Common problems and video tutorials below
One of our most common questions is about saving meal plans; there are 2 options:
- To save changes to your meal plan – this is the recommended option!
- To clear the meal plan so you start from scratch
Lets look at both!
1. Save changes to your meal plan – add, remove recipes
Every week we issue you with a new meal plan – but you can change that meal plan and then save it for later!
- Remove recipes from the meal plan – simply click on the ‘red cross’ on any recipes in your meal plan you don’t want – they will then be removed.
- Replace with a different recipe – scroll through the recipes lower down the Meal Plan page (you can filter by category or just browse) and simply click ‘+add recipe button’ and they will be added to your meal plan
- Save your meal plan – a green box will appear asking you to name your meal plan; type in a name and press ‘save’ – it is now saved forever!
- Find your saved meal plans – on desktop you can find your link to My Saved Meal Plans in the top menu (or the drop down menu under the shopping list button) OR on mobile it is in the bottom menu.
2. How to create your own meal plans – from scratch
Go to Meal Plan Page
- Click ‘Create meal plan’ button (just under the shopping list button).
- Name your meal plan > click Save Meal Plan button that appears.
- Browse our recipes on the same page by category (vegetarian, GF, etc.) you can click multiple categories or unclick to include more recipes.
- Click ‘add recipe’ on any you like to add to your new meal plan.
- Press ‘Shopping List’ to save it!
All your meal plans are saved in the drop down menu (under the shopping list button) called ‘Five Dinner Meal Plan Collections’ for whenever you want them!
Shopping list not opening
The most common problem is your browser is blocking popups; here’s a super quick fix:
- Safari (usually on MacBook/iPad): open Safari browser, on the top menu click on ‘Safari’ > Settings For This Website > ‘allow popups’.
- Firefox: open Firefox > settings > privacy & security > permissions > untick ‘block popup windows’ (or click ‘exceptions’ type in https://fivedinners.com > click ‘allow’ and then ‘save’ done!
Serving size missing from recipes or shopping list
Go to Meal Plan page, click ‘set my serving’ – a pop up box appears; enter the number you normally feed and save.
Recipes show 4 servings – but you’re serving a different number
First – make sure your serving size is correct (see above point on how to do that).
This is a known bug we are fixing, in the meantime here is a very fast workaround:
- The shopping list WILL open to your correct serving size (so that’s all good!)
- Open a recipe – it shows as serving 4 persons – click on the ‘PRINT’ icon
- This opens another window with the recipe – you can change the serving size on this page and it will reflect in the ingredients on that recipe.
Edit or change the name of my saved meal plans
To edit or change the name of your saved meal plans; visit the page below to make changes:
Click here to edit your saved meal plans.
Features you need to know
Make changes to your suggested meal plan and save for later (removing, adding and saving your own meal plans)
Meal Plans and Shopping List – how to use our meal plans and automatic shopping list
Save recipes – how to save a recipe and where to find them next time
Create your own meal plans from scratch – clear the meal plan to start from scratch and save
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