What Should I Eat — Random Meal Picker
Random meal from your saved list.
The What Should I Eat meal picker ends the nightly "I don't know, what do you want?" by choosing dinner from a list you save once. Tag meals as quick, healthy, or takeout and filter at pick time, and turn on "Avoid last N days" so you don't eat the same thing twice in a row. It's a simple fix for decision fatigue at dinnertime.
Save. Add your meals, with optional #tags, and save the list.
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Click What's for dinner? to see a result.
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How it works
- Save. Add your meals, with optional #tags, and save the list.
- Filter. Optionally choose a tag or set "Avoid last N days" in the Options.
- Pick. Click What's for dinner? to get a meal.
- Re-roll. Not feeling it? Click again for another suggestion.
Frequently asked questions
Does it track what we ate?
Yes. "Avoid last N days" hides recently chosen meals so the picker doesn't repeat them too soon.
How do tags work?
Add tags like #quick, #healthy, or #takeout after each meal, then filter by them at pick time to narrow the options.
Is the choice actually random?
Yes. Among the eligible meals, the pick is made with the Web Crypto API, so it's unbiased and not always the same favorites.
Is my saved meal list private?
Yes. Your meals stay in your browser and are never uploaded to a server, so the picker also works offline.
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Further reading
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