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Your Guide to Better Cooking.

Discover what to cook, plan meals for the week, track what is already in your kitchen, and keep the whole household aligned around dinner.

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Free to start. HootMeals+ unlocks the full planning toolkit.

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Greek Lemon Chicken with Orzo

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Discover new favorites every day.

Personalized recipe ideas for busy weeks, shared households, nutrition goals, and ingredients you already have.

Lemon Caper Salmon

Baked Salmon & Asparagus

Smoky Skillet Shakshuka

Coconut Shrimp Curry

Antipasto Chickpea Salad

Thai Green Curry

Chicken Caprese

Sheet Pan Chicken & Squash

Slow-Braised Beef Orzo

Hand-Pulled Lagman Noodles

Spicy Beef Noodle Soup

Baked Manti Buns

Sesame Meat Samosas

Buttered Lentil Soup

Fattah Chicken Bowl

Buttered Barley Porridge

Toasted Oat Horchata

Everything HootMeals does

A complete kitchen companion — from discovery to dinner.

Browse, plan, shop, cook, and share — all in one app. Free to start, with optional HootMeals+ for the full AI experience.

Recipe Discovery

Recipes matched to your taste, diet, and pantry.

Browse recommendations, search by craving, filter by nutrition goals, and return to saved or recently viewed recipes whenever dinner needs a reset.

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Personalized for you

Recommendations tuned to your tastes, dietary needs, and what's already in your pantry.

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Search & filter, your way

Filter by meal type, cuisine, and dietary needs — vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, keto, and more.

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Pantry-aware matches

See what you can cook with the ingredients you already own, including saved recipes and recently viewed meals.

star HootMeals+ · AI Meal Planning

A whole week of meals, planned in seconds.

Let HootMeals+ build a 7-day plan tuned to your taste. Don't like one meal? Swap it. Want to redo Tuesday? Regenerate just that day. Every change keeps your grocery list in sync automatically.

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check_circleSwap any meal with smart alternatives

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Auto-tuned to your taste

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Pulled from your pantry — never re-buy what you own.

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A grocery list that builds itself.

Your weekly meal plan turns into a smart grocery list automatically. Items are grouped by aisle, pantry ingredients are accounted for, and household members can check items off together.

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check_circleHousehold check-off sync keeps everyone updated

Pantry Management

Your kitchen, in your pocket.

Track what you own, get notified before food expires, and turn leftovers into your next meal.

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Add pantry items

Build a pantry list from ingredients already in your fridge, freezer, cabinets, and staples shelf.

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Expiry tracking

Track expiry dates and get notified before anything goes bad.

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"Use It Up" recipes

When ingredients are about to expire, matching recipes appear right on your home screen.

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Leftover tracking

Track leftovers and get recipe suggestions that help turn them into the next meal.

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Mark your staples

Salt, oil, garlic — flag what you always have and they'll never clutter your grocery list.

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Smart notifications

Gentle reminders before food expires — so you cook it instead of tossing it.

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Cook Mode

Distraction-free cooking.

Step-by-step view, big text, and per-step countdown timers. Your screen stays on so you never lose your place mid-stir.

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Recipe Notes

Make every recipe your own.

Rate recipes, save notes, attach photos, and collect the meals your household wants to make again.

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Personalization

Start with a kitchen profile that fits you.

Create an account, complete onboarding, choose food preferences, set dietary needs, and keep your recommendations aligned with how you actually cook.

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Account & profile

Your preferences, saved meals, household access, and nutrition goals live in one profile.

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Food preferences

Tell HootMeals what cuisines, ingredients, and meal types your household likes.

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Dietary needs

Set restrictions and nutrition needs so search, recommendations, and plans stay relevant.

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Pantry-aware setup

Add pantry ingredients during onboarding so the first recommendations already fit your kitchen.

Household Collaboration

Cook together. Plan together.

Create a household, invite your family with a shareable code, and share everything that matters. The pantry, the grocery list, and the weekly plan stay in sync for everyone.

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Recipe Creation

Bring your own recipes into HootMeals.

Import recipes from a URL, create your own, add photos, and keep submitted recipe images AI-moderated before they reach the app.

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Import from URL

Paste a recipe link and keep the ingredients, steps, and notes alongside your saved recipes.

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Create from scratch

Add your own ingredients, step-by-step instructions, photos, tags, and serving notes.

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AI image moderation

Submitted recipe photos can be reviewed before publishing so the recipe library stays clean.

Nutrition Tracking

Plan around your goals, not just your cravings.

HootMeals+ adds macros, food logging, calorie targets, nutrition filters, and a weekly view of what your meals are missing.

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Daily food log

Track meals against calorie, protein, carb, and fat goals.

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Macro tracking

See protein, carbs, and fat for recipes, meal plans, and daily intake.

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Weekly dashboard

Review nutrition trends and identify gaps before planning next week.

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Goal-based filters

Filter for high-protein, low-calorie, low-carb, and other goal-friendly meals.

Getting Started

Up and running in 3 steps.

Set Your Preferences

Create your account, choose favorite cuisines, set dietary needs, and define your household.

Stock Your Pantry

Add pantry ingredients, expiry dates, and leftovers so recommendations can help reduce waste.

Start Cooking

Discover recipes, save favorites, cook step by step, and unlock deeper planning with HootMeals+.

Interactive Demo

Take it for a spin.

Navigate a few real app screens, then browse the feature map below for the full product scope.

Your personalized daily recipe feed and meal plan preview.

For daily cooking

Recipe search, details, saved recipes, Cook Mode, timers, notes, photos, and ratings.

For less waste

Pantry tracking, expiry dates, leftovers, Use It Up suggestions, and reminders.

For households

Invite codes, shared pantry, shared meal planning, recipe sharing, and grocery sync.

With HootMeals+

AI meal plans, meal swaps, smart grocery automation, nutrition tracking, and recipe creation.

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Simple, Transparent Pricing.

Start free, then unlock the full planning system when your household needs more automation.

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HootMeals Free

Recipe discovery and pantry basics with limited recipe access and ads.

$0/forever

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Download Free

HootMeals+

The full planner for households that want automation, nutrition, and shared organization.

$7.99/month

Billed monthly

starEverything in Free, plus:
starFull weekly planner with AI meal plans
starAI meal swaps and regenerate a single day
starSmart grocery automation and aisle grouping
starShared household planning and grocery sync
starNutrition tracking, food log, goals, and gaps
starRecipe import, creation, and moderation tools

Upgrade to HootMeals+

Frequently Asked Questions

The free tier includes account setup, onboarding, limited recipe access, search and filters, pantry tracking, recipe details, Cook Mode, saved recipes, notes, photos, and ads.

HootMeals+ unlocks the full weekly planner, AI meal planning, meal swaps, smart grocery automation, shared household planning, nutrition tracking, and recipe creation.

$7.99 per month, or $76.69 per year, which works out to about $6.39/month with annual billing.

Absolutely. Cancel anytime from your account settings — you'll keep access through the end of your billing period.

Create a household and share the invite code with your family. Everyone gets a synced pantry, grocery list, and weekly meal plan — updated in real time across every device.

Add ingredients, expiry dates, and leftovers. HootMeals can surface Use It Up ideas and reminders before food is wasted.

Recipe import and user-submitted recipe creation are part of HootMeals+.

HootMeals is designed to use dietary preferences for recipe recommendations and planning. A clear privacy policy should explain storage, sharing, and deletion before launch.

Stop wondering what's for dinner.

Download HootMeals and get personalized recipes matched to your kitchen, your taste, and your schedule — starting tonight.

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Free to start. Upgrade to HootMeals+ for the full planning toolkit.