Collections can be used to organize your foods and recipes, and to share them with others if you'd like, too!
-To create a Collection, click on "Collections" under the "Your Library" section in the left sidebar menu of the site to visit the Collections page, then the "+Create" button at the top right of the page:
From this page you will be able to name your Collection and write a short description for it. Once you save this by clicking "+Create", click on this new Collection in your main Collections list and you will be able to add any foods and recipes you'd like to it from the food bank via the "+Add " button at the top of the page when viewing that collection:
-To follow a Collection, when viewing it click on the "Follow" button to add it to your list of saved Collections. Whenever a Collection that you follow is updated by its creator you will see those updates reflected when you view it.
-To add a Collection to your Recurring Foods, when viewing the Collection you wish to use, click the 3-dot menu button at the top right of the collection and select "Set as Recurring" which will let you pick a Meal Type (like Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner) to add it to.
What this does is add the Collection as a “Recurring Collection,” which will tell the generator to use these recipes more often in the meal plans. However, it will still incorporate recipes from the rest of our database, which brings us to the next step.
If you wish to have that meal type only use the Collection(s) you've added to it, then next click "Meals" located under the "Plan Settings" section in the left sidebar menu. Click on the meal type you just added that Collection to.
From here, toggle "Only use recurring" to on and then click save when you're done:
If you toggle on to only use recurring the generator will only use foods from "Recurring Collections" or "Recurring Foods" for this meal. This lets you completely customize the generator's output.
***Note: when adding a Collection to your Recurring Foods lists, your food exclusions and diet type will apply to the foods from the collection.*** If you want to include everything in the Collection in your meal plans and have the generator ignore your food exclusions/diet type settings, you can toggle this off via the "Apply meal filters to Recurring Collections" toggle:
Once you’ve got everything set up and you've saved, regenerate your week (or just some of your meals), and the generator will use your updated settings.
For more info on Recurring Foods, check out our FAQ page here: https://help.eatthismuch.com/help/setting-up-recurring-foods
-To remove a food/recipe from a Collection, open the Collection, click on the recipe/food you want to remove from the collection, and then click on the small garbage can "Remove" button:
