Plan. Shop. Use what you have. Cook.

Meal Pilot is a simple weekly food tool. It turns dinners into a shop, connects leftovers to your cupboard and helps you spend less without making meals boring.
Plan this week
1
Plan your week
Pick dinners or let Meal Pilot build a week around your budget, tastes and time.
2
Do your shopping
Take one top-up list with pack sizes, cupboard savings and estimated UK supermarket cost.
3
Use your cupboard
Mark what you already have and what needs using so the next plan wastes less.
4
Cook amazing meals
Follow practical recipes, swap any dinner and keep the week flexible.
Your week
Dinner plan
5 meals ready
Mon
Chicken fried rice (simple)
20 min
Serves 4
£0.87 / portion / portion
Health B
Tue
Red lentil dhal
12 min
Serves 4
£0.37 / portion / portion
Health B
Wed
Chicken gyros-style yoghurt sauce
12 min
Serves 4
£0.66 / portion / portion
Health C
Thu
Spaghetti bolognese
12 min
Serves 4
£1.00 / portion / portion
Health C
Fri
Cheesy mashed potato
12 min
Serves 4
£0.46 / portion / portion
Health B
Step 1 of 4

Plan your week around real life.

Start with meals your household will look forward to. Adjust portions, swap any night and shape the plan around cost, speed or using things up.
The week stays flexible, but the shopping maths keeps up as you change your mind.
Start planning
Step 2 of 4

Do your shopping from one clear list.

Your plan becomes a practical top-up list. Cupboard items drop out, quantities are combined, and supermarket pack prices give you a more realistic total.
£36.42
Example week shop
£0.87 / portion
Per portion on one recipe
See the shopping list
Tesco estimate
Your top-up shop
£36.42
Chicken thighs
1 pack
£4.25
Peppers
3 pack
£1.65
Greek yoghurt
500g
£1.85
Example recipe cost
£0.87 / portion
Step 3 of 4

Use what is already at home.

Add staples once, flag fresh food that needs using, and Meal Pilot will steer you towards dinners that keep the next shop smaller.
3 items tracked - 1 flagged to use soon
Set up my cupboard
Basmati rice
Staple
Spinach
Use soon
Chopped tomatoes
2 tins
Tonight
Chicken fried rice (simple)
A
Health
Clear timings
Scaled portions
£0.87 / portion
Step 4 of 4

Cook amazing meals without losing the plan.

Open the recipe when it is time to cook, keep prep time and portions clear, and use health context as a helpful guide rather than a lecture.
Led by Dr James, a practising NHS GP, so the nutrition advice stays practical and calm.
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Make next week feel easier before the shop starts.

Build a flexible dinner plan around your budget, your cupboard and food your household will enjoy.
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