saves you money on groceries because you only shop for what you need. When you create a meal plan, Plan to Eat makes a shopping list for you and then you can go to the store with an organized list, or send it to your local grocery store for pickup or delivery!
Grocery shopping from an organized list of ingredients, generated from your recipes, prevents you from overbuying on random items you don’t actually need.
In 2017, we surveyed our customers and the average food cost of the customers surveyed, per person in the household per month, was reduced from $199 to $152. That’s a grocery bill reduction of 23%!
Q: How will Plan to Eat help my diet?
A: No matter what your dietary preferences, Plan to Eat will help you with your diet. Meal planning with Plan to Eat, will help you stay on track by allowing you to choose the recipes you want in your account! All the recipes you import can be specific to your needs and preferences and not based on someone else’s meal plan.
Whether you have dietary restrictions, food allergies, or are starting a new diet, Plan to Eat gives you the tools to create customized meal plans that fit your individual needs.
Q: How does Plan to Eat organize my recipes?
A: In your digital recipe book, you have the option to organize your recipes by Course, Cuisine, Main Ingredient, and Tags. Each of these categories is fully customizable and you get to decide how your recipes are organized!
Use Tags like folders to create a high level of organization in your recipe book, so you can always find the perfect recipe for your meal plan!
Q: Can Plan to Eat help me meal plan on a monthly basis?
A: Yes, Plan to Eat can help you meal plan on a monthly basis! You can use Plan to Eat to create meal plans for any length of time, including a full month or longer. We do not have any restrictions on how many recipes you can add to your meal planning calendar or how many recipes you can have in your account!
You can create a monthly meal plan and shop for an entire month ahead of time with your automatically generated shopping list.
Q: Can I use the Plan to Eat app weekly/monthly?
A: Yes, you can use the Plan to Eat app on a weekly and monthly basis! You can use the Plan to Eat app or website to create meal plans for any length of time, including monthly and weekly meal plans.
Q: Can Plan to Eat convert recipes to shopping lists?
A: Yes, Plan to Eat converts recipes into a shopping list. When you add recipes to your meal planning calendar, Plan to Eat will automatically generate a shopping list for you, based on your meal plan! The meal planning calendar and the digital shopping list work on the same range of dates, so you can adjust your shopping list date range to fit the dates of your meal plan you would like to shop for!
Q: Will Plan to Eat allow me to completely make my own grocery list?
A: Yes, you can make your own grocery list in Plan to Eat. The shopping list in Plan to Eat is completely customizable! You can manually add as many items as you need to your shopping list, so you never forget anything. You can also use the Staples list to quickly add, in bulk, frequently purchased items to your shopping list.
Q: Will Plan to Eat make my grocery list for me?
A: Yes, Plan to Eat will make a grocery list for you! The shopping list in Plan to Eat is automatically generated from the recipes planned on your meal planning calendar. The exact ingredients and amounts will be populated on your shopping list for you when you adjust the shopping list date range, to match the dates of your meal plan you would like to shop for.
