Create a Meal Prep Jar
Set the topic to 'Food'. Name it 'Weekly Meal Prep' to keep it focused on home cooking.
Cook Together
Invite your partner, roommate, or the whole household. Everyone's preferences matter when you're cooking for the group.
Build Your Recipe Bank
Add meals you love: 'Chicken Stir Fry', 'Overnight Oats', 'Lentil Soup'. Paste recipe URLs in the details field for easy reference.
Plan the Week
Every Sunday, spin 5-7 times to fill your weekly meal plan. Screenshot the results, make your shopping list, and you're done in 2 minutes.
The Sunday Night Meal Planning Meltdown
You want to eat healthier. You know meal prepping saves time and money. But every Sunday evening, you open Pinterest, scroll through 200 recipes, bookmark 15, and then order UberEats because you're overwhelmed. By Tuesday, you've forgotten what you planned. By Thursday, you're back to frozen pizza.
The problem isn't your intentions — it's the planning tax. Research from Cornell University found that we make over 200 decisions about food every day. Adding a complex meal planning session on top of that is the straw that breaks the camel's back.
How the Meal Prep Jar Eliminates Planning Fatigue
The Meal Prep Jar separates curation from selection. During the week, whenever you find a recipe you'd actually make — a friend shares a great chicken dish, you see a 30-minute pasta on TikTok, or your mum texts you her lasagne recipe — add it to the jar. Include the recipe link, estimated prep time, and dietary tags.
When Sunday arrives, you don't need willpower or creativity. You spin 5-7 times and the jar builds your week. Every option was pre-approved by past-you, so there's nothing to reject. The entire process takes under 2 minutes, and you can screenshot the plan to use as your shopping list template.
Pro tip: Tag recipes with categories like "Quick" (under 20 mins), "Batch Cook" (makes 4+ servings), and "Budget" (under $10). Filter by these tags when you spin — "Quick" meals for busy weeknights, "Batch Cook" for Sunday prep sessions.
Over time, the jar becomes a living recipe book that reflects what your household actually eats — not an aspirational Pinterest board you never revisit.