> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Plan weekly meals in Souschef

> Plan saved recipes for each day of the week, then send a day or the whole week to your shopping list.

export const SUBSCRIPTION_ENABLED = false;

{SUBSCRIPTION_ENABLED ? (
<a href="/billing/free-plan" className="help-availability-badge">
  <Badge icon="circle-check" color="green" shape="pill">
    Included in Free plan
  </Badge>
</a>
) : (
<span className="help-availability-badge">
  <Badge icon="circle-check" color="green" shape="pill">
    Free
  </Badge>
</span>
)}

This feature is included in the free version of Souschef.

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</div>

Meal Plan turns your recipe library into “what’s for dinner this week.” Pick saved recipes for each day, then send that day — or the whole week — to a [shopping list](/using/shopping-list) in one step.

<Note>
  Meal Plan requires you to be signed in. Your plan lives on this phone, not in
  the cloud. A new device or a reinstall will not restore it. A different
  account on the same phone keeps its own plan.
</Note>

## Open Meal Plan

Go to the **Planner** tab and tap **Meal Plan**. You can also tap **Plan this recipe** on a saved recipe.

<Info>
  📸 Screenshot needed: Planner tab showing a Monday–Sunday Meal Plan week.
</Info>

## Plan a week

Each week runs Monday through Sunday. Swipe to move to other weeks.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Pick a day">
    Tap the day you want to cook. Empty days say **No recipes planned.**
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add saved recipes">
    Search your saved recipes and add them to that day. You can add more than one recipe per day — there are no breakfast, lunch, or dinner slots.

    You can only plan recipes that are already saved. Unsaved recipes cannot be added.

    <Info>
      📸 Screenshot needed: add-recipe search showing saved recipes for a day.
    </Info>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open or remove a recipe">
    Tap a planned recipe to open it. Remove recipes from a day when your plans change.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Tip>
  If you later delete a planned recipe from your library, the card can show
  **Recipe unavailable**.
</Tip>

## Add a day or week to your shopping list

When the plan looks right, send it to groceries:

<Steps>
  <Step title="Choose Add this day or Add week">
    Tap **Add this day** for one day’s recipes, or **Add week** for the whole week.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose ingredients">
    Review the ingredients and add what you need — same as when you [add from a recipe](/using/shopping-list).
  </Step>
</Steps>

If the same recipe appears on several days, Souschef adds it to the shopping list only once.

Meal Plan is not shared. To shop with someone else, [share the shopping list](/using/share-shopping-list) after you add the ingredients.

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## Still need help?

If you have questions or run into anything unexpected, our team is happy to help. [Contact support](/troubleshooting/contact-support)

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**Related articles**

* [Shopping List](/using/shopping-list)
* [Share a shopping list](/using/share-shopping-list)
* [Keep a cooking journal](/using/journal)
* [Organize & Search](/using/organize-and-search)