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Create a weekly meal planning app with a recipe library, nutrition tracking, and automatic shopping list generation.
Step-by-step guide
6 steps
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Set up your recipe library
Each recipe needs: name, ingredients (with quantities), instructions, prep time, cook time, servings, and nutritional info if you track macros.
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Build the app with Appaca
Prompt Appaca with "Build a meal planner with a recipe library, weekly meal schedule, and a shopping list generator." Appaca creates the full app.
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Build the weekly meal schedule
Create a 7-day grid where you assign recipes to breakfast, lunch, and dinner for each day. You can save the week as a template.
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Generate a shopping list
A shopping list view aggregates all ingredients from the week's meals so you can shop efficiently without checking each recipe.
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Add nutrition tracking
If you track macros, add total calories, protein, carbs, and fat per day based on your meal plan.
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Save favourite meal plans as templates
Save your favourite weekly plans as templates to re-use in future weeks without starting from scratch.
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Your app comes fully equipped - no hosting, no external database, no extra setup required.
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Every app you build on Appaca gets its own secure database. Your data stays structured, backed up, and accessible - no spreadsheets or external tools needed.
Connect to tools you already use
Link your app to Google Sheets, Slack, Airtable, or any service via API or webhook. Your Appaca app becomes part of your existing workflow.
Share with your team instantly
Invite teammates, assign roles, and start using the app together. You control who sees what - individual apps or the whole workspace.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. The shopping list is generated from all recipes planned for the week, with quantities summed for each ingredient.
Yes. Save a week's plan as a template and reuse it. You can have multiple templates for different goals.
Yes. Add nutritional data to each recipe and the app calculates daily and weekly totals for your meal plan.
Yes. Add tags like vegan, gluten-free, or high-protein to each recipe and filter your library when planning meals.
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