weekly-meal-planner

Automated weekly meal planning analyzes Home Assistant calendars and Mealie recipes to schedule 3–5 dinners based on family availability. It scores days according to work commitments and leftovers detection to minimize last-minute decisions.

You can generate a shopping list from Mealie recipes scaled for two servings. The planner imports approved recipes, assigns meals to targeted days, and outputs a grocery list aligned with pantry notes and substitutions.

Discord-assisted validation surfaces recipe cards to your channel for reaction-based approval. You react to proposed dinner options to adapt and finalize the weekly menu before the planner commits the schedule.

You need a Home Assistant instance, Mealie API access, and configured calendars with preference data. These dependencies are required to analyze family schedules, import approved recipes, and generate optimized weekly dinner plans.

Calendar-aware meal planning scores each day based on family schedules and work commitments to assign dinners. It flags leftovers when meal density suggests them, ensuring you avoid unnecessary cooking and food waste.

The planner posts crockpot and thaw reminders as morning alerts to keep dinner prep on schedule. These automated notifications ensure your ingredients are ready for the meals assigned to your Home Assistant calendars.