Dinner is handled.
Plan the week, save recipes, and shop from one shared grocery list. Everyone knows what’s for dinner.
Step 1
Plan ahead
Fill in the week a meal at a time, or several weeks if you think that far. Breakfast, lunch and dinner each have their own slot, and the whole plan shows up on the display without anyone asking what's for tea.
Step 2
Keep your favourites
Save the meals you actually cook to your Recipe Book so you are not retyping them every month. Paste a URL from a site that publishes standard recipe data and Flowboard reads the name, image and ingredients from the page.
Step 3
Shop from one list
Pull the week's meals into your grocery list: choose the meals, untick the ingredients you already have, and the rest goes on the list. An ingredient you need twice becomes one line, with units converted where they can be. The same list is on the dashboard and on the display's Grocery tab.
On the display
A shopping list the whole house can reach
The Grocery tab on a Delta board is the same list as Groceries on the dashboard, so an item added on the wall shows up on your phone and the other way round.
One flat list
Every item is a plain line you check off. There are no aisles, days or meals to sort through, and you can keep more than one list, such as a weekly shop and a party.
A staples rail
Tap a quick-add button for the things you buy every week. One already on the list shows a tick and its amount. Recent items sit in a single row beneath, ready to add again.
Amounts and units
Every item has an amount and a unit. Typing “2 lb chicken” fills in both, adding something already on the list raises its amount instead of repeating it, and plus and minus step by the right amount for the unit.
From meal plan
Pull the next seven days of meals straight into the list, then untick what is already in the pantry. It is all taps, so it works from a TV remote too.
On a TV, use the remote to check items off, change amounts, tap staples and pull from the meal plan. Typing a new item needs a touch screen, a web browser with a mouse and keyboard, or the dashboard.
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Which recipe sites can I import from?
Sites that publish standard recipe data on the page, which covers most of the large recipe sites. Flowboard reads the name, cover image and ingredient list from that data. A page without it cannot be imported automatically — you can still add the meal by hand.
Does the grocery list sync to Google Tasks?
No. The grocery list is its own list, shared by the dashboard and the display, so anyone can check items off from either. Google Tasks sync is a feature of to-do lists, not of groceries.
Can I add to the grocery list from the display?
Yes, on a Delta board. On a touch screen, or in a web browser with a mouse and keyboard, you can type an item, make a new quick-add button or start a new list. With a TV remote you can check items off, change amounts, tap staples and recent items, and pull from the meal plan, but not type. A locked screen still lets anyone check items off and switch lists; anything else asks for the screen PIN.
Why can't I see the Grocery tab on my board?
Groceries are part of Whole Board access, and the Grocery tab belongs to the Delta board, so a custom layout has no Grocery tile; the list stays on the dashboard there. New Delta boards have the tab on. A Delta board made before it arrived keeps it off until you turn it on under Display Layout.
Can I edit a meal after adding it?
Yes — change the name, the slot, the day, or the notes at any time from the meal plan page. Notes ride along to the display, which is handy for “defrost this in the morning”.
What shows on the display?
The week's menu, laid out by day. On a Delta board it is the Meals screen, with the Grocery tab beside it for the shopping list. On a custom layout it is the Meal Plan widget, which you can size and place wherever it suits the room.