1. Browse the Recipes page to see what sample recipes are already loaded.
2. Click Add Recipe to start entering your own camping favorites.
3. Go to Meal Plan, create a plan for your trip, and add meals day by day.
4. Open Shopping List to see everything you need to buy, already scaled to your group.

These are the sample recipes that came pre-loaded when the app was set up. They're attributed to Camp Kitchen because they weren't added by any specific user. You can use them in your meal plan as-is, or Clone them to create your own editable copy.

Click Add Recipe in the top navigation bar. Fill in:

• Recipe Name — required.
• Description — a short line shown on the recipe card.
• Category — Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, or Snack.
• Base Servings — how many people the recipe feeds as written. This is the reference point used to scale ingredients when you set a different group size in your meal plan.
• Prep / Cook Time — optional, shown on the card.
• Ingredients — click Add Ingredient for each item. Enter the name, quantity as a number, unit (cups, oz, lbs, cans — leave blank if not needed), and optional notes.
• Instructions — step-by-step directions.

Click Save Recipe when done. The recipe is tagged with your username.

Base Servings is how many people the recipe feeds as you've written it. For example, if your chili recipe uses 1.5 lbs of ground beef and feeds 4 people, set Base Servings to 4.

When you add that recipe to your meal plan for 8 people, the app automatically doubles every ingredient: 1.5 × (8 ÷ 4) = 3 lbs of ground beef on the shopping list.

If you always cook for the same group size, you can set Base Servings equal to your group and always enter your actual quantities — no scaling happens either direction.

You can only edit recipes you created. Open the recipe detail page and click Edit. The button only appears if you are the owner. If the recipe belongs to someone else, you will see Clone instead — use that to make your own editable copy.

On any recipe card, click Clone (shown instead of Edit for recipes you don't own). On a recipe detail page the Clone button is always visible regardless of who owns the recipe.

Cloning opens the recipe form pre-filled with all the original data. The name defaults to Original Name (clone) — change it to whatever you like. Save it and the copy belongs to you and is fully editable.

The detail page of your cloned recipe will show a cloned from [original] link so the original author still gets credit.

Open the recipe detail page and click Delete. You will be asked to confirm. Deleting a recipe removes it from any meal plans that included it. You can only delete recipes you own.

Yes. On the Recipes page, check the My recipes only checkbox in the filter bar and click Filter. You can combine this with the search box and category dropdown.

Use whatever units make sense for the ingredient — cups, oz, lbs, tbsp, tsp, cans, cloves, strips, etc. Leave the unit blank for things that are just counted (e.g. 8 eggs with no unit).

Important: the shopping list combines ingredients that share the exact same name and unit. If one recipe says oz and another says ounces for the same ingredient, they will appear as two separate lines. Pick one spelling and use it consistently across all your recipes.

Go to the Meal Plan page and click New Plan. Give it a name (e.g. "Lake Trip July 2025"), an optional trip start date, and any notes. Click Create Plan. You can have multiple plans saved at the same time — one per trip — and switch between them using the tab buttons at the top of the page.

On the Meal Plan page, click Add Meal. Choose:

• Recipe — picks from every recipe in the library. The dropdown shows the author and base serving size.
• Day # — which day of your trip (Day 1, Day 2, etc.).
• Meal Type — Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, or Snack.
• Number of People — how many people are eating this specific meal. This is what drives the shopping list scaling.

You can also add a recipe directly from its detail page using the Add to Meal Plan panel on the right side.

On the Meal Plan page, find the meal item and click the underlined people count (e.g. 8 people). A prompt will appear — type the new number and confirm. The shopping list recalculates automatically next time you view it.

Yes — every meal has its own independent people count. This is useful when part of your group arrives late or leaves early. Just add the meals separately with the correct count for each.

To remove a single meal, click the red × button on the meal item — it's removed immediately.

To delete an entire plan, click Delete Plan in the plan header and confirm. This removes the plan and all its meals. Your recipes are not affected.

Set the recipe's Base Servings to 1 and write the ingredient quantities as a single-person portion. When you add it to your plan, set the people count to your total group size multiplied by the number of days you need it. For example, 6 people eating trail mix for 3 days = set people count to 18.

For each meal in your plan:

scaled amount = base amount × (your people ÷ recipe's base servings)

Example: Campfire Chili calls for 1.5 lbs of ground beef and has a base serving of 4. You planned it for 8 people. The shopping list shows 3 lbs of ground beef (1.5 × 8÷4).

Ingredients with the same name and same unit are then added together across all meals into a single line item.

Click the checkbox next to any ingredient to check it off. Checked items are visually struck through. Your checkboxes are saved in your browser so they stay checked if you close and reopen the page. Click Uncheck All to reset them all at once.

Click the Print button on the shopping list page. The navigation bar and buttons are automatically hidden when printing so you get a clean, store-ready list. For best results, use your browser's Print to PDF option to save a copy before you leave for the campsite in case you don't have cell service.

The shopping list combines ingredients that share the exact same name and unit. If two recipes spell a unit differently — one says oz and another says ounces — they will appear as separate lines. Edit one of the recipes so both use the same spelling and the lines will merge automatically.

If you have more than one plan, tab buttons appear at the top of the Shopping List page — one for each plan. Click any tab to switch to that plan's list. Each plan has its own independent shopping list.

No. Meal plans and shopping lists are completely private — only you can see yours. Recipes, however, are shared: every recipe added by any user is visible to everyone. This makes it easy to share favourite camping recipes with the whole group.

No — you can only edit recipes you created. For recipes belonging to other users (or the Camp Kitchen samples), use Clone to copy it into your account. Your cloned copy is fully editable and the original stays untouched.

Click your username in the top-right corner of the navigation bar to open the dropdown, then click Sign Out.

Password reset is not yet available in the app. Contact your group's administrator to have your password updated directly in the database, or create a new account with a different email address.