mise - meal planner

This app is basically Home Chef or Hello Fresh without food being delivered to your house. This app is great for families, single living or if your just living with your partner and have no clue what to make or want speedy recipes for the week that are healthy/comforting and fit your budget. Yes there is a subscription, but you get a 3 day free trial and it’s $10 monthly or $50 annually. Not bad when just trying to find your footing in the kitchen. It caters to the store you shop at, weekly budget, food restrictions and dietary restrictions as well. Even gives you a shopping list with recipe instructions and the nutrition information. Completely recommend.

1. It only lets you select one dietary restriction. What if you need gluten free and vegetarian? Said select all that apply but only allowed me to select one. 2. What if you only have one person with a dietary restriction? If you select vegetarian, gluten free, ect it assumes all meals must be 100% that dietary requirement. In my house we have 1 vegetarian and 3 carnivores so this app isn’t much help. I have to plan 2 meal plans. What I would like is something that plans a meal plan for the entire family. If 1 of 4 is vegetarian have a meal plan with a meat entree, a vegetarian entree that could double as a side, a 2nd vegetable side and a whatever else is in the plan for that meal. To do this though the app needs to ask how many of the family members have the dietary restrictions, then plans meals that can fit. It seems the app would be pretty good for those with households that don’t need more than 1 dietary restriction or mixed dietary requirements.

This app is really good for simple meals and a little bit of customization. It offers a lot of utility for a quick and easy meals and can save you lots of money. However, the reason for the three out of five stars is because if you’re on a diet such as keto 30 or anything like that, there is no way for you to actually custom build that it also asks for your preferences whether you want protein or gut friendly meals, etc. but completely ignores those preferences when building out your weekly meal plan. This is really great for when you’re getting started as a beginner meal planner but beyond that it’s hard to see this as an option for someone who has a bigger family and who’s on a specific diet