Meals

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1. Day, Week and Month tabs Switching Views
2. and buttons Changing the Selected Day, Week or Month
3. button From the Meal Planner
4. Meal type Changing a Meal's Date or Type
5. button Deleting Meals
6. button Changing the Selected Day, Week or Month
7. button Meal Planner Actions

Paprika comes with a built-in meal planner that can be used to create daily, weekly, and monthly meal plans.

Viewing the Meal Planner

Switching Views

Use the Day / Week / Month tabs at the top to switch between the daily, weekly, and monthly views. Use whichever view you prefer most. The daily view shows each recipe's photo beside the meal.

Changing the Selected Day, Week or Month

Use the and buttons to switch between days, weeks, or months, and press the button in the floating toolbar to jump back to the current date.

Shortcut Alternatively, you can swipe left and right to navigate to the previous or next day, week, or month.

Adding a Meal

Adding meals can be done from the meal planner, or directly from the recipe screen.

From the Meal Planner

To add a meal from the planner, press the button. The Add Meal wizard will walk you through the steps of adding a meal:

1. Choose between adding a Recipe, a Note, or an entire Menu.
2. Depending on your selection:
   1. Recipe - Choose a recipe.
   2. Note - Type in a note.
   3. Menu - Select a menu.
3. Choose a date for your meal, and then press Next. Note The calendar will show your currently planned meals.
4. Choose the meal type (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack, etc.), and then press Save.

From the Recipe Screen

Open a recipe, and then press the button in the toolbar to add that recipe as a new meal.

Choose a date for this meal, and then press Next. Choose a meal type (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack, etc.), and then press Save.

Editing Meals

Changing a Meal's Date or Type

Select the day that the meal has been scheduled for. Tap and hold the meal until the list goes into selection mode, and then press the icon on the right side of the meal. From here you can change the date or type of the meal.

Deleting Meals

Tap and hold the meal until the list of meals goes into selection mode. Select meals to delete, and then press the button in the toolbar.

Shortcut You can also enter selection mode by pressing the button at the left of the floating toolbar at the bottom of the meal planner, without tapping and holding a meal first.

Meal Planner Actions

These actions are accessed by pressing the button at the end of the floating toolbar.

By default, each action is performed on all of the meals in the currently visible view. For example, if you have the Monthly View selected, then selecting Add to Grocery List will add the entire month to the grocery list. If you have the Weekly View selected, then it will add the current week. If you have the Daily View selected, it will add the current day to the grocery list.

Calendar Feed Premium

A calendar feed shows your meal plan in Google Calendar, Outlook, Apple Calendar, or any other calendar app that can subscribe to a calendar by its link. The calendar stays up to date as you plan, change, and delete meals in Paprika.

To set up a calendar feed:

1. Open the Settings panel and tap Calendar Feed under Meal Planner.
2. Tap Create Link.
3. If a calendar app on your device can subscribe to calendars, tap Subscribe in Calendar. Otherwise, tap Copy and paste the link into your calendar app's option for subscribing to a calendar by URL.

The feed appears as a calendar named Paprika. Each meal appears at the time set for its meal type, or as an all-day event. The feed includes the meals from the past year and everything you've planned ahead. Your link is the same on all of your devices.

Anyone with the link can see your meal plan. To stop a calendar from updating, return to Calendar Feed and tap Remove. Calendars subscribed to the link stop updating, and you can create a new link at any time.