How can I add recipe ingredients to the shopping list?

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As you are planning meals for the week, Skylight Apps can help you manage your Grocery List. Skylight Apps can automatically add the ingredients from the recipes you select to your Grocery List to make sure you have what you need when you start cooking.

There are several ways you can add recipe ingredients to the shopping list:

  • Adding a recipe to a meal in the grid.
  • Adding a recipe to a meal with the Add button.
  • Viewing recipe details.
  • Using the Sidekick meal planner.

Adding a Recipe to a Meal in the Grid

When you add a recipe to a meal, you may be given an option to add the ingredients of that recipe to your Grocery list:

  1. Open the Skylight Mobile App.
    If you have multiple Skylight Calendars, make sure you are in the Calendar you want to manage.
  2. Select Meals.
  3. Add a recipe to a meal with the grid.
    You can tap an empty meal slot, or long press a filled meal slot to add another recipe.
  4. Select a recipe.
  5. If the recipe has ingredients, you will be asked if you want to add the ingredients of the recipe to the grocery list:
    The pop-up dialog box that offers the action of adding the ingredients to the Grocery List.
  6. Select Add to Grocery List.

It may take a moment for all of the ingredients in the recipe to appear in your Grocery List.

Adding a Recipe to a Meal with the Add Button

  1. Open the Skylight Mobile App.
    If you have multiple Skylight Calendars, make sure you are in the Calendar you want to manage.
  2. Select Meals.
  3. Select the Add button.
  4. Select a recipe.
  5. If the recipe has ingredients, you will be asked if you want to add the ingredients of the recipe to the grocery list:
    The pop-up dialog box that offers the action of adding the ingredients to the Grocery List.
  6. Select Add to Grocery List.

It may take a moment for all of the ingredients in the recipe to appear in your Grocery List.

Adding Ingredients to Grocery List from the Recipe Details

Add all of the ingredients needed for a recipe from the recipe details page:

  1. Open the Skylight Mobile App.
    If you have multiple Skylight Calendars, make sure you are in the Calendar you want to manage.
  2. Select Recipes.
  3. Select a recipe.
  4. Select the Add to Grocery List button at the top of the recipe.

It may take a moment for all of the ingredients in the recipe to appear in your Grocery List.

Adding Ingredients to Grocery List from the Sidekick Meal Planner

When you plan a meal using the Sidekick Meal Planner, you will be given an option to automatically add all of the ingredients to the selected recipe to the Grocery List in your lists

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