Sunday prep, weekday calm

The meal prep app
without the spreadsheet.

Meal prepping usually means a notes app, a calculator, and three trips to the store. Chefless replaces the whole stack: pick the week's recipes, scale them to your containers, and walk into the store with one consolidated grocery list.

Scaleany recipe
1 listone store run
Freeforever
01

Map the whole week in minutes on a drag-and-drop schedule.

02

Scale every recipe to the portions you actually prep.

03

Get one consolidated grocery list. Shop once, cook once, eat all week.

How it works

Prep day, planned in three taps.

01

Pick the week's recipes

Choose from your recipe book or your Kitchen's shared favorites. Filter by cuisine or dietary tags so every meal fits your goals.

02

Scale and schedule

Set servings per recipe: four lunches, two dinners, whatever the week needs. Drop each meal onto the schedule so prep day is mapped in advance.

03

Shop once, prep once

Chefless merges everything into one grocery list, quantities matched to your scaled servings. One store run, one afternoon at the stove.

Batch cooking

Cook once. Eat five times. Math included.

The hardest part of batch cooking is arithmetic: a recipe for four turned into ten lunches, with a shopping list to match. Chefless scales ingredients and grocery quantities the moment you change servings, so nothing is left to a calculator at 9pm on Sunday.

  • Per-recipe serving scaling with exact ingredient quantities
  • Notes on every recipe for container counts and reheat instructions
  • Log "I cooked it" to track what you actually prepped and rated
Shop once

One list for the whole week.

Every planned recipe pours its ingredients into a single consolidated grocery list. Prepping with a partner or roommates? The list lives in your shared Kitchen, so whoever shops has it, and whoever preps knows everything is in the fridge.

  • Duplicates merged across recipes automatically
  • Shared with your Kitchen, updated live as plans change
  • Works offline in the store aisle
FAQ

Meal prep, answered.

What is the best app for meal prepping?

A meal prep app needs three things in one place: recipes that scale, a week you can map in advance, and a grocery list that consolidates everything into one shop. Chefless does all three, and shares them with your household, so prep day is planned once instead of negotiated all week.

Can I scale recipes for batch cooking?

Yes. Any recipe in Chefless scales to the servings you need. Cooking four portions of chili for lunches plus dinner for two is a tap, and the grocery list updates quantities to match.

Does Chefless build a grocery list automatically?

Yes. Plan the week and Chefless merges every ingredient from every planned recipe into one consolidated list. One store run covers the whole prep.

Can I meal prep with a partner or roommate?

Yes. Put your prep plan in a shared Kitchen: everyone sees the same week, the same recipes, and the same grocery list. One person shops, another preps, and it all stays in sync.

Is the meal prep planner free?

Yes. Recipe scaling, weekly planning, Kitchens, and grocery lists are free forever in Chefless, with no ads.

Make Sunday count.
Free on iPhone and Android.

Download Chefless and plan your first prep day in minutes.

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