Automatic weekly meal planner

A whole week of meals, planned in one tap

Breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner and dessert for everyone in the house, sorted before the kettle’s boiled. It works around allergies, busy nights and whatever’s lurking at the back of the fridge.

one meal, close up, with its “why” note

One click. One whole week.

One click and My Tomte plans your whole week, filling every slot for everyone eating, from breakfast to dessert. Want to get ahead? Plan up to four weeks at a time. It isn’t pulling names out of a hat, either. Every meal is picked for a reason:

Mia eats gluten free,

so every meal is marked gluten free.

Sam’s at footy on Thursday,

so dinner’s for three.

Dad’s watching his salt,

so the stir-fry uses half the soy sauce, and everyone eats the same dinner.

The spinach runs out on Wednesday,

so it’s in Tuesday’s pasta.

Nobody wants the same thing all week,

so it mixes things up.

Don’t love Wednesday? Swap one meal, move it to Thursday, or redo the day. Planned half the week yourself? The tomte fills just the gaps. Or start the whole week again. It doesn’t take it personally.

Planned the way your household cooks

Every household cooks differently. Pick your style and the plan follows it.

Bulk prep.

Bulk prep.

Cook once or twice, eat all week.

Prep ahead, cook fresh.

Prep ahead, cook fresh.

Chop and marinate early, cook on the night.

Ready meals.

Ready meals.

Pies, pizza and the microwave, freezer first.

Cook on the day.

Cook on the day.

Decide, cook, eat. The classic.

Guard rails, for when you have opinions

Pin a meal.

Friday is pizza night. It’s the law.

Just “include it sometime”.

Want lasagne this week? The tomte finds it a night.

Pick a protein.

Chicken-heavy week? Fish on Friday? Done.

Set weekly limits.

Your favourite, but not five nights running.

Routines.

Taco Tuesday, takeaway Friday. Set your usual week once.

the usual week, each meal marked Home cooked, Quick make or Not cooking, one with a steering word (“tacos” on Tuesday)

Your usual week, set once

Most households have a shape. Weekday breakfasts are quick. Monday and Tuesday are proper home cooking. Friday is takeaway on the couch. Sunday is a big cooked breakfast. Tell the tomte once, and every new week starts that way.

Each meal is Home cooked, Quick make or Not cooking, with a word to steer it if you like: “tacos” on Tuesday, “protein shake” for a rushed breakfast. It never picks the recipe for you. It just tells the planner what kind of meal to look for, so the right food turns up sooner.

Home cooked dinners stretch.

Planned with a bit extra for tomorrow’s lunch, and the rest for the freezer.

One week’s different?

Change a meal for this week only. Your usual week stays as it was.

Already planned a good week?

Save it as a routine and tidy it up later.

More than one shape.

School term and school holidays, say. Keep a few routines and pick the one that fits.

If it can’t be done, it says so.

A meal it can’t fill stays empty, with the reason.

And a few clever bits

Leftovers, handled.

Leftovers, handled.

Monday’s lasagne is Tuesday’s lunch. The rest goes in the freezer. Making a double batch on purpose? Say so on the meal, and the shopping list buys for two.

Uses what you’ve already got.

Uses what you’ve already got.

Food near its use-by gets planned first. That lonely spinach finally gets its moment.

Knows who’s actually home.

Knows who’s actually home.

It reads the family calendar and cooks for who’s really there.

Nutrition at a glance.

Nutrition at a glance.

A daily traffic light for every grown-up, so you can see how the day’s going.

Prep on Sunday, relax on Wednesday.

Prep on Sunday, relax on Wednesday.

Prep steps become tasks, so weeknights are just cooking.

Or just ask.

Or just ask.

“Something quick with chicken on Tuesday.” Done.

Meet Smart Actions
the household’s planning settings, with its cooking style and a routine

On every plan

Planning the week, cooking styles, meal prep strategy, routines, guard rails, leftovers, food prep tasks, nutrition traffic lights and swapping meals are on every plan. Solo & Couple gets one routine, and Family gets three.

Premium adds:

  • Twelve routines: school term, the holidays, footy season, Christmas, the week the in-laws visit.
  • Review queue: check imported recipes before they join the rotation.

Meal planning questions

How does it choose meals?

It starts with the rules that can’t bend (allergies and dietary needs), then looks at who’s home, how your household cooks, what’s in the kitchen and what’s about to go off, then your ratings and recent meals so things don’t get repetitive.

What if one dish doesn’t suit everyone?

It looks for a swap that would make it fit: leave the salt out, use half the parmesan, or olive oil instead of butter. But it asks first. After a plan, it tells you which swaps would let more dishes in, you tick the ones you’re happy with, and from then on it uses them. Suggested swaps come from a list people have checked, and what they change is worked out from the ingredients, not guessed. Your original recipe is always kept. Allergies are never swapped around: a recipe with an allergen in it stays off the menu.

How does meal prep work?

Pick a cooking style (bulk prep, prep ahead, ready meals or cook on the day) and the plan follows it. Prep steps like marinating, chopping and soaking become tasks for the night before, or get batched onto a Sunday. Set up a routine (takeaway on Friday, quick breakfasts, reheat lunches at work) and the planner works to it.

What’s a routine?

Your usual week. Each meal is home cooked, a quick make or not cooking, with a word to steer it if you like (“tacos”, “big breakfast”). The planner fills each meal with the right kind of food, and leaves alone the nights nobody’s cooking. Solo & Couple gets one routine, Family gets three and Premium gets twelve.

How do the nutrition traffic lights work?

Every grown-up gets their own targets and a daily traffic light, so you can see at a glance how the day is going. Children never see calories.

Can I still plan meals myself?

Of course. Drop any recipe into any slot, and let the tomte fill in the rest (or not).

What if no recipe fits a slot?

It leaves the slot empty and tells you exactly why, rather than quietly suggesting something outside your rules.

Where do the recipes come from?

The tomte goes looking for the right recipe for every meal, from real cooks and food writers, with a link back to the original. Got a family favourite? Add it by hand, import it from a link, snap a photo of the cookbook page, or find it on your phone and share it straight to My Tomte. It goes into the mix.

Let the tomte plan next week

Thirty days free. Cancel any time. You bring the appetite.

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