Meals You Love
Consumer and social
meal planning app
SHOW HN2025
How HN took it
6 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 12 critical, out of 25 comments about the project. Thread score -0.20.
Idea: 3 for, 5 againstExecution: 1 for, 3 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Good design and UI; Cook mode and shopping list are useful
From 2 comments
Nice, I think you did a nice job on the website and it'll be interesting to see how it goes. I use Claude for generating recipes and have started to curate my own recipe list for…
njbrake on HNGonna try this out - I love the cook mode, the shopping list is helpful and that I can change out recipes for the days is great. I also like adding my own. Cool stuff
paulharvard on HN
Kroger API integration is valued
From 1 comment
I want to thank you for telling us Kroger has an API. This excites me.
soared on HN
Objections
Meal plan generation and onboarding take too long (around 90 seconds to minutes)
From 3 comments
Ah, I hear you on the onboarding wizard. I did my best to keep it streamlined but understand it's still overwhelming. Hard to balance keeping it light with collecting enough data…
tylertreat on HNOnce you get some recipes back this is pretty cool, but it took like 5 minutes to generate the recipes which doesn't super work for a sign up flow.
mips_avatar on HNNot at all a nitpick, it is one of the things that is painful in the app IMO. I think the length of time for some of the operations is one of the bigger reasons for people to…
tylertreat on HN
Onboarding form is too long and overwhelming
From 2 comments
We really need this as my partner hates the idea of a regular meal plan, but then struggles every week to decide on a plan. So I threw one together myself, but never quite…
mattmanser on HNI think your sign up flow is just too long also, all that information might be necessary to get the app to function how you want but it feels more like filing your taxes. Maybe…
mips_avatar on HN
Recipes ignore dietary constraints such as protein limits and allergies
From 2 comments
I think I might have the wrong concept of meal planning. For me, it should be simple meals using fewer ingredients and most importantly reusing ingredients you already have.…
ibdf on HNPut pork as an allergy and first recipe suggested has bacon :)
Jotra7 on HN
Cookbooks and free LLMs already do this; subscription seems unjustified
From 2 comments
Cookbooks are already a thing. I am baffled that you think this is something we need AI for.
satisfice on HNYou can do that for free with Claude or ChatGPT or Gemini or grok or deepseek How is this $10 / month?!
r0fl on HN
Requests
Video or screenshot walkthrough of how it works
From 1 comment
It would be helpful to have a step-by-step walkthrough on the site (video or screenshots). The "How It Works" section is a little vague to suit that bill. I'm looking for both an…
yesfitz on HN
Faster image loading and CDN or multi-region hosting
From 2 comments
I'm in the UK, if you're hosting US that's probably part of it, it's easy to forget that mainstream websites have a ton of CDN. But yeah, they were gradual rendering over 1-2…
mattmanser on HNAh, I hear you on the onboarding wizard. I did my best to keep it streamlined but understand it's still overwhelming. Hard to balance keeping it light with collecting enough data…
tylertreat on HN
Clearer differentiation from using an LLM directly
From 1 comment
It would be helpful to have a step-by-step walkthrough on the site (video or screenshots). The "How It Works" section is a little vague to suit that bill. I'm looking for both an…
yesfitz on HN
Questions
How does it handle dietary preferences such as gluten or seafood?
From 1 comment
How is this any different from say ollie.ai? This looks alot more like a funnel for grocery delivery combined with recipe database functionality not dissimilar from apps like…
no_wizard on HN
Does it limit recipes to items in stock nearby, and how accurate are stock levels?
From 1 comment
How is this any different from say ollie.ai? This looks alot more like a funnel for grocery delivery combined with recipe database functionality not dissimilar from apps like…
no_wizard on HN
Alternatives named
Using ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini directly with photos of fridge contents
From 3 comments
I photographed everything in my fridge and everything in my cupboards and uploaded it to an LLM and photographed by shopping receipts and asked it to create weight loss meal…
wewewedxfgdf on HNWhy? Just drop the pics into CHatGPT and say "make me a weight loss meal plan based on what I have in the fridge and the cupboards" You could make a website that does that in a…
wewewedxfgdf on HNYou can do that for free with Claude or ChatGPT or Gemini or grok or deepseek How is this $10 / month?!
r0fl on HN
Mealie, Tandoor, Recipya
From 1 comment
I’ve been wanting to build something similar using a combination of Mealie/Tandoor/Recipya, n8n/Node-RED, and the Kroger API for personal use. Has anyone else explored this setup?
ngai_aku on HN
Paprika and ollie.ai
From 1 comment
How is this any different from say ollie.ai? This looks alot more like a funnel for grocery delivery combined with recipe database functionality not dissimilar from apps like…
no_wizard on HN
Supperstock
From 1 comment
I made something similar to scratch my own itch. What I really wanted was to plan meals for the week with as little thinking as possible. The result is a very interruptible…
brody_hamer on HN