Practical writing on meal planning, splitting cooking, and surviving the “what's for dinner?” loop — from the team building slrp.
Tools + comparisons★ Featured18 May 202615 min read
Mealime closes 21 October. Plan to Eat, Paprika, AnyList and ReciMe ranked on what matters for two: sharing, grocery sync, pantry and price.
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Meal planning11 Oct 20268 min read
The handoff from meal plan to shopping list, explained: merged ingredients, aisle order, pantry dupes, and who adds the milk. A workflow for two.
24 Sept 20268 min read
Most cooking apps assume one cook. Here's what actually breaks when two of you share a kitchen, and what a couples cooking app has to get right.
Tools + comparisons18 Sept 20264 min read
Mealime closes on 21 October 2026 and deletes all personal data, which means your saved recipe list. There is no export button. Here is how to get your recipes out before then.
Meal planning14 Sept 20268 min read
Most meal planner apps are free until the moment they're useful. Here's what the free tiers really include, and which limits you'll hit first.
Tools + comparisons7 Sept 20268 min read
Most shopping list apps sync fine. The differences show up in how they handle two people, recipes and the stuff you already own. Here's the honest rundown.
31 Aug 20267 min read
Cook mode keeps your screen awake while you cook. Here's how it works, why recipe sites added it, and the bit it still doesn't solve for two cooks.
Meal planning24 Aug 20268 min read
Most meal prep apps assume one person batch-cooking on a Sunday. Here's what actually breaks when two of you prep together, and what to look for.
Tools + comparisons17 Aug 20268 min read
AnyList is a genuinely good shopping list. Here's the moment couples outgrow it, and what to look for when the plan matters more than the list.
Tools + comparisons10 Aug 20267 min read
paste a url, snap a cookbook page, and every recipe lands in one shared library you two both cook from. here's how recipe import actually works.
Tools + comparisons3 Aug 20268 min read
Mealime is closing on 21 October 2026 and your saved recipe list goes with it. Here are the meal planners couples who share a kitchen should look at instead, and how to get your recipes out first.
Meal planning27 July 20268 min read
Most meal planners are built for a family of five. Here's what really changes when you're cooking for two, and what to look for in an app.
26 July 20268 min read
What an AI grocery list really does: reading recipes like a person, merging four shops into one, sorting by aisle — and where it still trips up.
26 July 20268 min read
What actually happens when you hand a month of dinners to an AI meal planner: where it saved us hours, where it fell flat, and what we'd do differently.
25 July 20266 min read
slrp's core stays free forever. slrp plus adds the AI helpers — meal planning, fresh ideas and photo import — live today, $8.99/month per couple.
18 July 20268 min read
The step-by-step guide to a grocery list you both own: pick the app, build it from the week's plan, and never text 'can you grab milk' again.
10 July 20268 min read
Bookmarks, screenshots, and 'send this to me' texts don't scale. Here's how to keep every recipe you save in one organised place you'll actually use.
10 July 20267 min read
Planning seven dinners sets you up to fail. Here's how many meals to actually plan for the week — and why fewer, more flexible, works better for two.
Tools + comparisons6 July 20268 min read
Move your handwritten cards, cookbook scraps, and inherited recipes into a shared digital recipe book — for two cooks who want to keep them safe.
Tools + comparisons29 June 20269 min read
An honest read on meal planners for Aussie couples — which default to AUD, metric units, and a Coles-or-Woolies grocery list, and which we'd pick.
Tools + comparisons22 June 20268 min read
Most cooking apps assume one cook. Here's what to look for in a cooking app for couples — shared library, live grocery list, real cook mode, flexible plans.
Tools + comparisons15 June 20268 min read
Most cooking apps treat one person as the cook. Here's what changes when an app actually expects two of you in the kitchen — and how to spot it.
Tools + comparisons8 June 202613 min read
Looking for a meal planner with grocery list built in? Here's how to pick an app where your week's plan and shopping list actually talk to each other.
Couple stuff1 June 20268 min read
Healthy meal plans usually mean miserable food and identical solo portions. Here's a real week of healthy meals for two — varied, doable on a weeknight, and built around what you both actually like.
Tools + comparisons31 May 20269 min read
A pantry tracking app stops the double-buying and food waste. Here's how couples can cook smarter with what they already have.
Tools + comparisons25 May 20268 min read
Tired of recipe links lost in tabs, screenshots, and texts? Here is how a recipe import app turns any URL into one tidy library both of you can use.
Couple stuff25 May 20269 min read
Meal prep advice is mostly aimed at solo gym-goers eating identical chicken-and-rice bowls. Here's how to meal prep as a couple — flexible, varied, and built around two people's tastes.
Tools + comparisons21 May 202612 min read
If Recime gets you halfway there, here's what comes next. We compare slrp, Paprika, Plan to Eat, Samsung Food and Mealime for couples who share a kitchen.
Couple stuff19 May 20268 min read
Newly married and figuring out dinner for two? How to meal prep as a couple — without rigid plans, identical portions, or grocery list arguments.
Tools + comparisons18 May 20267 min read
Paprika, ReciMe, Samsung Food, Mealime, BigOven and more — the best recipe apps in 2026 ranked for URL imports, organising, and cooking together.
Tools + comparisons17 May 202610 min read
ReciMe extracts recipes from Instagram, TikTok and YouTube; slrp is built around web recipes and couples sharing a kitchen. Side-by-side comparison.
Tools + comparisons17 May 202610 min read
Plan to Eat is the deep weekly-grid planner for serious planners; slrp is built for couples who want a flexible list-shaped plan. Side-by-side compared.
Tools + comparisons17 May 202610 min read
Paprika is the cross-platform planner for serious solo cooks; slrp is built for couples sharing a kitchen. Side-by-side on platforms, sharing, pricing.
Tools + comparisons11 May 202611 min read
AnyList, Out of Milk, ReciMe and more, ranked on the one thing that matters for two people: whether the shared list actually holds up.
Meal planning31 Mar 20265 min read
Skip the restaurant and cook together instead. Five themed date night meal plans — from Italian pasta night to sushi at home — that make cooking the main event.
Couple stuff27 Mar 20264 min read
If one person always cooks and the other always cleans, you're doing it wrong. Here's how to actually share the cooking load — and enjoy it more.
Couple stuff23 Mar 20264 min read
Eating well as a couple doesn't have to be expensive. Here's how to meal plan for two on a budget — with tips that actually work and don't require you to eat rice and beans every night.
Couple stuff19 Mar 20264 min read
One of you is vegetarian, the other loves steak. Here's how to meal plan together when your dietary preferences don't match — without cooking two separate dinners every night.
Meal planning15 Mar 20263 min read
Manually writing grocery lists from recipes is tedious and error-prone. Learn how slrp automatically generates a smart grocery list from your meal plan.
Meal planning11 Mar 20264 min read
The nightly 'what's for dinner?' debate is decision fatigue at work. Here's a quick meal planning fix for couples that breaks the loop without rigid weekly calendars.
Meal planning7 Mar 20263 min read
Tired of scrolling past life stories to find a recipe? Learn how to save recipes from any website instantly with slrp — just paste the URL.
Couple stuff3 Mar 20268 min read
How two people actually plan meals together — choosing nights, splitting the work, and building a habit that survives a bad week.
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