Save Money with Meal Planning and Paprika App
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- Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
- In this video I show you three ways I save money with meal planning and Paprika App and demo three of the less well known features of the app:
- tracking food you've grown and/or bulk buys which are due to expire using Paprika App's Pantry function
- use Paprika's Menu function to create standardised rotatable meal plans to save time on weekly and monthly food planning
- Move from meal plans to an exportable Paprika App Grocery List for use in iOS Reminders, print off or even send off your shopping list by email to someone else!
Paprika is my favourite recipe app and has some amazing meal planning features. Paprika is available on Mac, IOS, Windows and Android - here I'm using the iPad version which is my favourite. This isn't a sponsored video by the way - I just love this app and making the video has made me realise how I can get even more from it, saving money and reducing food waste at the same time. What's not to like?
Once you're up and running with the app, have a look at my Paprika Pro Tips for how you can adapt the set up to include meal prep, level up your recipe search skills and quick ways to 'roll with the lunches' (see what I did there?) when plans go pear shaped:
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That was awesome! Thanks! I just learned so much. I've been using Paprika App for several years... but you've just taken my game to a new level. I was getting ready to use another app to do what you just taught me. I'm so excited that I didn't start copying all my recipes into that other app. Thanks and please keep posting. I've subscribed, so I look forward to more. :) Appreciate your efforts to share.
+Kokopelligirl Tam oh thanks so much , that’s really kind of you. I only discovered all these advanced features recently myself . If there’s anything you think might be helpful for you (or someone less advanced than you) please do fire away. I have so many ideas bubbling and would love to help
Seriously thank you for doing these paprika videos. I agree with the other commenters, love your soothing voice and no shouting. 😅 And you're not rushing through the content.
Ah thank you so much - hope you are keeping well wherever you are. My schedule is a bit off, but I am working on a quick vid with some ideas for using paprika to help during covid so look out for that next day or two. Day 12 of lockdown here. Keep safe out there
Thank you. Everything I needed to know before I jump in the Paprika environment.
Great - good luck with it all 😊
I've used the PC version of Paprika but the Ipad version looks much better. It could be that I had the trial version. I like your images of the food you've shown. So refreshing to hear a well presented review without the shouting. I like your chalk board as well. Thank you, will be looking forward to your next. If only the app could shop and cook as well.
+Ray Brown thank you so much! The chalk board is a page from one of Austin Mann’s calendars. It reminds me to get out of my comfort zone - which is needed when starting out in youtube 😊 I’m also waiting for that shopping robot 🤖 Thank you again.
Thank you Sue so much for this series on Paprika, i downloaded it and did not have a clue what i was doing, after only watching the first video I was able to figure it out. Thank you once again.
You are so welcome Julie. I've just been updating my Pantry in there this afternoon. Always a good feeling when it's done 😀
Great video! I'm a long-time Paprika user, but I'll admit I haven't made the most of its full functionality (i.e. pantry and meal planning) --mostly because I wasn't sure how to use it properly. So thank you! P.S. Some of your recipes look amazing. You should share those, too. Thank you again.
Ah thank you Daphne - my life has been quite turbulent recently and I lost the plot on meal planning, even with Paprika. I worked out a way to get back to basics and meal plan for the really tough times and will share a little guide in writing up soon in case you're interested 😊
I learned more from you in these 15 minutes than I have using the app for a year! Thank you!
Ah thank you so much Crystal - glad to have helped 😊
I just got the app a few days ago, so I am trying to absorb as much information as possible. I had no idea you could include expiry dates on pantry items since I haven't had time yet to do a full inventory. I also like your show of how to use the meal planning feature -- in this video and in another video on your channel. You have been so helpful!!! Thank you so much for taking the time to share.
Glad I could help Claire. Hope you enjoy exploring Paprika.
Thanks - you turned on a light bulb for me! I've been quite inconsistent about keeping track of the food in my big freezer, so when I sit down to plan meals, I don't know what kind of meat or convenience food is in there - and do I still have packets of my homemade chile and spaghetti sauce? I'm now going to put all this in the pantry section. When I use something, I can check it off, and when I make a big batch of something I'll add how many portions I have. I wish Paprika would let us name pantries the way we do grocery stores. It would be so sensible to have names like "spice cupboard, freezer, hall pantry."
Oh me too -in fact it's on my list right now to do a freezer inventory refresh as it's all got away from me a bit. That's a good idea. If you have time, do send any ideas into Paprika you never know! Happy New year when we get there Pam
Thank you! I love the Paprika app and you showed me a couple of functions I didnt know how to use. You didnt mention it, but the built in browser and recipe download feature is really good too!
Ah thank you for watching - that’s lovely feedback. Oh yes that’s a brilliant function, isn’t it - there’s so much to love in the app. I should definitely put that in a future video! Thanks 🙏
This is genius! I never could make the menu section work for me. The only way I’ve used it is to record a specific meal, say Christmas. In your example, you have expiration dates for foods in your pantry. Where do these come from? Thanks for this it’s going to make my meal planning much easier. Sarah from Tennessee
Ah thank you so much Sarah - yes it's so flexible and I'm glad my ideas helped. I put those expiration dates in for a few different ways. Sometimes it's from the packet eg I bulk buy lentils and sometimes put in something we often have on food over here called 'best before date' - not gone off, but may be a bit stale. Then if it's my home grown food that is a long storer like winter squash, I know more or less how long they last so I take an educated guess and add in a date so I make sure I don't forget to use them. Then with my dried herbs and spice drawer (there's a video on this ) I like to do an audit regularly so I use the expiry date section to remind me to check they're all good and not end up with 10 year old turmeric 🤣. I have very poor memory so these things help me but I don't stick rigidly and keep changing it up. Good to connect and I hope all is well over there for you and yours in this new year 😊
@@CookingandCalm I don’t know if you have Paprika on the iPhone, but I just stumbled on the fact that you can dictate recipes you have to input by hand!!! It opened up a new world for me. There’s a few things you have to do to get it to work in recipes, like saying the punctuation and saying “new line” when inputting the ingredients, but I love it! Maybe I’m the last one to know about this, but better late than never, I say. Happy new year to you too! Thanks for the detailed reply. ☺️
Thank you so very much! I am a newbie to Paprika and wanted to run before I walked and was frustrating myself. Now in off to do some planning! Hugs!
You are very welcome. I keep meaning to do 'start from scratch with Paprika' course and that's a good reminder. I wish I had more time to get all of this stuff done ;)
Is it starting to make sense yet? I remember the sheer joy of how easy it was to add recipes from the internet when I was starting out. What are you finding?
I need to find more time myself. The bast part about adding recipes for us is that I can stop saying “where is that new recipe we wanted to try?” . My husband grills at least 5 times a week and we enjoy trying new recipes. He send me recipes all the time so now I can find them! The pantry inventory is a looming task though...I’ve figured out how to break it down so it’s manageable. That actually is my most valuable part of that app. Thanks again for your info!
That sounds like the right idea to me. I don't get too 'completist' about it as otherwise it could become a full time job. I monitor the things that matter to me and I upped my usage once we hit lockdown because suddenly it was far more important to know how much flour I had etc. When things are more normal I tend to just do a bit of a stocktake now and again and get it to a 'good enough' stage. I often buy groceries in bulk through a health food co-op so I make sure I do an update before I make 'the big order' and it's invaluable for that. My mind tells me I have plenty of certain ingredients- in real life, it's wrong. Paprika is more reliable than my memory :)
Mine too!
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Thank you, very helpful video!
Glad it was helpful Hannah. Thanks so much for stopping by. I just posted another paprika video today :)
Very helpful video! Looking forward to implementing your tips and getting our family organized ☺️
Thanks Jacqueline. And remember, most of us look very organised when we demo things - this lasts a month or two for me and then it’s just a matter of pausing and restarting, if it all goes pear shaped, and with no self judgement. Life is hard sometimes and we can only do our best. Paprika is like a good friend to lean on for me!😊
Thank you for this video, and for your channel -- I've just subscribed! I have three questions about the Pantry function.
1. I was adding items to the Pantry section yesterday, and when I created a new Aisle category, I accidentally did it twice. Is there any way that you know of to remove a duplicate Aisle?
2. In the case of items that you don't use all at once -- say, a bag of apples, a bag of flour, or a container of oats -- how do you track how much you've got left? Do you add it to your grocery list as soon as you open your last container, or do you wait until you're nearly finished with it?
3. Is there a way to estimate an expiration date for home-grown items?
Thanks so much!
Hi Sarah and thank you for subscribing and joining us here on the channel.Welcome and well wishes to you 😊.
On your questions: (1) Are you on Iphone/iPad ? If yes,swipe left on the duplicate aisle and you’ll get the delete option. (2) yes you’re right , I tend to work on the principle that ‘1 is none’ and add it when I’m down to say 1 bag of flour.Other things like fruit ,I don’t track super closely but just have a look routinely and add as needed. I hope that helps.
(3) with home grown it depends on the crop. I’m still learning but, for instance, I’ve had Crown Prince Squash since last autumn and they’re still good now so I’ll know to give them an expiry date of around spring next year if I wanted to treat as true expiry. I often though treat that section as more of a ‘check on’ for long storing veg. So I’ll put an expiry of say 2 months for onions, squash,garlic and that reminds me to go check in case they’re starting to rot. If they’re fine I just knock it forward another month or two.Does that make sense?
So cute 😍🤗. Thanks for the video 💗
You are very welcome
I love Paprika I don't export the grocery list; I just use the app grocery list..thanks
Great - Thanks for sharing
Wonderful video! I just found you from this; instant subscription! Heading to watch more!
Ah thank you - welcome!
Do you have a video anywhere that shows how you initially set up the weekly meal plan templates using the menu function from scratch (week 1 meal plan, week 2 meal plan, etc)? I see you've imported pre-set weekly plans that you adapt here but I'd love to see how you set them up in the first place to create a templates to work with. Thank you!
Hi Jessica - sorry, I don't have one that starts from scratch yet. I've got it on my list as part of a paprika mini course I'm planning but I'm a bit behind on it. Are you on my email list-? If so, maybe you could be a tester when I get it done? I'll definitely be looking for people.
@@CookingandCalm I'm also very interested in how you create a menu from scratch. Just can't figure out how to do it. I'd love to be a tester on this topic!
@@earthtocaroline hi Caroline , the course got lost in the mist of pandemic but yes I’ll do you a quick how-to video hopefully ready for the turn of the year 😊
I’ve enjoyed watching your videos and am learning so much. How do you input the quantity in the pantry on your bulk items? I buy lots of items in bulk and have buckets of oatmeal, flour, sugar, etc. I’m not sure how to record those correctly to manage what I have.
thank you so much Louise. It really varies for me depending on the ingredient. eg. when I buy peanuts, I tend to make peanut butter in batches and each batch takes 4 cups. As I don't have a proper cold store I tend to vac pack the peanuts in those 4 cup sizes and I log them as that. For other things like Oats I don't tend to get too detailed about it and tend to log it as say "oats- bulk and then the purchased weight in Kg (or imperial measure if in US). I have a 'one is none' approach and as soon as I'm on that last bag , I get a new one on the shopping list. I hope that makes sense - it would be too time consuming to log everything for me , so I tend to go back to what my intention is to help me be pragmatic. (ie. I don't want to run out of oats) - so as long as I know when I'm down to my last 3kg or whatever, that keeps my cupboards stocked and gives the happy feeling. I hope that helps. If you find other ideas do let me know :)
Thank your for your quick response! Love your videos and have shared with friends. I’ll let you know if I find out anything new or innovative about the pantry.
@@louisehammer3140 brilliant- thank you Louise!
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Thank you :)
Hi everyone - I've discovered some brilliant money saving features in Paprika App, including a way of tracking that lovely home grown produce - hope you enjoy this one. For eagle eyed viewers, you might also spot some pics of my home grown squash along the way too :)
Growing Frugal thank you so much for the video! Do you mind telling how much space it requires to store all your recipes on iPad? I’m worried I might end up not having enough, so I’m trying to decide between a PC version and the iPad version
Natasha Khriapina Hi Natasha. I've just had a look for you and the app itself is taking up 19mb and the data from recipes is 77.8mb for mine. I have 1109 recipes in there (how embarrassing!). I think the thing that would take up more room is if you were adding lots of your own photos for home made recipes. I'm just mapping out a video on that as Mr Growing Frugal doesn't do much cooking and I'm doing him some simple recipe cards with step-by-step photos in there. It's a great function! If it helps, I've got both apps and the iPad one really is better and does just as much as the Mac. After that, I feel your pain re the space issues. Your comment did me a favour as when I went into the space setting on the ipad , I realised I had loads of massive downloads of videos and old mail attachments in there so have just had a clear up! Thank you for connecting and good luck with it.
Growing Frugal I appreciate your taking the time to look it up😊☺️ eternally grateful for this! I was a bit worried it might take up all my storage space. Wow, you’ve got quite a big collection there!😍 I just purchased the apps for my iPad and my phone. The person who created the app is a genius, it’s exactly what I’ve been looking for all these years🤩 finally! Thank you very much for your videos! They are super helpful and helped me make up my mind about Paprika☀️
Curious- why don’t you grocery shop right from the grocery list on paprika? You can change the order of the aisles based on what store you shop at and you can also add different stores.
Hi Garen, yes it’s a great function but I export to Apple reminders because we have a shared family shopping list on there, so either me or my hub can pick up stuff at the shops - or we did before lockdown anyway. Hope that makes sense. I’m just doing a quick video on using paprika during lockdown here in the uk so that should be up soon. Keep safe and take care of you.
Growing Frugal ah that makes sense. My wife and I both have paprika on our phone and share the same account, so we can both add and delete as we like! Thank you for the great videos!
Oh that’s a good idea !
That looks like a great app, very versatile. Do you know if it works with wunderlist, an android app I use for shopping? Enjoying the videos. Keep up the good work.
+Shona Broughton ah thank you so much. I’m glad you like them- I’m still a learner! I’m not sure about Wunderlist but I’ve seen people asking for the integration on the wunderlist forums so hopefully it might come. You could try cut and paste from the app - you never know, it just might work 😊
One of the limitations of Paprika is that its lists don't export well. I love the app, but i find myself only using the shopping list for recipe shopping. If I need other stuff not included in the recipe, I manually add it from my Wunderlist grocery list. I love both applications so much that I don't mind this inconvenience, but I wish each of them allowed for export and import to/from text apps. It would require a couple of steps, but would be more convenient. Hope that helps.
Have you figured out a way to scale recipes for the week? If each recipe has 6 servings and you want it 4 times, then you get a grocery list that requires ingredients for 24 servings. I'm not that great at math on the fly.
Hi Beth - have you tried the scale function yet? If i’m understanding,you just click ‘scale’ (on iPad this is directly under the Ingredients header on the recipe card). If the recipe is for 6 portions and you want it 4 times that week, just click 4 on the scale and you’ll have your new amounts which would make 24 portions. Then you can click on the little shopping basket icon to add them to your shopping list . Does that help, or did I misunderstand the question? Ps you can also scale down recipes which is super handy if just cooking a quick meal for 1
@@CookingandCalm Hi, thank you. Yes, I've tried that but I run into problems if I try to plan 3 meals a day for a week for several people. My head spins from the tedium so I was wondering if there was a rule of thumb. I may just have to deal with it and take my time. Thanks again for the work and the response :)
Hmmm... how about putting them into a meal plan then adding each meals grocery list to shopping list from the meal plan screen? That's the only other way I can think of doing it . Good luck with it 👍😊
@@CookingandCalm I think I may try a looser format like the one you have for yourself. Thanks for the replies :)
Thank you so much. I’ve loved this video and I’m beginning to understand a little bit more about Paprika. One think is still a mystery to me how you put all your pantry items in the right aisles 🤔
Thank you Burro. Yes I find that a little clunky too. For some things Paprika ‘decides’ which Aisle to put it in based on their own algorithm and throws everything else into a Miscellaneous section. For me I often want to put things into a specific section I’ve created myself, or I don’t agree with tier ‘auto-file’ so I tend to add whatever it is, then open it up as an individual item then change the ‘aisle’ at the bottom of that screen. I hope I understood what you’re 👍asking correctly, and that helps. Keep going. it’s a complicated app but really worth the effort in the end 😊
@@CookingandCalm I’ve done it since I saw your video. It takes time but it’s surely worth it. My weekly meal and my pantry (including my freezer) are now under control 😉👍🏼🤗
Well done you! I suspect yours is more organised than mine right now! That is brilliant news. It is good to have a happy place knowing food will be on the table in these times 👏
@@CookingandCalm you’re my teacher so there’s no way for me to be better than you but I’m getting better and it’s a big result. Thank you again 🤗😘
Its good
thank you Shayan
I’d love to know how you use Paprika to keep track of meals that you’ve made ahead and frozen
Sorry Patti, I thought I'd already responded to you but I can't see it- lost in the youtube ether somewhere. What I do is I've created an area within the pantry called "Frozen Meals" - I add what I've cooked in there using the 'Bought' section as the date I've set it to freeze and then adding an estimated "Expires" date. This allows me to do a "Sort by Expiration Date" within the pantry every month or so and to make sure I'm using up anything that's coming towards my estimated spoilage date. Hope that helps Patti. If you have any other ways, I'm always looking for tips :)
To learn more about Paprika App, here's a link to my Paprika App playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLm6fPlrI_KbLY1PHY-5g7d4i0OknYFAes
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Thank you 😊