Meal Approval - Frequently Asked Questions
Controlling the Selection
How does the meal approval process work?
Answer: Step 2 in creating your meal plan is to review, revise and approve the meal plan on the Meal Approval page.
- Click on the underlined recipe name to see the recipe details.
- record your approved meals in your private Meal Selection history with the week's date,
- and make a grocery list preview.
"Suggest Alternates"
If you wish to replace one or more of the meals, uncheck the box preceding that meal and press the "Suggest Alternates" button at the bottom of the page. One Click Dinners will automatically select a fresh set of meals to replace any unchecked meals. As before, the selection will be made according to your family profile."Search"
To add another meal, press the “Search” button and search the meal collection by any criteria you wish."Approved"
To remove a selected meal and not replace it with another, uncheck the box preceding that meal, just before pressing the “Approved” button. When you are satisfied with your meal plan, press the “Approved” button; your meal plan is now 'approved'. One Click Dinners will:How does searching and adding new meals work?
Pressing the “Search” button on the Meal Approval page, will bring you to the Search for Meals page.
- Choose to search for meals in Published Meals or My Meals only (your private collection of meals).
- “Recipe Name” - enter a word that might appear in the title of the recipe, such as chicken and press “go!”. All recipe names containing the word chicken will be selected.
- Or “Ingredient” - enter an ingredient name, such as scallion. All recipes containing this ingredient will be selected. (This is great for finding recipes to use your leftover ingredients! Singular and plural forms of the word produce slightly different results, so try them both!)
For a more sophisticated search, click the “show more options” button:
- “Season” - select recipes by their appropriate season, such as Spring.
- “Recipe Type” - select recipes that function as Entrees, Sides, etc.
- “Main Ingredient” - select recipes by main ingredient category, such as Beef.
- “Flavor” - select all recipes with a specific ethnic flavor, such as Asian.
- “Alternate Cooking Method” - select recipes prepared with a specialized cooking tool or method, such as Stir Fry.
- “Total Work Time” - select recipes by time, such as 30 . All recipes with a total work time of 30 minutes or less will be selected.
- (Learn more about recipe categories.)
When you find a meal that you would like to add to your meal plan for the week, click the button next to the meal, then press the “add” button.
Why are recipes that I don't like being selected?
Answer: There may be several reasons for this:
Family Profile Set-up
Verify your Family Profile - My Meal Preferences - Main Ingredient percentages are set so that meals with entrees containing your favorite main ingredients will be selected most often. You can also set a main ingredient to '0' percent, if you never want a meal with that main ingredient.
Verify your Flavor percentages are set so that meals with your favorite ethnic-flavored entrees are selected most often. You can also set a flavor to '0' percent, if you never want an meal with that flavor.
Exclude ingredients that you don't like. On the Family Profile page - My Exclusions ingredient exclusions, select ingredients you do not want to eat. If you have set a main ingredient to '0' percent, follow the guidelines for setting ingredient exclusions.
Other options
Alternately, you may search for meals by pressing on the “search” button at the bottom of the Meal Approval page. Click 'more options' to search by category. You may combine one or more categories together in a search. To learn more, click here Search for Meals.
Lastly, browse the complete Recipe Collection to get a feel for the style of recipes offered on this site.
