Family meal planning for houses full of kids
Family Meal Board plans the week from the recipes your family already loves, builds one grocery list sorted by aisle, and keeps it in sync on every phone in the house.
Free. Family Meal Board is invite-only during early access: send us a note and we'll email your family an invite link.
This week's menu
In seasonDinners
- White chicken chiliHad 6 weeks ago
- Grandma's baked zitiFavorite. Locked
- Sheet-pan sausage and potatoesHad 4 weeks ago
- Beef and bean burritosHad 5 weeks ago
- Chicken pot pieNew to the rotation
Groceries
- Produce
- Yellow onions4
- Russet potatoes3 lb
- Cilantro1 bunch
- Meat & Seafood
- Ground beef1½ lb
- Chicken thighs3 lb
- Dairy & Eggs
- Shredded cheddar16 oz
Shared with 4 phones in this family
Built for families of five, six, seven and up
Most meal planners assume two adults and a toddler. Feeding a big family is a different job: more mouths, more opinions, bigger amounts and more people who need to see the list.
One grocery list, with the math done
Three recipes want onions? The list says 4 yellow onions, once, in the produce aisle. Amounts from every recipe on the menu are added up, compatible units are combined, and the list is sorted by aisle so nobody doubles back for the sour cream.
How the shared list worksHow the list gets to 4 onions and 1½ lb of beef
A different week every week, without the arguing
Tap Generate menu and it fills the week from your own recipes. Dinners you haven't had in the longest come first, favorites come up more often, anything from the last three weeks waits its turn, and soups and stews show up when it turns cold. Lock the meals you want to keep, swap the rest, and generate again.
How the menu is pickedWhy these made the menu
- Chicken pot piePickedNew to the rotation, and it's pot pie weather
- White chicken chiliPickedHad 6 weeks ago
- TacosWaitingHad last week, so it sits out until the three weeks are up
Every phone, the same list
Up to five people in a family can sign in on their own phones: usually the parents and the older kids. Everyone else just eats. Check something off in the store and it's gone from every phone within seconds. No signal in the back of the store? Check-offs wait on the phone and catch up when it's back online.
One family, one list
Your recipes, from wherever they live
Paste a link from a recipe site, share a TikTok, snap a photo of a cookbook page or Grandma's recipe card, or paste the text. Family Meal Board reads the ingredients and steps and shows you a draft to check before anything is saved.
All the ways to add recipesAdd recipes from
- Recipe websites
- TikTok
- Cookbook photos
- Recipe cards
- Pasted text
- Android's Share button
- A "Send to" bookmark
Send the list to your Kroger cart
Shop at Kroger or a Kroger-family store? Pick your store, connect your Kroger account once, and send everything that isn't checked off to your cart for pickup or delivery. You choose the product for each item, and it remembers what your family buys next time.
More about Kroger pickupGround beef, 1½ lb
From a pile of recipes to dinner on the table
Add what you already cook
Start with the fifteen or twenty dinners your family actually eats. Links, TikToks and cookbook photos all work.
Generate the menu
Choose how many breakfasts, lunches, dinners and snacks you want. Lock the keepers and swap the rest.
Shop one list
Sorted by aisle, shared with your family and checked off as you go, or sent to your Kroger cart.
Start cooking
Big text you can read from across the counter, steps you tap off as you go, and a screen that stays awake.
What it costs
Family Meal Board is free. The basic plan will stay free for good; if paid extras come later, they'll be extras. There are no ads, and your family's information is never sold.
Questions families ask first
How many people can join one family?
Up to five people can sign in to one family, each on their own phone or tablet. There's no limit on how many people you cook for: plenty of families of seven or eight have two parents and a couple of teenagers signed in.
Do I need to download an app?
No. Family Meal Board runs in the browser on any phone, tablet or computer. On Android, Chrome offers to install it so it opens like an app. On iPhone and iPad, tap Share in Safari, then Add to Home Screen.
Can I use my own family recipes?
Yes, that's the point. The menu is built only from recipes your family adds: links from recipe sites, TikToks, photos of cookbook pages and recipe cards, or typed and pasted text.
Is my family's information private?
Only people in your family can see your recipes, menus and lists. There are no ads or tracking cookies, and nothing is sold or shared. Read the full privacy page.