Plan your week
Put recipes on the days you will cook them, and build a shopping list from the week.
Choose Plan in the sidebar. The page has a Week view, a Month view and an Agenda. Use the arrows to move to the previous or next week or month.
Add a meal
- Choose Add meal. Or choose Add meal on an empty day.
- Choose a recipe. The Choose recipe list has a search. Choose a recipe to add it to that day.
You can also drag a recipe from the recipe tray to a day, or open any recipe and choose Add to meal plan in its menu.
A meal can be a recipe, leftovers, eating out, prep, or a custom meal, for breakfast, lunch, dinner, a snack or prep.
Move, change or remove a meal
- Move a meal to another day, or drag it there.
- Plan on a meal opens its actions: Open recipe, Change meal type, Replace with recipe, Edit details, Plan leftovers, Mark used up, Record waste and Remove meal.
Build a shopping list from the week
Choose Build shopping list. Thyme Kept builds a list from the meals you planned, and says “Shopping list built from this week.” Build it again after you change the plan, and Thyme Kept shows Review plan changes first. See Build a shopping list.
If you share a household
A Kitchen picker appears when you belong to a household. It switches between your personal kitchen and the household’s. See Share with your household.
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Updated October 25, 2026