One of the most common questions people ask about Plan to Eat is whether or not there’s a mobile app available. Technically, the answer is no, but that’s primarily because the mobile website works so well and gives you everything you need already. Let’s take a look!

When you visit PlantoEat.com on most mobile devices you should automatically be redirected to the mobile version. If you are not automatically redirected, you can always visit http://m.plantoeat.com. The shopping list is the most popular feature on the mobile site and is therefore the first page you see when signing in.

The shopping list has nice size type and plenty of white space to make it easy on the eyes so that you can use it while shopping.

You have a couple of options here. I typically Hide Checked Items while shopping, so that I can easily see what’s left to buy, but you can uncheck that box to see everything on your list as well:

You can also choose whether to display all of your store shopping lists at one time or just view one in particular, by clicking on Select a store:

You can also view your Recipe Book on your phone:

This lets you pull up a recipe in the kitchen while you cook without having to scroll all over the place in order to read all of the instructions:

Although you can’t actually plan your menu from the mobile view (and I’m not sure you’d want to on a tiny screen anyway!), you can see each day’s menu plan by clicking on the planner option and scrolling through the days:

You can also add the ingredients from a recipe to your Shopping List by clicking the Add to Shopping List button in the recipe view. Doing that also adds the recipe to the current day’s menu plan.

Finally, if the reason you’ve been wishing for an app is to get the handy dandy icon on your homescreen, never fear, you can still do that! Here’s how:

While visiting Plan to Eat on your phone, click the “send to” icon at the bottom of the screen, which brings up the following options.

Select Add to Home Screen, and voila — your very own icon that you can add to a folder, your home bar or wherever else you’d like it to be so that you can open Plan to Eat with just one click!

I really love the mobile site because I can use it on my iPhone or iPad while shopping to save the paper and easily see what’s left. I also find carrying my phone while I shop a lot easier than carrying paper and a pen and trying to cross things off as I walk!

How about you? Do you use the mobile site for your grocery shopping? How about in the kitchen while you cook?

I’ve always said that one of the things I love about Plan to Eat — besides the fact that it simplifies one of my most dreaded tasks — is that as a company they are constantly rolling out new features based on the feedback they get from users, and this latest feature is so very cool.

You can now print your recipes in a variety of different formats, including different size fonts, the ability to select which information to include and page layout.

I could try to explain all the options, but it’s so much better to see them for yourself.

Just look:

The default view includes all of the recipe information in full-page format and a 12pt font, like the example above.

You can also be more selective about which information you include so that your recipe all fits on one page.

Print it in a standard 3×5 recipe card size, using a smaller font to help it fit on one or two cards.

Or choose the slightly larger 4×6 format to make room for more information and/or a picture.

This is a great way to print recipes for your own kitchen as well as to share with others, giving you control over how they look and what information is included!

Which format is your favorite?

To be honest, the multiple store lists feature of Plan to Eat is one that I’ve only recently started using. Because we live out in the boonies, we try to shop as little as possible when we’re “in town”, and for a long time we shopped at just one store whenever possible.

However, we’ve recently begun shopping for produce at the nicer grocery store — because we’ve found the quality and variety worth that extra cost and effort — and buying GFCF staples and treats at Trader Joe’s for our youngest daughter. Keeping track of which items to buy at which store could be frustrating, but the stores feature of Plan to Eat makes creating these separate shopping lists a cinch!

To begin, create your meal plan as normal. Then click the Shopping List tab.

On the Shopping List page, the default view under My Stores is View All.

When you add a new item or recipe, items are automatically added to a generic Any Store list; however, you can also create lists for as many stores as you shop by clicking the Add Store button. To delete a store, hover over its name with your mouse and the Delete option will appear.

Once you’ve got your stores set up, click on any store on the list to display only that store on your screen, or click on View All to see all of the lists on one screen.

The numbers next to each store show you how many items are on that store’s list.

Add Items to a Store List

To add new items to a specific store list, click on Add Items and then select a store from the drop down menu.

You can also move the items on your shopping list to different stores by dragging and dropping them onto the new store name. To move multiple items at once, select the checkbox next to each one and then drag them to the store list of your choice.

The really cool part is that once you move an item to a specific store’s list, Plan to Eat will remember that setting and automatically add the item to that particular shopping list the next time you plan the meal (note that variations in the description of a product in different recipes will mean that you need to move each variation manually the first time each is planned).

Print or View Store Lists

Once you have your store lists set up, you can choose to print your store lists on separate pages or as sublists on one piece of paper (or more, depending on the size of your list!). Unless I have really big lists for each store, I tend to print mine with a Small text size and all on one page to conserve space.

On a mobile device, use the Select a Store dropdown menu to show the items from All Stores or from a specific store while you shop!

Creating multiple lists makes it easier to shop and easier to send my husband with a shopping list as well!

Do you shop at multiple stores each week?