Weeknight Meal Planner for Busy Workdays
Too tired to decide what to cook after work? A weeknight meal planner takes that decision off your plate. Plan your dinners in minutes, get one shopping list, and make easy dinner planning part of your routine.
Stop deciding what to cook after work.
Have your weeknight dinners planned before Monday starts.
Start Planning for FreeAfter work, I never had the energy to think about what to cook. Now I just check the app and start cooking. It's one less thing on my mind during a busy work week.
Plan weeknight dinners in minutes
5 minutes to plan the whole week.
Plan on Sunday, do the shop, chop up your veg — and you're set for the week. No daily decisions, no standing in the kitchen wondering what to make.
Cook more, order less.
When dinner is already planned, cooking is the easy choice. You can even set recipes to cover multiple nights, so you cook once and eat twice.
One shopping list for the whole work week.
Get everything you need in one list. One shop, no last-minute runs to the store after work.
Recipes that match your taste.
The app learns what you like over time and suggests dinners you'll actually want to eat. The more you cook, the better it gets.
How this weeknight meal planner works
It's really simple.
Save recipes you enjoy
Browse over 100,000 recipes or add your own. Start with a few favourites — the app suggests more based on your taste.
Plan your weeknights in one click
The app picks dinners from your list, rotates what you haven't had recently, and keeps ingredients overlapping so shopping is simpler.
Get one shopping list
Everything you need for the week, in one list. Copy it, take it to the shop, or order online.
Come home and cook
You've got the ingredients, you know what's for dinner. And because you're cooking the same meals on rotation, you know them well — it gets faster and easier every time.
About Us
I built ChefYourself because I was tired of coming home after work with no idea what to cook — and even when I did decide, I'd be missing half the ingredients. And I would be already hungry!
Questions & Answers
Here's what people usually ask.
What can I cook after work when I’m too tired to think?
Keep a small set of go-to dinners saved in the app. Instead of choosing from hundreds of recipes, you’re choosing from meals that already work for you. When you get home, dinner is already decided — no scrolling, no overthinking.
How do I stop ordering takeaway during busy weeks?
Most takeaway happens because nothing is planned. When your dinners are mapped out and your groceries are already bought at the start of the week, cooking becomes the easier option. You have the ingredients ready, and you know exactly what you’re making.
How long does it take to plan meals for a work week?
A few minutes. Pick 3–5 recipes, generate your weekly plan, and get one shopping list. Do your groceries once, and you’re ready to cook everything you planned during the week.
Is this better than picking recipes each day?
Yes — because daily decisions are usually the hard part. If you pick recipes one day at a time, you still need to check ingredients, shop again, or improvise when something is missing. With a weekly plan and groceries done upfront, you’re already set up to cook.
This week's dinners? Sorted.
Pick recipes you enjoy, and have the whole week planned in minutes.
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