A meal planner for weeknight dinners
Dinner, decided.
Say who's eating and what they can't have. Simmerset suggests three to seven dinners and writes one grocery list, sorted by aisle, with each item marked for the dinner that needs it.
- No account needed to try
- Free version, no time limit
Simmerset
Produce
- 3OnionsMoWe
- 6CarrotsMoTh
- 1 bunchParsleyMoWe
- 2TurnipsWe
Pantry
- 300 gRed lentilsWe
Items31
- Every recipe names its source
- No exceptions for allergies and diets
- One list for any store
- Built by the team behind Spoonacular
- A recipe without verified allergen data counts as containing the allergen
Coming from Mealime?
Mealime closed on October 21, 2026, and its closing page said personal data would be deleted then. When you start, Simmerset asks for what you remember.
Bring these from memory
- Favorite meals
- How many people you cook for
- Allergies and diets, apart from dislikes
- How long a weeknight dinner may take
- Recipes you added yourself
How It Works
Three dinners and their grocery list before you make an account.
Choose dinners
Say who eats, what must never be on the plate and how long a weeknight is. Keep, swap or lock what comes back.
Produce
3OnionsMoWe
36CarrotsMoTh
3CarrotsTh
1 bunchParsleyMoWe
2TurnipsWe
Pantry
300 gRed lentilsWe
Get the list
One list for the week, sorted by aisle, with amounts added up. Each line says which dinner needs it.
Cook
The cooking view shows one step at a time with the ingredients it needs, plus a timer when the step has one.
The list
Every Line Says Which Dinner Needs It
Carrots for Monday and Thursday become one line: 6 carrots. Drop a dinner and you know what to leave on the shelf.
This week's dinners
- MondayCauliflower and brown rice fried rice
- WednesdayRed lentil soup with chicken and turnips
- ThursdayTuscan white bean soup
- FridayCauliflower pasta with garlic crumbs
Simmerset
Produce
- 3OnionsMoWe
- 6CarrotsMoTh
- 1CauliflowerFr
- 2TurnipsWe
- 1 bunchParsleyMoWe
- 4ScallionsMoFr
- 1 headGarlicThFr
Pantry
- 300 gRed lentilsWe
- 2 cansCannellini beansTh
- 1.5 lChicken stockWeTh
Meat
- 500 gChicken thighsWe
Showing 11 of 31 linesAny store
31 items4 dinners
Allergies and diets
An Allergy Takes the Dinner Out
Never suggest and Rather not are separate questions. A dislike moves a dinner down the list. An allergy takes it out, and that rule holds even when few recipes are left.
Never suggest
Taken out of every plan, even when few recipes are left.
- Peanuts
- Dairy
- Gluten
- Eggs
- Shellfish
Rather not
A dinner with these moves down the list.
- Mushrooms
- Cauliflower
- Beans
Also in Simmerset
Swap or Lock Without Breaking the List
Replace one dinner, lock the ones you like or change the servings, and the list updates to match.
Your Own Recipes Too
Import a recipe from a link or type one in. It joins the week like any other dinner.
Your Data Leaves With You
Export everything as JSON whenever you like, and delete your account yourself.
One List for the Household
Free shares the list with one other adult, Plus with up to six. Everyone shops from the same list.
From the Catalog
Openly licensed recipes from the Spoonacular database. Every dinner names where it came from.
Red lentil soup with chicken
55 min
Cauliflower pasta with garlic crumbs
45 min
Cauliflower and brown rice fried rice
30 min
Balsamic chicken with mushrooms
50 min
Roasted tomato and white bean stew
45 min
Photos made by Simmerset for these recipes.
Next to other apps
Before You Choose
If You've Used Another Kind of App
- A store's meal plannerSimmerset needs no store account and has no cart, so no store's sale picks your dinners.
- A calorie or macro plannerYou start from dinners you'd cook. Calories, protein, carbs and fat are listed for every dinner if you want to check them.
- A recipe managerYou don't have to bring any recipes. Three dinners come before you sign up, and you can add your own later.
What Simmerset Does Not Do Yet
English recipes for now. The app and this site come in six languages. The recipe catalog is in English.
What It Costs
Free
USD0
- Browse the recipes and plan one week at a time
- Exclusions for allergies and diets, with no exceptions
- Calories, protein, carbs and fat for every dinner
- Save favorites and type in your own recipes
- Import five recipes a week from a URL
- Share the grocery list with one other adult
- Read this week's plan and list offline
- Export your data and delete your account whenever you like
Plus
USD39.99a year
tax included
That works out to USD 3.33 a month, or USD 4.99 paid monthly
USD4.99a month
tax included
or USD 39.99 a year
Everything in Free, and:
- Keep every week and plan any of them again
- Vitamins, minerals and goals per dinner
- Import thirty recipes a week from a URL
- Share the household with up to six adults
Plan my week
Everyone starts on Free.
Prices include tax. In the EU you pay the same amounts in euros. If you go back to Free, nothing is deleted.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will Simmerset shut down like Mealime?
No app can promise to last forever. Simmerset is made by skycraft GmbH in Dresden, the company that also runs Spoonacular, which David Urbansky founded in 2013. You can export all your data as JSON whenever you like.
Does it work offline?
Partly. This week's plan and grocery list are saved on your device and open without a connection, with a note of when they were saved. Changing the plan or checking off items needs a connection.
Is there an app for my phone?
Yes. Simmerset is in the App Store and on Google Play. It also runs in any browser, where you can add it to your home screen.
What does it cost?
Free costs nothing. Plus is USD 4.99 a month or USD 39.99 a year, tax included. In the EU you pay the same amounts in euros, VAT included.
Where do the recipes come from?
They're openly licensed recipes from the Spoonacular database, and each one names its source. The catalog is in English for now. You can add your own by pasting a link or typing a recipe in.
Can I bring my recipes from Mealime?
No. Mealime offered no export, so there was nothing to import. Add the recipes you remember by link or by typing, or let the matcher find close dinners in the catalog.
From the Guides
All guides
Plan This Week
Answer a few questions and you get three dinners and their grocery list, sorted by aisle, before you create an account. Sign up to keep them.