Meal planning around what your family actually eats
May 29, 2026 · Jason
Almost nobody's actual diet is "general American." You love Thai. The kids will not touch it. One of you is gluten-free, the other thinks soy sauce is fine but tahini is suspicious. Nobody in the house eats cilantro.
This is the territory where most meal planners fall apart. They either give you everything and expect you to filter, or they wall you into a "diet" that does not match your real preferences. Sunday Reset Plan stores the messy reality and uses every piece of it.
What we ask up front
During signup the chat walks you through three buckets:
Cuisines you love. A short list — three to five works best. Mediterranean, Thai, Southern, Mexican, Japanese. These are leanings, not requirements. The planner reaches for them when the slot fits.
Cuisines you avoid. The opposite signal. Heavy German. Highly spiced. Whatever you would just rather not see. The planner steers around them without rigid refusal.
Hard restrictions. Allergies. Religious. Medical. This is the serious list. We treat anything here as non-negotiable, scan recipes for direct ingredients, synonyms, derivatives, and cross-contamination concerns, and re-scan finalized plans before they go out to catch anything that slipped through.
Per-person dislikes
Cilantro is a famous example, but everyone has theirs. Your partner cannot stand olives. Your teenager has finally decided mushrooms are a problem. We capture these per person, not per household. The planner can still use cilantro in a dish your partner skips — it just will not expect you to eat that meal.
You can adjust these any time in settings, or just mention them in chat.
What this looks like in practice
Imagine your week with:
- A weekend Thai stir-fry because someone in the house loves it.
- Two Mediterranean dinners because that was your strongest signal.
- A Mexican night because the kids are easy about tacos.
- Zero German pork dishes because you said no.
- Zero peanut anywhere because you have an allergy on the list.
- A dish with cilantro that your partner skips while you eat both portions.
Nothing in there is generic. Every meal has at least one reason it landed on your plate.
Updating later
You will not get this perfect at signup. Three weeks in, you may realize you eat less Italian than you thought. Or you tried that Korean dish and loved it. Two ways to update:
- Open settings and edit the lists directly.
- Tell the chat. "We do not really do Indian food anymore." "Add tree nuts to allergies." "More Mexican on weekdays." The planner adjusts your profile and rebuilds your next plan accordingly.
Ready to build a plan around your real palate?
Start free. Tell us what you love, what you avoid, and what you cannot have. Watch the planner stop guessing and start cooking the food your family actually eats.