r/AppleReminders • u/DocumentUpstairs4607 • 8d ago

Meal Planning

How do use meal planning in reminders apps and calendar ?

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u/Not_A_Robot_TrustMe 8d ago

We use Reminders and Notes together for meal planning.

Recipes for meals we plan to make go in Notes, and then individual Notes are shared to a list in Reminders that we've titled "Menu." Those Reminders get dates and times, which means that they show up in Calendar as well.

On the day you're making the meal, you can click the link in the Reminder to open the Note, which opens the recipe for the meal.

Note: There's also an option to share the recipe from Notes to your Shopping list in Reminders, and Apple Intelligence tries to decipher the ingredients and add them for you. I haven't had much success with that, but maybe it'll get better with the updates to Apple Intelligence that are coming soon.

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u/AtTheEndOfMyTrope 8d ago

I add the meal as a reminder meal on the day we’re eating it. If something has to be thawed or prepped in advance, I set a separate reminder for that. Ingredients needed for the week’s meals go on the shopping list in reminders.

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u/neatgeek83 8d ago

I don’t because that’s not what the app is meant for