Dinners that work for everyone at your table.

How it works

1. Add each person's allergies once, in Settings under Food & diet; the app asks before it saves anything, and you still check labels.
2. Open Tonight, where Reload leaves out the dinners that match the allergies of the people eating tonight, and check labels.
3. Read the card. It says whose allergies it checked, like "Checked for Alex · check labels". Always check labels.

Add each person's allergies once

In Settings, open Food & diet. Under Never in my dinners, tap a common allergy or search for another food, and the page says: "Dinner ideas leave these out. Always check labels." The first time, the app shows a note before it saves anything, and you choose which kitchens can see it. The note says: "The app leaves out dinners with your allergies, using the ingredients it knows about. It can miss things, like a brand that changed its recipe. Always check labels."

A kitchen plans around your allergies only when Share my food needs is on for you there, and you still check labels. That switch starts off. For a child or someone who won't log in, an Owner sets their food & diet for them. Always check labels.

Reload leaves out the matches

Reload picks one dinner at a time. A dinner with a food that one of tonight's eaters has listed as an allergy is left out, but the app only compares each recipe's ingredients with what it knows about those foods, so it can miss things and you still check labels.

What the dinner card says

Each pick shows a line naming the people whose allergies it checked: "Checked for Alex · check labels". Tap it to see which foods: "Checked for Alex: Peanuts. Always check labels."

OK on the side

This switch is only for a food that someone has said is fine for them on the side, and they still check labels. Angie has said avocado is fine for her that way, so she turns it on for avocado on Food & diet. Under the switch, the app says: "The food will be in the same kitchen and may touch shared pans." The dinner stays only when two things are true: the switch is on, and the taco recipe's avocado line is marked On the side (you mark it yourself: turn on On the side on the ingredient line in the recipe editor, because a recipe you import comes in unmarked), and you still check labels. Then a taco dinner whose only problem is the avocado topping stays in Reload with a yellow mark, and the recipe adds a step: "Set aside a portion for Angie before adding Avocado." The mark reads "Avocado on the side for Angie", and you still check labels. With the switch off, or with the avocado line not marked On the side, that dinner is left out, so check labels. Always check labels.

Show dinners I can't eat

Under the card, a quiet line such as "2 ideas hidden for allergies · Show anyway" shows the left-out dinners for now, marked in red, and you still check labels. To always see them, go to Settings, under Preferences & notifications, and turn on Show dinners I can't eat; they stay marked in red, it only changes your own suggestions, and you still check labels.

Guests

Tap the people chip on Tonight and choose Add a guest. Give a name and pick anything they can't eat, such as an allergy, then check labels. Tonight's dinners leave those foods out. The guest is only for tonight and isn't added to your kitchen. Always check labels.

What it does not do

It does not promise what anyone can eat. It checks the ingredients it knows about, and that is all it checks. It can miss things, like a brand that changed its recipe, so it cannot replace reading the label on the package you are holding.

It does not read labels for you, and it does not know about an allergy nobody has entered, so check labels. If a dinner matters to someone's health, read the label and ask the cook. Always check labels.