Using the Meal Planner

\Use the Meals icon to plan your family’s meals.  Everyone in your family will be able to check the meal plan, and meals will display on your Calendar in the Schedule view.

This feature is only available with Calendar Plus subscription. If you wish to upgrade to Skylight Plus, please see https://myskylight.com/products/calendar-skylight-plus/

Select the Meals icon to view and manage your meal plan:

Viewing the Meal Plan

The default view of the meal plan displays:

• The month and year of the current meal plan.
• A menu of buttons.
• A scrollable view of the meal plan, by day and date.
  Swipe up and down to see more of the meal plan.

Meal planning can handle up to four meal categories. By default, the meal planner uses the following four meal categories:

• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
• Snack

Use the Filter menu to show or hide meal categories, or rename them to suit your household schedule.

Managing Meals

Managing Meal Categories

Manage meal categories with the filter menu:

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

Use the pencil icon to rename the meal categories:

1. Select the pencil icon.
   
2. Select the Name textbox to change the name of the meal category.
3. Select a color to change the color associated with that meal category.
4. Select Save.

Adding a Recipe to a Meal

Add a recipe to the meal plan:

1. Select the Add button.
2. Choose if you want to:
   1. Add a meal from your existing recipes
   2. Create a new meal from scratch.

Adding a Recipe to a Meal From Existing Recipes

1. In the Plan meal panel, select From Recipes.
2. Optional: Select the filter buttons to show a specific meal category.
3. Select a recipe in the list.

After selecting the recipe, the Plan meal panel displays details for the meal plan entry.

If you need to move the entry to a different day, select the date.

Select the meal category to change it.

If you would like the meal to repeat automatically, select 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, select the Update Recipe toggle.

4. Select Plan.

Adding a New Recipe to a Meal

In the Add meal panel, select New Entry.

1. Give your new recipe a name with the What Are We Eating? Textbox.
2. Select Date to change when you want to use the recipe for a meal.
3. Select the meal category to change it.
4. Optional: select 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. Select the Save to Recipes toggle if you would like to save this recipe for future use.
7. Select Plan.

Editing a Meal Recipe

If a recipe is already part of a meal, you can change it.

1. Select the recipe in the meal plan
2. Select the menu button.
3. Select Edit.
4. Change the settings for the recipe.
   If you want the changes to be saved with the recipe for future use, enable the Update Recipe toggle.
5. Select Save.

Removing a Recipe From a Meal

If a recipe is already part of a meal, you can remove it.

1. Select the recipe in the meal plan
2. Select the menu button.
3. Select Delete.
4. Select Delete.

This will remove the recipe from the meal plan. This will not remove the recipe from the recipe box.