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Special instructions

One-time instructions that override your defaults. For special occasions like hosting a large dinner.

Customize
Preferred cuisines

Override your default cuisines for this plan only

Dietary restrictions

Override your default restrictions for this plan only

Complete setup to enable meal planning

Import Recipes

Add recipes from any URL

Maintenance
System Status

Check prerequisites and health

Reset Worker recovery

Force cancel stuck jobs

Routine

Repair & Optimize

Scans for issues and fixes them: parses ingredients, syncs with Mealie, tags recipes, rebuilds search. Run after importing recipes or if search seems off.

Health Check

Checks for problems without making changes. Shows unparsed recipes and sync status. Run to diagnose issues before taking action.

Cleanup (deletes data)

Remove Bad Recipes

Deletes duplicates (names ending in (1), (2)) and invalid recipes (missing ingredients or instructions). Run after bulk imports that created duplicates.

Clear Meal History

Deletes ALL meal plans and shopping lists. Recipes are kept. Run to start fresh with meal planning.

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Rebuild Search Index

Rebuilds semantic and text search indexes from scratch. Only run if search returns wrong results or errors.

Clear Planning Cache

Clears cached meal history used to avoid repeating recent meals. Run if suggestions seem stuck on old patterns.

Fix Equipment Labels

Corrects kitchen tools (blender, pan) incorrectly imported as food ingredients. Run if shopping lists include equipment.

Debug Recipe

Shows detailed diagnostic for one recipe: tags, parsing status, index status. Use to troubleshoot a specific recipe.

Settings

Choose your preferred color theme

Your household

Who you're cooking for - family size, ages, preferences

Pantry

Items you always have - excluded from shopping lists. One per line.

AI Preferences

Customize how the AI plans your meals

Favorites

Cuisines you want to see more of. Comma-separated.

Avoid

Hard restrictions - things to always exclude. Comma-separated.

Dietary notes

Natural language notes for the AI. One per line.

Your kitchen

Time, equipment, or skill constraints

AI Tuning

Lower = more variety

Avoid long streaks of one cuisine

Always exclude from shopping

Items to never include in shopping output (one per line). Separate from pantry staples.

Resets only AI Tuning fields above

Advanced

Local requires GPU/Apple Silicon. OpenRouter needs only an API key.

Uses LLM to confirm images are food (slower but more accurate)

DB mode is ~500x faster but requires Docker volume mount to mealie-data

API Credentials

Leave blank to keep existing

Leave blank to keep existing

For recipe image search (optional)