[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":996},["ShallowReactive",2],{"articles-\u002Farticles\u002Fa-shortlist-for-supper":3,"public-articles":111},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"date":93,"description":94,"extension":95,"featured":96,"heroImage":97,"heroImageAlt":98,"meta":99,"navigation":96,"ogDescription":100,"ogImage":100,"ogTitle":100,"path":101,"seo":102,"showContents":103,"stem":104,"summary":105,"tags":106,"updated":108,"written":109,"__hash__":110},"articles\u002Farticles\u002Fa-shortlist-for-supper.md","What to cook? Start with a shortlist","The Scullery team",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":86},"minimark",[10,14,19,22,25,28,32,35,58,61,64,68,71,74,77],[11,12,13],"p",{},"Choosing dinner together is easier when there are a few actual meals to consider. Start with three possibilities that fit the evening, hear what sounds good, and choose one. Three is a useful starting point; a couple of options may be plenty.",[15,16,18],"h2",{"id":17},"check-what-fits-tonight","Check what fits tonight",[11,20,21],{},"Before looking for recipes, agree on the practical things. Who is eating? Who can cook? Is someone stopping at the shop? Which ingredients do you want to use?",[11,23,24],{},"Be specific about what feels manageable. “I can cook something familiar” gives everyone a starting point. So does “I'd like to use the greens.” The person cooking should have a say in how much preparation they take on.",[11,26,27],{},"Keep these answers in mind when picking the options. A recipe can look appealing and still belong on another evening's list.",[15,29,31],{"id":30},"bring-a-few-possibilities","Bring a few possibilities",[11,33,34],{},"Suppose you have eggs, a tin of beans and some greens. You could suggest:",[36,37,38,46,52],"ul",{},[39,40,41,45],"li",{},[42,43,44],"strong",{},"A herb omelette",", using a recipe you already know.",[39,47,48,51],{},[42,49,50],{},"Beans with greens",", with bread alongside.",[39,53,54,57],{},[42,55,56],{},"Tomato pasta",", if someone can pick up what is missing.",[11,59,60],{},"Check the full recipes before settling on the list. Look at the ingredients, quantities and preparation involved, especially for something you haven't cooked before.",[11,62,63],{},"Include a familiar favourite if that helps. A shortlist doesn't need to introduce three new dishes, and everyone doesn't need to contribute the same number of suggestions. Its job is to make the conversation easier.",[15,65,67],{"id":66},"hear-the-preferences-then-choose","Hear the preferences, then choose",[11,69,70],{},"Ask which options sound good. If someone rules one out, a reason helps: perhaps they had it for lunch, or would prefer something else today.",[11,72,73],{},"In Scullery, household members can add recipes to a shared shortlist and mark the ones they like. Those preferences help you narrow the choices. Someone then explicitly selects the meal, so everyone can see what has been decided.",[11,75,76],{},"Once you've chosen, check the ingredients you have and add anything missing to the shopping list. Include the small things too: the bread for the beans, or the herbs for the omelette.",[11,78,79,80,85],{},"If several options still appeal, keep them for later. They can become the beginnings of ",[81,82,84],"a",{"href":83},"\u002Farticles\u002Fweekly-meal-planning-for-beginners","a flexible meal plan",".",{"title":87,"searchDepth":88,"depth":88,"links":89},"",2,[90,91,92],{"id":17,"depth":88,"text":18},{"id":30,"depth":88,"text":31},{"id":66,"depth":88,"text":67},"2026-09-13","A practical way to decide what to cook together. Bring three realistic meals to the table, hear what sounds good, and make a clear choice.","md",true,"\u002Fimages\u002Feditorial\u002Frestaurant-shortlist-v2.webp","Three separate blue-and-white plates of pasta, an omelette and butter beans on a red background framed by flowers and pea vines.",{},null,"\u002Farticles\u002Fa-shortlist-for-supper",{"title":5,"description":94},false,"articles\u002Fa-shortlist-for-supper","Three possible meals, a little input from everyone, and a decision you can actually cook from.",[107],"meal-planning","2026-09-14","2026-07-21","NJuV2glVmyk_75gHek3qBePAceaglAyfkQv7UDh4V1U",[112,292,362,445,522,577,654,733,837,926],{"id":113,"title":114,"author":6,"body":115,"date":279,"description":280,"extension":95,"featured":103,"heroImage":281,"heroImageAlt":282,"meta":283,"navigation":96,"ogDescription":100,"ogImage":100,"ogTitle":100,"path":284,"seo":285,"showContents":103,"stem":286,"summary":287,"tags":288,"updated":290,"written":279,"__hash__":291},"articles\u002Farticles\u002Fwhat-is-a-scullery.md","What is a scullery? The room behind our name",{"type":8,"value":116,"toc":273},[117,135,139,148,156,172,176,179,187,191,194,244,252,256,262,265],[11,118,119,120,123,124,127,128,134],{},"A ",[42,121,122],{},"scullery"," is a room used for washing dishes, cleaning utensils and doing other messy kitchen work, usually beside the main kitchen. Its plural is ",[42,125,126],{},"sculleries",". ",[81,129,133],{"href":130,"rel":131},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.merriam-webster.com\u002Fdictionary\u002Fscullery",[132],"nofollow","Merriam-Webster's definition"," centres on that practical work, which also inspired the name of our household cooking app.",[15,136,138],{"id":137},"what-were-sculleries-used-for","What were sculleries used for?",[11,140,141,142,147],{},"Traditional sculleries gave washing and cleaning their own space. At ",[81,143,146],{"href":144,"rel":145},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nationaltrust.org.uk\u002Fvisit\u002Fwarwickshire\u002Fcharlecote-park\u002Fthings-to-see-and-to-in-the-service-courtyard-at-charlecote-park",[132],"Charlecote Park",", workers used well-water to wash vegetables and crockery in the scullery adjoining the kitchen.",[11,149,150,155],{},[81,151,154],{"href":152,"rel":153},"https:\u002F\u002Fhistoricengland.org.uk\u002Fadvice\u002Fyour-home\u002Fimprovement\u002Fkitchen\u002F",[132],"Historic England"," distinguishes the cooking kitchen, the scullery for washing pots and the pantry for food storage. As equipment and domestic life changed, many homes brought those jobs into one kitchen.",[11,157,158,159,163,164,168,169,85],{},"The word has older roots: ",[81,160,162],{"href":130,"rel":161},[132],"Merriam-Webster"," traces it through Middle English and Anglo-French to the Latin ",[165,166,167],"em",{},"scutella",", a drinking bowl. It is pronounced roughly ",[42,170,171],{},"SKUL-uh-ree",[15,173,175],{"id":174},"what-is-a-modern-scullery","What is a modern scullery?",[11,177,178],{},"A modern scullery extends the kitchen's working space. A sink, worktop and storage are its basic features; a dishwasher, small appliances or baking area may also fit the household's routine.",[11,180,181,186],{},[81,182,185],{"href":183,"rel":184},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.kitchensbydesign.co.nz\u002Fthe-return-of-the-scullery",[132],"Kitchens By Design"," emphasises usable bench space and easy access. The purpose is to give preparation and cleaning somewhere to happen while keeping the main kitchen available for cooking or serving.",[15,188,190],{"id":189},"scullery-vs-pantry-vs-butlers-pantry","Scullery vs pantry vs butler's pantry",[11,192,193],{},"The main difference is the job each space supports.",[195,196,197,210],"table",{},[198,199,200],"thead",{},[201,202,203,207],"tr",{},[204,205,206],"th",{},"Space",[204,208,209],{},"Main job",[211,212,213,224,234],"tbody",{},[201,214,215,221],{},[216,217,218],"td",{},[42,219,220],{},"Scullery",[216,222,223],{},"Washing up and preparing food",[201,225,226,231],{},[216,227,228],{},[42,229,230],{},"Pantry",[216,232,233],{},"Storing food and supplies",[201,235,236,241],{},[216,237,238],{},[42,239,240],{},"Butler's pantry",[216,242,243],{},"Storing serving pieces and arranging food for the table",[11,245,246,247,85],{},"Modern rooms often combine these roles. A butler's pantry may include a sink or drinks area, so its name alone doesn't describe its contents. Designer Tami Faulkner shows ",[81,248,251],{"href":249,"rel":250},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.tamifaulknerdesign.com\u002Fblog\u002Fwhats-the-difference-between-a-pantry-butlers-pantry-and-scullery",[132],"the distinctions in example floor plans",[15,253,255],{"id":254},"how-sculleries-inspired-scullery","How sculleries inspired Scullery",[11,257,258,259,85],{},"A meal involves work before anyone turns on the hob: finding a recipe, agreeing what to cook and checking what needs buying. The idea of giving that supporting work a place of its own inspired ",[42,260,261],{},"scullery.online",[11,263,264],{},"Scullery brings recipes into one shared household cookbook and connects them to planning, shopping and cooking. Imagine saving a pasta recipe from a website. Your household can shortlist it, choose it together and add the ingredients you need to a shared shopping list. The same recipe is there when someone starts cooking.",[11,266,267,268,272],{},"Start with ",[81,269,271],{"href":270},"\u002Farticles\u002Fhow-to-organise-recipes-digitally","a small collection of recipes you already use",", and give the work around them a home too.",{"title":87,"searchDepth":88,"depth":88,"links":274},[275,276,277,278],{"id":137,"depth":88,"text":138},{"id":174,"depth":88,"text":175},{"id":189,"depth":88,"text":190},{"id":254,"depth":88,"text":255},"2026-09-19","Learn what a scullery is, how it differs from a pantry or butler's pantry, and why this practical kitchen space inspired Scullery.","\u002Fimages\u002Feditorial\u002Fguide-what-is-a-scullery-v3.webp","An ink-and-colour illustration of a cream scullery sink with blue tiles, yellow cupboards, drying dishes and leafy greens in a red colander.",{},"\u002Farticles\u002Fwhat-is-a-scullery",{"title":114,"description":280},"articles\u002Fwhat-is-a-scullery","From washing pots to preparing meals, sculleries support the work around cooking. That practical role inspired our name.",[289],"about-scullery","2026-09-21","bPZ_oeBcC57Al_h0PY15UFxAh2OTZIE1modg-tlLyq4",{"id":293,"title":294,"author":6,"body":295,"date":349,"description":350,"extension":95,"featured":103,"heroImage":351,"heroImageAlt":352,"meta":353,"navigation":96,"ogDescription":100,"ogImage":100,"ogTitle":100,"path":354,"seo":355,"showContents":103,"stem":356,"summary":357,"tags":358,"updated":360,"written":349,"__hash__":361},"articles\u002Farticles\u002Fbest-recipe-apps.md","Best recipe apps: 12 free and paid options",{"type":8,"value":296,"toc":344},[297,300,304,307,311,315,328,331,335,338],[11,298,299],{},"The best recipe app depends on what you want to do with your collection. Scullery is a free option for saving recipes, choosing meals together and cooking with your household. Compare it with dedicated organisers, social-recipe importers and self-hosted libraries before moving the recipes you rely on.",[15,301,303],{"id":302},"compare-12-recipe-apps","Compare 12 recipe apps",[11,305,306],{},"We make Scullery; this comparison uses official pages checked on 15 September 2026, not a hands-on ranking. Links lead to feature and pricing sources. Dollar prices are USD; store prices and billing options vary by country.",[308,309],"app-comparison-table",{"category":310},"recipes",[15,312,314],{"id":313},"what-you-get-free-with-scullery","What you get free with Scullery",[11,316,317,318,321,322,327],{},"Scullery's shared cookbook, household shortlists, meal planning, recipe-linked shopping and cooking steps have ",[42,319,320],{},"no subscription or app purchase cost",". Use it in a phone or desktop browser. ",[81,323,326],{"href":324,"rel":325},"https:\u002F\u002Fapp.scullery.online\u002Fsignup",[132],"Create a free account"," to start; AI features have usage limits that can require a wait.",[11,329,330],{},"For paper collections, compare Recipe Keeper's scanning and printable cookbooks. For Apple households, consider Crouton's iCloud sync. Scullery suits people who want the whole household involved in deciding what to cook.",[15,332,334],{"id":333},"choose-around-your-own-recipes","Choose around your own recipes",[11,336,337],{},"Suppose your collection includes a website curry, a handwritten cake and a saved social post. Import one of each, check the quantities, then ask another household member to find a recipe and open its shopping list.",[11,339,340,341,85],{},"Free downloads can have collection or import limits. Scullery, Samsung Food and self-hosted tools take different approaches to free access; compare the restrictions alongside the price. Check export options before moving everything, and start with ",[81,342,343],{"href":270},"ten recipes you actually use",{"title":87,"searchDepth":88,"depth":88,"links":345},[346,347,348],{"id":302,"depth":88,"text":303},{"id":313,"depth":88,"text":314},{"id":333,"depth":88,"text":334},"2026-09-15","Compare 12 recipe apps, including free Scullery, Paprika, Recipe Keeper, Samsung Food, ReciMe and CookBook, with prices, platforms and limits.","\u002Fimages\u002Feditorial\u002Fguide-best-recipe-apps-v2.webp","Three illustrated recipe-app screens showing a collection, tomato-pasta recipe and cooking instructions, against a plum background with blue leaves and cream flowers.",{},"\u002Farticles\u002Fbest-recipe-apps",{"title":294,"description":350},"articles\u002Fbest-recipe-apps","A practical comparison of recipe organisers, with free-plan limits, paid upgrades and the routines each app suits.",[359],"app-guides","2026-09-22","0pC5ZLV0EFyiauN8WLQh-ot5OjP75EuE1Ezzzmrx8js",{"id":363,"title":364,"author":6,"body":365,"date":434,"description":435,"extension":95,"featured":103,"heroImage":436,"heroImageAlt":437,"meta":438,"navigation":96,"ogDescription":100,"ogImage":100,"ogTitle":100,"path":439,"seo":440,"showContents":103,"stem":441,"summary":442,"tags":443,"updated":360,"written":434,"__hash__":444},"articles\u002Farticles\u002Fbest-meal-planning-apps.md","Best meal planning apps: 12 free and paid options",{"type":8,"value":366,"toc":428},[367,370,374,376,379,383,389,396,399,403,415,419,422],[11,368,369],{},"A meal planning app should make it easier to decide what to cook and work out what to buy. Scullery offers shared shortlists and flexible meal plans for free. Other apps focus on calendars, supplied menus or nutrition targets, so start with the kind of help your household wants.",[15,371,373],{"id":372},"compare-12-meal-planning-apps","Compare 12 meal planning apps",[11,375,306],{},[308,377],{"category":378},"planning",[15,380,382],{"id":381},"free-planning-or-a-paid-menu-service","Free planning or a paid menu service?",[11,384,385,388],{},[42,386,387],{},"Scullery has no subscription or app purchase cost."," Shortlist household favourites, choose meals together and leave them flexible or assign days. Ingredients can feed the shared shopping list.",[11,390,391,392,395],{},"Scullery runs in phone and desktop browsers. ",[81,393,326],{"href":324,"rel":394},[132]," to start; AI features have usage limits.",[11,397,398],{},"Plan to Eat suits a calendar built from your own recipes. eMeals supplies menus to choose from; Eat This Much focuses on generating plans around nutrition goals. Samsung Food offers a free starting point, with personalised planning extras in Food+.",[15,400,402],{"id":401},"what-about-mealime","What about Mealime?",[11,404,405,410,411,414],{},[81,406,409],{"href":407,"rel":408},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mealime.com\u002Fclosing",[132],"Mealime's official notice"," says the app will close on ",[42,412,413],{},"21 October 2026",", with recipes and planning moving to Meals Hub in Albertsons Companies apps. Check that transition before choosing it from an older roundup.",[15,416,418],{"id":417},"try-a-week-that-changes","Try a week that changes",[11,420,421],{},"Imagine planning curry, a traybake and pasta, then going out on Wednesday. Move that meal, check its shopping ingredients and ask another household member to check the revised plan.",[11,423,267,424,427],{},[81,425,426],{"href":83},"three meals and room for changes",". Compare the features you'll actually use after any trial ends.",{"title":87,"searchDepth":88,"depth":88,"links":429},[430,431,432,433],{"id":372,"depth":88,"text":373},{"id":381,"depth":88,"text":382},{"id":401,"depth":88,"text":402},{"id":417,"depth":88,"text":418},"2026-09-12","Compare 12 meal planning apps, including free Scullery, Plan to Eat, Samsung Food, Eat This Much, eMeals and Cozi, with prices and limitations.","\u002Fimages\u002Feditorial\u002Fguide-best-meal-planning-apps-v2.webp","A yellow tablet showing three meals in a seven-day plan and two recipes to try, on a blue background with leafy stems and yellow flowers.",{},"\u002Farticles\u002Fbest-meal-planning-apps",{"title":364,"description":435},"articles\u002Fbest-meal-planning-apps","Compare flexible household plans, recipe calendars and supplied menus, with the cost of planning features made clear.",[359],"JcqQE6e5m_Mch-3XtS7h8jPtBd0m3E144ux5e0j_VxI",{"id":446,"title":447,"author":6,"body":448,"date":511,"description":512,"extension":95,"featured":103,"heroImage":513,"heroImageAlt":514,"meta":515,"navigation":96,"ogDescription":100,"ogImage":100,"ogTitle":100,"path":516,"seo":517,"showContents":103,"stem":518,"summary":519,"tags":520,"updated":349,"written":511,"__hash__":521},"articles\u002Farticles\u002Fmeal-plan-from-your-recipe-collection.md","How to meal plan from your saved recipes",{"type":8,"value":449,"toc":505},[450,453,457,460,463,466,470,473,476,479,483,486,489,492,496,499],[11,451,452],{},"To meal plan from your recipe collection, narrow it to a few realistic options before assigning anything to a day. Start with recipes you know, add something you want to try and check what those choices require. Your whole collection doesn't need to compete for a place every week.",[15,454,456],{"id":455},"start-with-what-makes-this-week-different","Start with what makes this week different",[11,458,459],{},"Look at who's home, who wants to cook and what you already have. Pick one constraint to guide the search: using a particular vegetable, avoiding a big shopping trip or keeping a busy evening simple.",[11,461,462],{},"Suppose you have a week with two evenings at home and one uncertain evening. Look for two meals you're keen to cook and a flexible option. Searching for those is easier than asking a collection of hundreds of recipes to suggest an entire week.",[11,464,465],{},"If an ingredient is your starting point, search for it explicitly. Scullery can also help you start from an ingredient photo, after you check the recognised names.",[15,467,469],{"id":468},"make-a-shortlist-small-enough-to-discuss","Make a shortlist small enough to discuss",[11,471,472],{},"Bring forward a familiar recipe and a few alternatives. In Scullery, Recipes and To try help you distinguish keepers from recipes you're considering. Saving a recipe to try and shortlisting it for a meal are separate choices.",[11,474,475],{},"Open each candidate before asking the household to choose. Check its full method and ingredients, not just the photograph or time estimate. An appealing dish may need an overnight step or equipment you haven't planned to use.",[11,477,478],{},"Ask a useful question: “Would you prefer the chickpea curry or the tomato pasta?” In Scullery, household yeses can show preferences, and someone explicitly selects the meal. A popular option doesn't become the plan on its own.",[15,480,482],{"id":481},"look-at-the-ingredients-as-a-group","Look at the ingredients as a group",[11,484,485],{},"Check whether the chosen recipes make sensible use of what you intend to buy. If two meals use yoghurt, compare the amounts and type. If one needs a spoonful of a new condiment, decide whether you'll want the rest.",[11,487,488],{},"Shared ingredients can help, but the meals should still be ones people want. Don't force every choice around a single vegetable if that makes the week less appealing.",[11,490,491],{},"Add ingredients from the recipes or plan to Scullery's shopping list. Review possible overlaps, keep the recipe connections and check your kitchen before buying. Similar ingredient names can describe different products.",[15,493,495],{"id":494},"keep-the-useful-choices-for-next-time","Keep the useful choices for next time",[11,497,498],{},"Arrange meals by day only where a date helps. Keep an uncertain meal loose, and revisit it when the week becomes clearer.",[11,500,501,502,85],{},"After cooking, save a practical note about a change you actually made. Over time, familiar recipes become easier to choose. If you're still deciding how much to plan, start with ",[81,503,504],{"href":83},"the three-meal beginner routine",{"title":87,"searchDepth":88,"depth":88,"links":506},[507,508,509,510],{"id":455,"depth":88,"text":456},{"id":468,"depth":88,"text":469},{"id":481,"depth":88,"text":482},{"id":494,"depth":88,"text":495},"2026-07-27","Turn a large recipe collection into a small weekly shortlist, choose meals together and check what their ingredients mean for your shopping.","\u002Fimages\u002Feditorial\u002Fguide-meal-plan-from-your-recipe-collection-v2.webp","A hand selecting a tomato-pasta recipe card from a lime box, with two meal cards, ripe tomatoes and fresh basil on a cream table.",{},"\u002Farticles\u002Fmeal-plan-from-your-recipe-collection",{"title":447,"description":512},"articles\u002Fmeal-plan-from-your-recipe-collection","Give the recipes you already saved a chance to become meals, with a shortlist that fits the week in front of you.",[107],"RlfWlqnh9JuAYJ9zvjzPX0uYJR9vw3vd_o8A1loZexc",{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":523,"date":93,"description":94,"extension":95,"featured":96,"heroImage":97,"heroImageAlt":98,"meta":574,"navigation":96,"ogDescription":100,"ogImage":100,"ogTitle":100,"path":101,"seo":575,"showContents":103,"stem":104,"summary":105,"tags":576,"updated":108,"written":109,"__hash__":110},{"type":8,"value":524,"toc":569},[525,527,529,531,533,535,537,539,553,555,557,559,561,563,565],[11,526,13],{},[15,528,18],{"id":17},[11,530,21],{},[11,532,24],{},[11,534,27],{},[15,536,31],{"id":30},[11,538,34],{},[36,540,541,545,549],{},[39,542,543,45],{},[42,544,44],{},[39,546,547,51],{},[42,548,50],{},[39,550,551,57],{},[42,552,56],{},[11,554,60],{},[11,556,63],{},[15,558,67],{"id":66},[11,560,70],{},[11,562,73],{},[11,564,76],{},[11,566,79,567,85],{},[81,568,84],{"href":83},{"title":87,"searchDepth":88,"depth":88,"links":570},[571,572,573],{"id":17,"depth":88,"text":18},{"id":30,"depth":88,"text":31},{"id":66,"depth":88,"text":67},{},{"title":5,"description":94},[107],{"id":578,"title":579,"author":6,"body":580,"date":644,"description":645,"extension":95,"featured":103,"heroImage":646,"heroImageAlt":647,"meta":648,"navigation":96,"ogDescription":100,"ogImage":100,"ogTitle":100,"path":83,"seo":649,"showContents":103,"stem":650,"summary":651,"tags":652,"updated":349,"written":644,"__hash__":653},"articles\u002Farticles\u002Fweekly-meal-planning-for-beginners.md","Weekly meal planning for beginners",{"type":8,"value":581,"toc":638},[582,585,589,592,595,598,602,605,608,611,615,618,621,624,628,631],[11,583,584],{},"Start weekly meal planning with three meals you expect to cook, a check of the ingredients you already have and one shopping list. Leave the other meals flexible. This gives you something useful to shop for without asking you to predict every appetite and change of plan.",[15,586,588],{"id":587},"work-out-which-meals-need-a-plan","Work out which meals need a plan",[11,590,591],{},"Look at the week before opening a recipe collection. Note when people will be home, who might cook and which evenings are already busy. Choose the meals where having an answer in advance would help most.",[11,593,594],{},"There is no requirement to plan breakfast, lunch and dinner at once. If breakfast is usually toast and lunch is already covered, account for their ingredients without turning them into separate projects. Include ordinary meals that don't need a written recipe.",[11,596,597],{},"Ask anyone sharing the cooking what they would like. Two people naming one meal each can be enough to start. One person shouldn't have to guess everyone else's preferences from a blank calendar.",[15,599,601],{"id":600},"pick-a-manageable-first-three","Pick a manageable first three",[11,603,604],{},"For example, your first plan might be tomato pasta, a vegetable traybake and bean tacos. Keep at least one meal familiar, and choose only as much new cooking as you want to take on.",[11,606,607],{},"Write a fallback beside the plan, such as an omelette or something already in the freezer. Check that you have what it needs. A fallback is most useful when it doesn't create another shopping trip.",[11,609,610],{},"You can assign dates where they help, or keep a short list of meals to choose from. Scullery supports both loose selections and meals arranged by day. The planning format should suit your week.",[15,612,614],{"id":613},"build-the-list-and-check-the-kitchen","Build the list and check the kitchen",[11,616,617],{},"Read each chosen recipe at the servings you intend to make. Put its ingredients on one list, then check actual amounts in the cupboard and fridge. A jar being present doesn't mean there's enough left for the recipe.",[11,619,620],{},"Add breakfast supplies, snacks and household items before shopping. If someone else will buy an item, include useful details such as tin size or the type of milk.",[11,622,623],{},"In Scullery, ingredients can be added from recipes or a plan and remain linked to the meals that need them. Review possible overlaps before combining quantities.",[15,625,627],{"id":626},"adjust-the-plan-after-the-first-week","Adjust the plan after the first week",[11,629,630],{},"Notice which meal was easy to make and which never happened. Next week, keep what helped and reduce whatever felt like too much. Moving a meal is an ordinary part of planning.",[11,632,633,634,637],{},"Once this small routine works, use ",[81,635,636],{"href":516},"your saved recipe collection"," to make the next choice easier. More planned meals are useful only if they help your household.",{"title":87,"searchDepth":88,"depth":88,"links":639},[640,641,642,643],{"id":587,"depth":88,"text":588},{"id":600,"depth":88,"text":601},{"id":613,"depth":88,"text":614},{"id":626,"depth":88,"text":627},"2026-07-15","Start meal planning with three realistic meals, a cupboard check and one shopping list, leaving space for the week to change.","\u002Fimages\u002Feditorial\u002Fguide-weekly-meal-planning-for-beginners-v2.webp","An open cream meal-planning notebook with three meal illustrations and four blank spaces, beside a shopping list and pencil, framed by leafy stems and blue flowers on lime.",{},{"title":579,"description":645},"articles\u002Fweekly-meal-planning-for-beginners","A small first plan that helps you shop and choose what to cook without filling every day on a calendar.",[107],"5MH57LGDP7WY-d2pYZ4-L6-rhhUTO9ShL81EPRHg01w",{"id":655,"title":656,"author":6,"body":657,"date":721,"description":722,"extension":95,"featured":103,"heroImage":723,"heroImageAlt":724,"meta":725,"navigation":96,"ogDescription":100,"ogImage":100,"ogTitle":100,"path":726,"seo":727,"showContents":103,"stem":728,"summary":729,"tags":730,"updated":349,"written":721,"__hash__":732},"articles\u002Farticles\u002Fhow-to-digitise-family-recipes.md","How to digitise family recipes and keep their character",{"type":8,"value":658,"toc":715},[659,662,666,669,672,675,679,682,685,688,692,695,698,701,705,708],[11,660,661],{},"Digitising a family recipe works best when you keep both the original and a readable cooking version. The photograph preserves the handwriting, crossed-out quantities and little annotations. The typed recipe makes it easier to find the dish, check what you need and share the method with someone else.",[15,663,665],{"id":664},"photograph-the-whole-recipe","Photograph the whole recipe",[11,667,668],{},"Start with a few cards that someone wants to cook soon. Place each on a flat surface in even light, hold the camera square to the page and check that the smallest writing is readable. Photograph the back if there are more instructions there.",[11,670,671],{},"Keep an uncropped original. You can make a tighter copy for reading without losing a name or note at the edge. If a recipe crosses several pages, keep the images in order and include the book title and page number in your notes.",[11,673,674],{},"Give the image files recognisable names, such as “Aunt Jo apple cake front”. Keep a second copy somewhere separate from your phone. A recipe app is useful for cooking, but the original images deserve their own place in the family archive.",[15,676,678],{"id":677},"transcribe-without-guessing","Transcribe without guessing",[11,680,681],{},"Type the recipe or use a scanning tool, then compare the result with the original line by line. In Scullery, readable recipe photos can become a draft for review. Pay particular attention to fractions, oven temperatures, abbreviated units and ingredients written in the margin.",[11,683,684],{},"Suppose a card says “one tin” without a size. Leave a visible question in your notes and ask a relative who knows the recipe. Don't quietly replace it with a modern tin size and present that as the original instruction.",[11,686,687],{},"Keep the original wording when it carries meaning. You can add a separate explanation beside “bake until it looks right” once someone has clarified what to look for.",[15,689,691],{"id":690},"add-the-context-a-new-cook-would-need","Add the context a new cook would need",[11,693,694],{},"Record who the recipe came from, which pan they used and any changes your household makes. Distinguish family recollection from something you've checked by cooking it.",[11,696,697],{},"If the person who knows the recipe is available, ask them to read your version before you share it. A short conversation about “a cup” or “a hot oven” can be more useful than another round of automatic text recognition.",[11,699,700],{},"In Scullery, choose Recipes for a keeper or To try for a recipe you want to explore. Missing details can stay in a saved draft while you work them out.",[15,702,704],{"id":703},"make-the-first-copy-useful","Make the first copy useful",[11,706,707],{},"Share the readable version alongside the original image with the people who will use it. Ask whether they can follow it without further explanation, then correct the unclear parts together.",[11,709,710,711,714],{},"When those first cards are ready, ",[81,712,713],{"href":270},"organise the collection around useful names",". Add the next few recipes at a pace that lets you check them properly.",{"title":87,"searchDepth":88,"depth":88,"links":716},[717,718,719,720],{"id":664,"depth":88,"text":665},{"id":677,"depth":88,"text":678},{"id":690,"depth":88,"text":691},{"id":703,"depth":88,"text":704},"2026-07-10","Turn handwritten recipe cards into useful digital recipes while keeping the original photos, family context and uncertain details visible.","\u002Fimages\u002Feditorial\u002Fguide-how-to-digitise-family-recipes-v2.webp","A tablet displaying an apple-cake recipe beside a handwritten recipe card, with apple cake on an angled red botanical plate slightly overlapping the tablet against blue.",{},"\u002Farticles\u002Fhow-to-digitise-family-recipes",{"title":656,"description":722},"articles\u002Fhow-to-digitise-family-recipes","Keep a faithful copy of the original and a separate version that's clear enough to cook from.",[731],"keeping-recipes","87TZZNU4ySPQGGeCPNNtS-5WylUji5OxJXQ-dbamC40",{"id":734,"title":735,"author":6,"body":736,"date":826,"description":827,"extension":95,"featured":103,"heroImage":828,"heroImageAlt":829,"meta":830,"navigation":96,"ogDescription":100,"ogImage":100,"ogTitle":100,"path":831,"seo":832,"showContents":103,"stem":833,"summary":834,"tags":835,"updated":349,"written":826,"__hash__":836},"articles\u002Farticles\u002Fhow-to-save-recipes-from-websites.md","How to save recipes from websites for later",{"type":8,"value":737,"toc":820},[738,741,745,751,757,775,779,782,785,788,792,807,810,814,817],[11,739,740],{},"You can save a recipe from a website as a bookmark, a printable copy or an entry in a recipe organiser. The right choice depends on whether you want to revisit the page, read it away from the website or use its ingredients for planning and shopping.",[15,742,744],{"id":743},"choose-what-you-want-to-keep","Choose what you want to keep",[11,746,119,747,750],{},[42,748,749],{},"bookmark"," is enough when you want to return to the author. Give it a useful name and a folder you can remember. It points to the page rather than keeping a separate copy of the recipe, so check other options for something you would hate to lose.",[11,752,119,753,756],{},[42,754,755],{},"printable copy or PDF"," can suit occasional cooking. If the site offers a recipe print view, check the preview before saving: ingredients, quantities, servings and every method step should be present. Add the source address if the printout omits it.",[11,758,119,759,762,763,768,769,774],{},[42,760,761],{},"recipe organiser"," is useful when you want to search a collection, adjust servings or bring ingredients into a shopping list. Scullery, ",[81,764,767],{"href":765,"rel":766},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.paprikaapp.com\u002F",[132],"Paprika"," and ",[81,770,773],{"href":771,"rel":772},"https:\u002F\u002Frecipekeeperonline.com\u002F",[132],"Recipe Keeper"," offer ways to import web recipes. Choose one based on the routine you want after saving.",[15,776,778],{"id":777},"save-the-parts-youll-need-at-the-worktop","Save the parts you'll need at the worktop",[11,780,781],{},"Check the title, yield, ingredients, method and important recipe notes. Separate sauce or topping sections matter; a page can contain more than one ingredient list.",[11,783,784],{},"Imagine saving a roast vegetable recipe that includes a yoghurt dressing. If you keep only the traybake ingredients, your shopping list won't include what the dressing needs. Compare your saved copy with the full recipe before closing the source.",[11,786,787],{},"Keep the author's name and original link. Their photographs, substitutions and explanation may help later even when you prefer cooking from a shorter view. Return to that source if a quantity looks odd.",[15,789,791],{"id":790},"put-the-save-somewhere-youll-look","Put the save somewhere you'll look",[11,793,794,795,798,799,802,803,806],{},"In Scullery, use ",[42,796,797],{},"Save recipe"," for something you want to keep in Recipes, or ",[42,800,801],{},"Save to try"," for a recipe you'd like to explore. Use ",[42,804,805],{},"Save idea",", where offered, for source material you want to hold onto as an Idea.",[11,808,809],{},"A saved draft can still need work. Missing details are a reason to check the source before cooking, not a reason to invent them. A picture of the finished dish is useful context, but it doesn't reveal the author's exact quantities.",[15,811,813],{"id":812},"check-one-recipe-before-moving-the-rest","Check one recipe before moving the rest",[11,815,816],{},"Open your saved recipe on the device you'll use in the kitchen. Make sure you can read the steps, find the source and recognise the recipe later by its title.",[11,818,819],{},"If you choose an organiser, check the imported draft before you rely on it. Start with the next recipe you intend to cook; there's no need to migrate every bookmark first.",{"title":87,"searchDepth":88,"depth":88,"links":821},[822,823,824,825],{"id":743,"depth":88,"text":744},{"id":777,"depth":88,"text":778},{"id":790,"depth":88,"text":791},{"id":812,"depth":88,"text":813},"2026-07-06","Choose between bookmarks, printable copies and a recipe organiser, then keep the details and source you will need when you cook.","\u002Fimages\u002Feditorial\u002Fguide-how-to-save-recipes-from-websites-v2.webp","A laptop displaying a noodle-soup recipe website beside a hand holding a phone with the same recipe and a Save recipe button in Scullery, on a red table.",{},"\u002Farticles\u002Fhow-to-save-recipes-from-websites",{"title":735,"description":827},"articles\u002Fhow-to-save-recipes-from-websites","Save a web recipe in a form you can find again, with its ingredients, instructions and original source together.",[731],"OEgNBxYSC2mojAe0MKyHNj1gjg-tF3AxmTjr6gQ-iKU",{"id":838,"title":839,"author":6,"body":840,"date":916,"description":917,"extension":95,"featured":103,"heroImage":918,"heroImageAlt":919,"meta":920,"navigation":96,"ogDescription":100,"ogImage":100,"ogTitle":100,"path":270,"seo":921,"showContents":103,"stem":922,"summary":923,"tags":924,"updated":349,"written":916,"__hash__":925},"articles\u002Farticles\u002Fhow-to-organise-recipes-digitally.md","How to organise recipes digitally so you can find them",{"type":8,"value":841,"toc":910},[842,845,849,852,855,858,862,865,868,871,875,890,893,896,900,903],[11,843,844],{},"To organise recipes digitally, start with the ones you actually want to cook. Bring them into one place, give them names you would search for and keep the source attached. Sort the rest gradually; a useful collection doesn't need to begin with an afternoon spent clearing every bookmark.",[15,846,848],{"id":847},"move-a-small-working-collection-first","Move a small working collection first",[11,850,851],{},"Choose ten recipes: a few reliable meals, something for a busy evening and a handful you'd like to try. Include the recipes other people in the household look for, too.",[11,853,854],{},"Open each source while saving it. Check that the ingredients and method belong together, especially if a screenshot captures only part of a page. Keep the original link or image so you can return to an ambiguous detail.",[11,856,857],{},"Leave duplicate sorting until you can compare the actual recipes. Two versions of a tomato sauce might differ in quantities or method; a similar title doesn't make one disposable. Choose which version you want to cook and explain the difference in a note if you keep both.",[15,859,861],{"id":860},"name-things-the-way-you-remember-them","Name things the way you remember them",[11,863,864],{},"Imagine a recipe saved as “A taste of summer”. If you remember it as courgette pasta, put that in the title. A name such as “Courgette pasta with lemon” is easier to recognise when you're deciding what to make.",[11,866,867],{},"Keep personal context in a note: “Use the wide pan” or “Good with the spicy version on the side.” Record changes you've actually made separately from suggestions you haven't tried.",[11,869,870],{},"If your organiser supports folders or tags, start with the few distinctions that help you choose. Too many categories can turn saving a recipe into another task. Test your system by finding a meal when you already know its main ingredient.",[15,872,874],{"id":873},"give-recipes-and-loose-ideas-a-clear-home","Give recipes and loose ideas a clear home",[11,876,877,878,881,882,885,886,889],{},"In Scullery, ",[42,879,880],{},"Recipes"," holds recipes you've chosen to keep. ",[42,883,884],{},"To try"," holds recipes you want to try later. ",[42,887,888],{},"Ideas"," holds source material such as photos, videos, links and notes.",[11,891,892],{},"Those are choices, not a compulsory sequence. A familiar family recipe can go straight into Recipes. A recipe with missing details can still be saved as a draft; check those details before shopping or cooking from it.",[11,894,895],{},"Keep your shortlist for the next decision. Saving something to try doesn't need to mean you're making it this week.",[15,897,899],{"id":898},"tidy-the-collection-as-you-use-it","Tidy the collection as you use it",[11,901,902],{},"When you cook, take a moment to correct a confusing instruction or add a useful note. When a saved recipe stops appealing, remove it from the active collection using the tools your organiser provides.",[11,904,905,906,909],{},"Once the small collection feels easy to search, bring in another batch. Then use those recipes to ",[81,907,908],{"href":516},"make a flexible meal plan",", so the organising work helps with an actual meal.",{"title":87,"searchDepth":88,"depth":88,"links":911},[912,913,914,915],{"id":847,"depth":88,"text":848},{"id":860,"depth":88,"text":861},{"id":873,"depth":88,"text":874},{"id":898,"depth":88,"text":899},"2026-07-01","Build a useful digital recipe collection with clear names, a place for recipes to try and a small routine for saving what your household cooks.","\u002Fimages\u002Feditorial\u002Fguide-how-to-organise-recipes-digitally-v2.webp","Plum and orange recipe folders beside a tablet showing pasta, squash soup and roasted vegetables, with botanical flowers on a cream background.",{},{"title":839,"description":917},"articles\u002Fhow-to-organise-recipes-digitally","Start with the recipes you reach for, give them useful names and keep unfinished possibilities easy to find.",[731],"mCae5-592RvA5RbnAPdlK_djl1dbJ9pw0vVKcixyqJQ",{"id":927,"title":928,"author":6,"body":929,"date":985,"description":986,"extension":95,"featured":103,"heroImage":987,"heroImageAlt":988,"meta":989,"navigation":96,"ogDescription":100,"ogImage":100,"ogTitle":100,"path":990,"seo":991,"showContents":103,"stem":992,"summary":993,"tags":994,"updated":290,"written":985,"__hash__":995},"articles\u002Farticles\u002Fwelcome-to-scullery.md","A cookbook for the meals you actually make",{"type":8,"value":930,"toc":980},[931,934,938,941,944,947,951,954,957,960,964,967,970,973],[11,932,933],{},"Scullery brings recipes into one shared household cookbook, then helps you choose a meal, shop for it and cook it. The idea is simple: the recipes you save should be easy to find and useful to the people who cook with you.",[15,935,937],{"id":936},"start-with-a-few-useful-recipes","Start with a few useful recipes",[11,939,940],{},"Begin with meals you return to: a tomato sauce, a favourite curry, the dish someone keeps requesting. Add a few things you'd like to try. That is enough to give the household some useful choices.",[11,942,943],{},"Recipes often arrive in different places. Someone sends a link, you photograph a cookbook page, or a dish catches your attention in a social post. Scullery can turn supported sources with enough recipe detail into a draft for you to review.",[11,945,946],{},"When a web or social source is incomplete, you can keep the useful context as an idea, with its source attached. A photo of a finished dish also has its own Create from idea workflow.",[15,948,950],{"id":949},"make-the-choices-visible","Make the choices visible",[11,952,953],{},"A shared cookbook gives everyone access to the same possibilities. The person choosing dinner and the person stopping at the shop can start from the same recipe.",[11,955,956],{},"Bring a few options into a shortlist and let the household say what sounds good. Someone then chooses the meal. Preferences help that conversation without automatically selecting a winner.",[11,958,959],{},"For example, you might shortlist a familiar pasta and a bean dish you've been meaning to try. Knowing which one appeals helps the cook decide what to make and what needs buying.",[15,961,963],{"id":962},"carry-the-recipe-through-to-cooking","Carry the recipe through to cooking",[11,965,966],{},"Once you've chosen, add the ingredients you need to the shared shopping list. They stay connected to the recipe, alongside the everyday items people add during the week.",[11,968,969],{},"At the stove, cook mode keeps the current instruction prominent and linked quantities close by. Afterwards, recording a cook keeps track of when you made the dish and moves an untried Idea into Recipes.",[11,971,972],{},"Saved recipes, favourites, stated tastes and recorded cooks give Scullery context for the options it brings forward. You keep choosing what suits the household today.",[11,974,975,976,85],{},"Scullery is free to use. If you'd like to try it with the people you cook with, ",[81,977,979],{"href":324,"rel":978},[132],"create an account",{"title":87,"searchDepth":88,"depth":88,"links":981},[982,983,984],{"id":936,"depth":88,"text":937},{"id":949,"depth":88,"text":950},{"id":962,"depth":88,"text":963},"2026-06-25","Bring scattered recipes into one shared household cookbook, then carry the choice through shopping and cooking. This is the idea behind Scullery.","\u002Fimages\u002Feditorial\u002Frestaurant-cookbook-v3.webp","An open purple cookbook illustrated with tomato pasta and beans with greens, beside a blue-striped tea towel and wooden spoon on an ochre table.",{},"\u002Farticles\u002Fwelcome-to-scullery",{"title":928,"description":986},"articles\u002Fwelcome-to-scullery","The recipe you saved is only the beginning. A shared cookbook helps you turn it into something on the table.",[289],"5ODgRx1_NlNC-8rOs9-3OYGMwDH9C_sITHtJJ-caPsI",1790247964737]