Using Meals

With the Meals feature, you can plan and display your upcoming meals. Create your meals with recipes you have already saved, or create new recipes.

Managing Meals

Meal Plan View

To see the meal plan:

1. Open the Mobile App.
   If you are managing multiple devices, make sure you have selected the correct  Skylight Calendar.
2. Tap Meals.

The meal plan will appear, showing a single scrolling column of days divided into color coded meal periods. The meal periods hold the meals planned for that particular meal.

Tap the Today button to quickly set the view to the present day.

Tap the Filter button to manage meal periods.

Tap the Recipes button to manage your recipes.

Tap Plan meals to create a meal plan with Sidekick.

Managing Meal Periods with the Filter Menu

Tap the Filter button to show the filter menu.

Use the toggle switches to show or hide specific meal periods. For example, you may not need the meal period Snack; use the toggle to hide it from your meal plan.

Use the pencil icon to edit the meal periods:

1. Tap the pencil icon.
   
2. Tap the Title textbox to change the name of the meal period.
3. Tap a color to change the color associated with that meal period.

Adding a Recipe to a Meal

Add a recipe to a meal to the meal plan:

1. From the Meal Plan View, tap a meal bubble, or tap the Add button.
   
   Long press an configured meal bubble if you wish to add an additional recipe to the meal.
2. Choose if you want to:
   • Add a recipe from your existing recipes
   • Create a new recipe from scratch 

Adding a Recipe to a Meal From Existing Recipes

1. In the Add meal panel, tap From Recipes.
2. Optional: Tap the filter buttons to show a specific meal period.
3. Optional: Use the Search textbox to reduce the list.
4. Optional: tap Add to Grocery List if you want the ingredients for the selected meal added to your Grocery List.
   Use Instacart to order items in your Grocery List.
5. Tap a meal in the list.

After tapping the meal, the Add meal panel displays details for the recipe.

If you need to move the meal to a different day, tape Date.

If you would like the meal to belong to a different meal period, tap Category.

If you would like the meal to repeat automatically, tap the Repeats toggle switch and select how often you would like the meal to repeat, and when you would like the repeat to stop.

If you have any notes for this particular recipe, add them to the Instructions or ingredients textbox. 

If you would like your changes to apply to future meals, tap the Update Recipe toggle.

6. Tap Add.

Adding a New Recipe to a Meal

1. In the Add meal panel, tap New Entry.

You can create a new recipe with Sidekick, or enter a new recipe by hand.

Creating a New Meal With Sidekick

Create a new recipe with Sidekick by tapping on one of the buttons in the Sidekick bar.

For more information about managing recipes with Sidekick, please see Meal Planning With Sidekick.

Entering a New Recipe by Hand

Enter a new recipe by hand:

1. Give your new recipe a name with the What Are We Eating? Textbox.
2. Tap Date to set when you want to use the recipe for a meal.
3. Tap Category to assign the recipe to a meal period.
4. Optional: tap the Repeats toggle switch and select how often you would like the meal to repeat, and when you would like the repeat to stop.
5. Add notes for this recipe to the Instructions or ingredients textbox.
6. Tap the Save to Recipes toggle if you would like to save this recipe for future use.

Tap Add.

Related to

• Skylight Mobile App