Your Recipe Box is the place to find all of the recipes available to you.
Follow the steps below if you are using the mobile app. If you are using the website, click here.
Access your Recipe Box
- Click on the Magnifying Glass on the bottom of the screen
- The Recipe Box will show you recipes that meet your dietary restrictions by default. To view all recipes, even those that do not meet your current dietary restrictions, toggle Show recipes within my diet to off (white)
Search the Recipe Box
- Select a recipe you would like to add using one of the following methods, and then click the + on the recipe image to select it
- Browse recipes by scrolling through the suggestions shown in each category. For a brief description of each category, see Browsing Recipes Categories below
- Click Find recipe/ingredient if you want to search by recipe name or other search term
- In the Find recipe box, you can also search by filters by clicking on the filter icon in the right side of the box and selecting the applicable filters. Select See recipes at the bottom once you have set all of the filters. For a description of each filter, click here.
- If you would like to import a recipe into your Recipe Box so that you can schedule it, scroll to the bottom and click Get started
- If you want to try some new recipes, add one of our contributor recipe collections to your account to have access to those recipes as well
- Optional: Select a side dish from the options at the bottom of the screen by clicking the + on the recipe image
- Click Schedule it to schedule the meal (the entree and any side dishes you have selected)
Schedule the Recipe
- After you click Schedule it, click on the recipe(s) you selected and drag them to the meal time when you want to schedule them. When the box for that meal time gets bigger, release the recipes in that box to schedule them
- Add leftovers of that meal to your meal plan by adjusting the number of servings you would like for leftovers and then dragging the leftover containers to the meal time when you would like to schedule them
- Click View meal plan to return to the meal plan view
- Click Add more meals to return to the Recipe Box
Browsing Recipe Categories
- Browse through recipes using the following categories
- Community Favorites: click the + to schedule one of our most popular recipes
- Recently Viewed: browse through recipes that you have recently viewed
- Recently Added: browse recipes that have recently been added to your Recipe Box
- Entree/Main Course: browse through entree options
- Slow Cooker/Crock Pot: if you have the slow cooker turned on in your equipment settings you can browse recipes that require the use of a slow cooker
- Kids: view some of the kid-friendly recipes in your Recipe Box
- Imported By You: view recipes that you have recently imported into your Recipe Box
- Contributor Recipes: when you have a contributor add-on subscription on your account, you can quickly scroll through some of their recipes
If you need assistance, please send us an email at support(at)realplans.com.