Today’s Parent Mealtime

Free | www.todaysparent.com

Developed by Canadian magazine Today’s Parent, Today’s Parent Mealtime tries to make planning meals for the family easy, shareable, streamlined and, not to mention, delicious. Viewing recipes is free, but you’ll need to create an account if you want to save recipes and create a shopping list. The signup process for us was slightly irritating — every email address and display name we tried was “being used”, but we ended up with multiple accounts nonetheless. So you might want to create an account and then check your inbox for a verification email before trying again. Once set up, the app is self-explanatory for the most part and very streamlined. The homepage already has a few ‘collections’, like one-pot meals or pasta dishes, but you can create your own and add recipes you’ve found on the internet (or type it all out if you have grandma’s old recipe book) as well. You can add recipes to a meal plan for each day and add them to an ever-growing grocery list. The shopping list can then be shared — send it to your better half for help with the shopping and all you need to do is get the meal cooked and serve.