How to change how many people to cook for
Every meal prep session is created for one specific cook, so once it starts the number of people stays fixed. To cook for a different number, stop the meal prep on the home screen and start again. The number for your next menus is set with the people icon at the top of the home screen.
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1. Why the number is fixed in a session
Every meal prep session is created for one specific cook: this is what lets you, for example, share the shopping list and follow your progress. That is why the number of people is fixed once the session starts. At the top of the meal prep page there is a people label with the number: tap it and the app explains this in a window.
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2. Wrong number? Start again
If you started a meal prep for two but want to cook for three, stop it on the home screen: the red icon next to View Session, or the Stop button on the menu card. The app warns that your cooking progress will not be saved; tap Continue to confirm. Then tap Cook this again, choose 3 and tap Confirm. The new session is set for three people and is fixed as well.
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3. Set the default number
At the top of the home screen there is a people icon with a number: 2, unless you changed it during onboarding. Tap it and a window titled "Select how many people you're cooking for" opens. Use the minus and plus buttons to pick a number from 1 to 6 and tap Confirm. If you set 4, for example, every next menu suggests 4 by default.
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4. Change the number when you start a menu
When you tap Cook this, the app fills in the default number. You can change it in the same window before you tap Confirm. The ingredient quantities are calculated for the number you choose.
Questions
Can I change the number of people during cooking?
No. The number of people is set when a cooking session starts and cannot be changed during it. To cook for a different number, stop the meal prep on the home screen and start again, but your cooking progress will not be saved. In a finished meal prep, the Start again button asks for the number of people again.
For how many people can I cook?
From 1 to 6 people. In the picker window, Minimum: 1 is shown under the minus button and Maximum: 6 under the plus button.
What changes when I choose a different number?
The ingredient quantities are calculated for the number you choose. You can see them in the ingredient list and on the prep cards. There, the list icon shows every ingredient of a prep with its calculated quantity.
