Planning ahead makes it easier to prepare and eat great meals throughout the week. With Samsung Food Meal Planner, you can map out what you'll cook during the week, turn your meal plan into a shopping list, and even get ingredients delivered right to your door.
Your Meal Plan is always accessible straight from the home screen. Just tap the calendar icon 
Once you do that, you will be redirected to the Meal Planner Tab. Our Meal Planner banner has 3 features for you to use:
- My recipes
- Unscheduled meals
- Previously planned
1. My recipes
The my recipes feature below shows all your saved recipes. You can easily choose recipes from there and add it straight to any day or week of your preference.
When you click on any recipe from the My recipes selection, you can either:
- Choose a day and a meal type
When you click on Choose day button, you will be presented with meal type options as indicated below:
- Or you can add your recipe to:
2. Unscheduled meals
When a recipe is not assigned to a specific day, it will be categorized under "unscheduled meals" for the upcoming weeks. This means users get the flexibility to easily schedule a recipe for any day of their choosing, in any given week.
3. Previously planned
Curious to see recipes that you added to the planner in the past? We have made that easy for you! Simply click on the previously planned feature and all recipes you ever added to the meal planner will be one click away from you.
Meal planner weekly view
You can see your meals in order by clicking on the arrow located at the top right section of each day:
By doing so, you will see all the recipes by the selected meal type:
How to Add Recipes to Your Meal Plan
Easily add any recipe directly to your meal plan. Here's how to add your first recipe:
- From the Planner tab, tap the + button
at the bottom of your screen
- You'll have the option to add recipes from your Recipe Box, create a new recipe, or add a recipe using a link
- To add a recipe from your Recipe Box, select Add Saved Recipe. Then, choose a recipe from your Recipe Box and press Add.
- Next, choose a day of the week and press Done. You'll be redirected to your meal plan where you'll find your recently added recipe.
Note: You can choose to add a recipe to multiple days of the week or days across multiple weeks.
Don't worry about making a mistake. Meal Planner always allows you to rearrange, add, or remove recipes with ease.
Next, we'll learn how to organize your meal plan recipe by day.
How to Add Recipes to Specific Days of Your Meal Plan
- To fill in each day of your meal plan, simply drag recipes you've already added to your meal plan to a specific day of the week, then drop them on the appropriate day. Please note that if you do not choose any specific day, the recipe will remain in an unscheduled meal until you schedule it.
- You can also tap the three dots
at the corner of any recipe and tap Choose day.
Note: You can also tap on any day of the week within Meal Planner and import recipes from anywhere.
Next, we'll show how you can add recipes from your Recipe Box directly to Meal Planner.
How can I change my Meal Planner start date?
You can change the day your meal plan starts within our native Android and iOS apps, but not in our Web App (app.samsungfood.com).
1. Click the three dot menu in the upper right corner of the Meal Planner
2. Click on Change start day
3. Select the day and click Done
Please note that any change in the native app is reflected in the web app once that change is saved.
How to Add Recipes to Meal Planner from Your Recipe Box or a Community
Add recipes from Meal Planner straight to your Recipe Box or from a Samsung Food Community.
- From your Recipe Box or a Community, tap the three dots
on a recipe tile or open the recipe and tap Add to. Select Add to Meal Plan.
- Next, you have the option to either add your recipe to a specific day of the week, or press Done and use the Meal Planner drag and drop tool to add the recipe to a specific day later on.
Next, we'll learn how you can shop for ingredients for your meal plan.
How to Turn Your Meal Plan into a Shopping List
After you've added recipes to your meal plan, it's easy to create a shopping list with all the ingredients you need.
- To add your entire meal plan to your shopping list, tap the + button
at the bottom of your screen. Then, select Add plan to shopping list.
- If you want to add individual recipes from your meal plan to your shopping list, tap the three dots
With a shopping list that you can share with family and friends and sort by recipe or by aisle, getting ingredients for your meal plan is a snap. Plus, if you decide to add your items to your shopping cart, you can choose to have a local retailer deliver them right to your door.
How to Share Your Meal Plan
Share your meal plan with others to collaborate on what’s for dinner.
- Navigate to your meal plan and tap “Share” to invite others. If someone else in your household currently sets up your meal plan, they should be the one to share.
- When others join your Shared Meal Plan, it will replace their individual meal plans.
- If a collaborator wants to go back to their individual meal plan, just remove that collaborator individually or disable collaboration on your meal plan entirely. Everyone’s individual meal plans will be restored like magic!
Do you have additional questions? Feel free to contact us. We're always happy to help.