Meal plan basics
Meal plans are the original Clean Food Dirty Girl offering.
They're handcrafted plans for five meals created by our magical in-house recipe developers (AKA Dirty Wizards). They're designed for maximum flavor and ease of use, and they take the guesswork out of what’s for dinner while minimizing food waste and keeping you out of a food rut. If you don’t have the time, bandwidth, or desire to create your own Magic Meal Plan for the week, these are for you. They’re perfect for trying new ingredients and flavors. We offer two kinds of meal plans: Gourmet and Simple.
Each plan includes:
- Menu overview: five meals at a glance with the ability to set your servings for each meal from 0 to 16
- Detailed grocery list: a mobile-friendly, interactive checklist broken down by grocery department, plus add your own items for efficient shopping
- Mise en Place (Prep) instructions & demonstration videos: an interactive checklist of ingredients to prep before batching to maximize efficiency, many of the prep instructions include short video demonstrations
- Batching recipes: a list of staple recipes you’ll use as foundations to assemble and create your five meals throughout the week
- Meal night recipes: occasional quick, simple recipes you’ll make the night you prepare your meal
- Put it all together: easy-to-follow meal assembly instructions
- Easy customization: set custom servings and remove recipe components, plus increase the yield of individual components at the touch of a button
- Save, Love, or Pin: keep track of which meals and plans you've enjoyed, save ones you want to check out later, and pin the current meal plan you're working on with the tap of a button
- Ratings and reviews: see how other members enjoyed the plan overall and each meal inside
- Time ratings: how other members rated the amount of time batching takes, read more here
- Notes: public notes from other members, plus the ability to add your own public or private note
- Nutrition information: each meal and recipe has optional nutrition information available
- Reset: restore all the meals in your plan to your default servings and clear all checked items with just a tap
New to batching? Learn more in our Batch Cooking 101 help article.
If you have an idea for a meal plan or recipe that you don’t see in the portal, tell us about it! Our Wizards are always up for a challenge.