Made in Canada. Made for real life.

Dinner sorted.
Life happens.

Six dinners. One grocery list. A little more room for everything else.

Get a weekly family dinner plan shaped around your tastes, your schedule, and the foods you like to cook. Practical recipes and groceries, ready in your inbox every Saturday with Plus.

Make dinner easier — $5 CAD/mo Try a free Monday recipe

Create your profile free. Plus is $5 CAD/month, renews monthly. Cancel anytime.

Saturday deliveryAd-free plansInstacart handoffPrivate Recipe Book

Family dinner inspiration from Meal Planner

A plan for the week you actually have

I built Meal Planner for my own family. With two young kids, evening activities, homework and everything else that fills a week, we needed a little more structure around dinner.

I wanted to take some stress out of meal planning and make more room for family time. This started as something for us. Now I want to share it with other families.

PaulCreator of Meal Planner and father of two

Meal Planner food imagery is AI-generated.

6 dinners each week1 connected grocery list~30 minute weeknight target$5 CAD per month

See what dinner help looks like

A whole week.
Off your mind.

Bowls on busy nights. Familiar favourites for picky eaters. A slower dinner when there’s time. Your profile helps shape a week that feels like yours.

This menu is the latest public example. Try Monday’s complete recipe free; Plus unlocks all six recipes and the full grocery list, along with your private weekly plan.

Preview this week’s menu

34 public samples to explore. Cooking times are targets and vary by recipe.

Latest public menu · 174 min cooking

Week of October 26, 2026

Cook something good tonight

A useful start, free

Try it at your own table.

Start with a complete dinner or map a few busy nights. These public recipes and tools need no account.

Choose tonight’s dinner

A recipe you can cook from.

Browse complete sample dinners with ingredient quantities and cooking steps. Subscriber plans are personalized separately.

Browse free recipes Plan three dinners

Take a grocery review with you.

Three fixed dinners for four, with recipe quantities and pantry review marks. Download an editable list; review and add shared amounts before shopping.

Try the free grocery starter Make room for busy nights

Put your week on one page.

Enter your own dinners, time available and groceries to check, then download the worksheet. It does not generate recipes or calculate ingredient totals.

Use the free weekly worksheet

Browse all family, budget, pantry, and wellness guides · Compare with Mealime

Your Saturday reset

A good week starts with a small plan.

Tell us about your table.

Your family size, foods to avoid, favourite cuisines, grocery budget, and the nights that need to be easy. Set up your dinner profile free.

Let Saturday do the planning.

With Plus, your private plan arrives each Saturday for the coming week: six dinners, recipes, cooking times, and a grocery list. Update your preferences as life changes.

Shop once. Cook with a plan.

Check your pantry, share the plan with your household, and shop your usual stores. Or open your private plan’s list in Instacart and review matched items before checkout.

The shopping side, sorted

Your six dinnersThe meals set the shopping list.

Check what’s already at homePantry staples first. Shopping second.

One list. Your choice of store.Shop yourself or review on Instacart.

Illustrated workflow. No grocery order is placed by Meal Planner.

Built-in Instacart integration

From weekly meal plan to Instacart handoff

Your private weekly grocery list can open as a shoppable list on Instacart. Review matched ingredients, choose products, and continue checkout there.

No need to switch how you like to shop. You still have a full organized grocery list for your own stores.

Included with Plus. Availability depends on your postal code, selected retailer, and Instacart coverage. Grocery prices, fees, substitutions, payment, and delivery are managed on Instacart and paid separately.

How the grocery handoff works

One subscription. A calmer dinner routine.

Your family plan.
Your favourite recipes.

A monthly or annual subscription funds the weekly dinner plan, grocery list and your private Recipe Book. Keep the recipes you want to cook again.

Save a Meal Planner dinner with the heart button.
Choose saved Meal Planner favourites for next week. We plan the remaining dinners.
Bring in a recipe photo or PDF, then review the editable copy before saving.
Invite household members to read and cook from your shared Recipe Book.

Explore Recipe Book and Plus details

Your plan becomes a grocery list you can review on Instacart. Choose products and pay for groceries there, where available.

Recipe Book needs active Plus. Uploads need your permission and consent to Anthropic processing. Keep your originals.

Ad-free. We don’t sell household profile data. Plans use AI generation; review ingredients and cooking instructions for your household.

Meal Planner Plus

$5 CAD / month

Six personalized dinners each week
All public plan recipes unlocked
Full weekly grocery list + Instacart handoff
Saturday email for your household
Check usual pantry staples before buying
Save meal feedback for future plans
Private Recipe Book: 200 recipes total, including generated favourites and reviewed imports
Photo/PDF imports you review before saving

Start with my free profile

Create your free profile, confirm your email and choose Plus. We prepare your first private plan after activation and a saved profile. Regular weekly plans arrive on Saturdays.

Renews monthly until cancelled. Or $50 CAD/year, billed annually. Taxes may apply. Compare billing options.

For developers: API and AI connections

Dinner sorted.Life happens.

A whole week.Off your mind.