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Login:

• Users must first login by creating an account or with Google or Facebook

First time:

• First-time users can follow the first-time link to navigate to the About Us page, which explains each page of the website

Creating a recipe:

• Users can create a recipe by navigating to the Recipes page and clicking Create a Recipe
• Enter a recipe name, ingredients, prep time, cook time and instructions, add an image if available, then click Submit to save the recipe to your recipe book

Searching for a recipe:

• Search for a recipe by navigating to the Search page and entering a common language query for the recipe or type of recipe you're looking for
• When you find the recipe you like you can either add it to your recipe book by clicking Add to Recipe Book or you can see a brief summary of the recipe by clicking More Info and later add it to your recipe book from the ensuing popup

Creating a meal:

• Create a meal by navigating to the Meals page
• Enter a meal name then select the recipes you want to include from your recipe book in the drop-down menu below
• Select Save Meal to save your meal to the database

Plan a meal:

• To plan a meal, navigate to the Plans page, where you'll see your planEats calendar
• Click the day you wish to plan a meal, then select the meal you'd like to eat that day from the drop-down menu and click Select Meal Time
• Select the time you wish to eat that meal from the drop-down menu, and click Lovely! to add it to your planEats calendar

Adding a meal to your Google Calendar:

• If you'd like to add a meal to your Google Calendar, simply follow the steps listed in Plan a meal, but after you've selected a time for your meal, select Add to Google Calendar instead of Lovely! and the meal will be added to your planEats and Google Calendars

To view, edit or remove a planned meal from your plan meal calendar:

• To view a planned meal on your plan meal calendar, click the meal on the calendar and the name of the meal and its time will display in a popup
• To remove that meal from your calendar, click on the meal and select Delete Meal and it will no longer display on your calendar
• To edit a planned meal, click on the meal and select Edit Meal then select a different meal and/or time and the updated meal plan will appear on your calendar

Planning a shopping list:

• To view a shopping list for ingredients from your meal plan, navigate to the Shop page
• Select a start and end date for the time period of planned meals you'll be shopping for, and the ingredients for those meals will automatically populate your shopping list
• To add additional items to your list, enter the item in the input below and click the + button to add to your shopping list

Cooking a meal:

• To view cooking instructions for your next meal, navigate to the Cook page, where you'll see the step by step directions for how to cook the next planned meal on your calendar