The RecipeManager has a meal planning feature that allows you to plan meals and send all required ingredients to a shopping list.

To view Meals select the 'Meals' button on the Recipe Browser.

You can add a new meal by selecting 'New Meal' from the 'Meals' menu or 'Shift-command-N' or the '+' button on the Recipe Browser. You can also use the context menu.

The cursor will be positioned in the title field, so you can enter a title for the menu. There are also description and notes fields to enter a description or any free form notes relating to the meal and the recipes that are being used. The notes field could be used as a way of noting recipe staging for a meal.

You can locate recipes in the recipe list by using the Search By Name field at the top right hand corner of the window.

Below the description and notes fields is the list of recipes that make up the meal. To add recipes to this list simply drag and drop them from the recipe list. Alternatively you can double click the recipes and they will be added to the meal.

If you wish to remove a recipe from a Meal, you can simply drag and drop the recipe from the list of recipes in your meal to the 'Trash' on the bottom right of the Recipe Browser, or press the Delete key when the recipe is highlighted.

When you have built your meal, select the √ 'save' button to store the meal.

Removing and modifying meals

Once you have added a meal you can modify or remove it via the 'Meals' menu, the buttons at the bottom of the Recipe Browser, or the context menu.

Sending meal ingredients to the shopping list

You can send all the ingredients required for a meal to the shopping list.

To do this select 'Send Meal Ingredients to Shopping List' from the 'Meals' menu or from the meals list context menu.

The meal list

You can also display all the meals you have created from the Recipe Browser.

To do this simply press the 'Show Meals' button. The meal list is then displayed under the recipe list.

Selecting a meal from this list will then display the details of the meal. Double clicking on the meal will allow you to modify the meal.