Plan from your own recipes
Last checked August 23, 2026
Built for ShioA meal planning app for recipes you actually want to cook.
Shio lets you plan the week from your own saved recipes, then add their ingredients to one grocery list. The recipe you found on Instagram and the one from your family cookbook can sit beside each other on Tuesday.
- Use your own recipesPlan from anything you saved, regardless of source.
- See the whole weekMove recipes onto dates before you shop.
- Build one grocery listBring ingredients from several meals together.
- Cook from the planOpen the full recipe without searching for it again.
Why meal plans get abandoned
A beautiful plan is useless if none of the recipes are yours.
A generic meal plan can look organized and still contain four dinners your household will not eat. Then you rebuild the week in Notes and write the grocery list by hand.
Shio starts with the recipes you chose to keep. Schedule them, combine their ingredients, and open the same saved copy when it is time to cook.
Inside the app
The recipe, week, and shopping list agree.
Planning should remove copies of dinner, not create another one.
Choose from your cookbook
Start with food you saved because you wanted to make it.
Put dinner on the week
See planned recipes by date and adjust before shopping.
Take one list
Add ingredients from the planned recipes and check them off.
Our favorite recipes
Recipes worth keeping.
How it works
Plan from the cookbook you already built.
You do not need a generated seven-day menu. Pick a few recipes, give them dates, and shop for the combined list.
- 01
Save the recipes
Import recipes from the places you already find dinner.
- 02
Choose the week
Add recipes to dates and leave room for leftovers, takeout, and reality.
- 03
Build groceries
Send the ingredients you need to one list and remove pantry items.
- 04
Open dinner
Tap the planned meal to cook from the saved recipe and its notes.
A useful weekly plan
Enough structure to shop. Enough room to change your mind.
Meal planning works when the plan reflects how your household eats, including the nights no one is cooking.
Your own library
Use recipes from social posts, websites, books, screenshots, and family cards.
Flexible dates
Move recipes when plans change instead of rebuilding the week.
Combined groceries
Put ingredients from several meals on one list.
Pantry check
Remove what you already have before you reach the store.
Recipe scaling
Adjust servings before the quantities reach the grocery list.
Source and notes
Keep the original recipe and your own changes available on cooking night.
Try it with one recipe
Plan the next three dinners, not your entire life.
Save the recipes in Shio, put them on the week, and take the combined ingredient list to the store.
Frequently asked questions
Straight answers.
What is the best meal planning app for my own recipes?
Shio is built for planning from recipes you saved yourself. It imports from websites, social posts, screenshots, cookbooks, and handwritten cards, then connects those recipes to dates and a grocery list.
Can Shio make a grocery list from my meal plan?
Yes. Add ingredients from planned recipes to one list, then remove pantry items and check off groceries as you shop.
Does Shio generate a meal plan for me?
Shio focuses on helping you plan from your own recipe library. You choose the recipes and dates, which keeps the plan grounded in food your household already wants.
Can I scale a recipe before adding groceries?
Yes. Adjust the serving count so ingredient quantities better match the meal you plan to cook.