One decision, not five
Choose once. Stop re-deciding at 5 p.m.
The weekly dinner planner for busy families
The question comes every night. Answer it once.
“What's for dinner?” lands around 5 p.m., and by then you have already decided a hundred other things. Choose the dinners you will actually cook — three, five, all seven — once a week; DinnerRoster turns them into a full seven nights and one grocery list, so the answer is waiting instead of costing you another decision.
Build your week free · a free account opens it · no card
4dinners you choose
7nights planned
1grocery list
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You pick 4 dinners. The ones your family actually wants.
Lemon-herb chicken35 min
Beef taco night25 min
Honey-soy chicken bowls25 min
Creamy tomato white beans25 min
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DinnerRoster plans all 7 nights. Cook 4, eat leftovers once, leave the rest honest.
- MonCook
- TueCook
- WedLeftovers
- ThuCook
- FriOpen
- SatCook
- SunOpen
3One grocery list · 30 itemsAlready sized for 4. No serving math.
One trip, one list
Sized for your household and grouped by aisle.
Leftovers on purpose
A planned second night, not a hopeful container.
It stops living in your head
Tonight, the cooking and the list are all in one place.
More than a recipe app
Good recipes don't make a workable week.
A folder full of ideas still leaves you deciding when to cook, how much to buy, what becomes leftovers, and what happens when plans change. DinnerRoster connects those decisions into one household system.
Beef & black bean taco night25 min1
Honey-soy chicken bowls25 min2
Veggie egg fried rice20 min3
- ✓ Size every ingredient for four
- ✓ Pick a leftovers-safe dinner
- ✓ Keep flexible nights flexible
- ✓ Consolidate one grocery list
MONCookTUECook extraWEDLeftoversTHUCookFRIOpen
One list is readyPortions and leftovers included
Adaptive, not autopilot
You stay in control. The busywork disappears.
DinnerRoster does not pretend to know your family on day one. You start it with a few good choices; each real week gives the next one a better starting point.
Pick the food. Get the whole week.
DinnerRoster handles the portions, sequence, reliable leftovers, flexible nights, and one consolidated list.
Change dinner without breaking the week.
Move, replace, add, or skip a future dinner. The rest of the week and the groceries it still needs stay in sync.
Teach it with one honest tap.
Favorites return sooner, hard no's stay out, and ordinary recent meals rotate instead of taking over.
TONIGHT · WEDNESDAYHoney-soy chicken bowls
25 min · dinner for 4
Start cooking→
TOMORROWAlready covered
Built for 5 p.m., not Sunday only
Open one screen. Know what happens tonight.
The week is not a document you make and forget. It becomes the household's daily answer: what to cook, how much to make, what tomorrow looks like, and what the remaining dinners still need from the store.
- 01Tonight is obvious
Recipe, time, people, and Start cooking are together.
- 02Tomorrow is already visible
Leftovers and open nights are part of the plan, not gaps.
The win isn't a prettier calendar. It's not carrying dinner in your head all day.Build my week
From the plan to the plate
Cooking is guided. The week is shared.
A plan only counts if the night it covers actually happens. DinnerRoster walks you through the dinner one step at a time, and keeps both adults on the same week without a second copy of anything.
One step at a time, timer included.
- ✓Quantities are already scaled to your household.
- ✓The screen stays awake while your hands are busy.
- ✓Dinner is ready marks the night cooked, and the grocery list drops what it no longer needs.
Two adults, one week.
- ✓Invite your partner with a link. No shared password.
- ✓Each of you signs in to your own account.
- ✓Same week, same grocery list. Whoever shops, shops from it.
One tap after dinner
Next Sunday starts with less deciding.
Rate only what you actually cooked. DinnerRoster uses that signal when it prepares next week—no notes, stars, or weekly questionnaire.
Loved it
It was fine
Not again
HOUSEHOLD FEEDBACK APPLIEDNext week
BRING BACKBeef taco night
↻Your family tapped Loved it.
KEEP OUTTurkey tomato pasta
×Your family tapped Not again.
ROTATEMake room for something new
→Ordinary dinners from last week move back.
The logic is visible. You can still change every dinner.
Appetite first
You choose the food. The system earns your trust from there.
No blind autopilot on day one. Start with dinners you genuinely want, then let cooked-meal feedback shape what comes back.
Build your ownBeef & black bean taco night
25 min
Fast favoriteHoney-soy chicken bowls
25 min
VegetarianVeggie egg fried rice
20 min
Budget dinnerCreamy tomato white beans
25 minOmnivoreVegetarianQuick weeknightsLeftovers-safe options
The catalog is public: read the ingredients, steps and estimated nutrition of every dinner before you sign up for anything.
Browse all 82 dinnersFrom the households using it
What changed on a Tuesday.
On Tuesday I got home late and didn’t have to decide anything. Dinner, the quantities, and what we were saving for Thursday were already there.
Megan R.Family of four · Columbus, OHThe grocery list is what surprised me. I stopped buying for seven imaginary cooking nights and bought what our four actual dinners needed.
Danielle K.Family of five · Raleigh, NCMy partner can see the same week, so I’m not sending screenshots or explaining what the chicken was for. It sounds small, but it’s why we both use it.
Jordan P.Family of three · Austin, TX
Free first week
Your first week is free. No card.
Not a demo of the week—the week itself. You cook it, shop it, change it, and rate it. A free account is what opens it, so the week can follow you to the store. DinnerRoster asks for a subscription only when you build a second week.
- Seven nights you can move, replace, or leave open
- The full grocery list, checked off as you shop
- Guided cooking with a timer on every step
- Feedback after dinner, and a link to share the week
Nothing is held back in week one.No countdown, no card on file, no feature waiting behind a paywall while you cook. Just a free account, so the week is yours to keep.
AFTER YOUR FREE WEEK
Save 50%One plan. The whole system.
$5per month$59.99 billed yearly
Or $9.99 month-to-month · cancel anytime
- A new seven-night plan every week
- Live grocery list sized to your household
- Guided cooking with a timer on every step
- Your partner on the same week, from their own account
- Move, replace, add, skip, and flexible nights
- Next-week suggestions from the dinners you cooked
The free week needs a free account and no card. You pick a plan only when you start a second week.
Straight answers
Before DinnerRoster joins the family.
What the system does today, what stays in your control, and what the free first week includes.
How many dinners do I have to pick?+
As many as you actually cook: anywhere from three to seven. Four is only the starting point, because planning seven dinners you were never going to cook is how most meal plans end in wasted food. Whatever you leave uncooked, DinnerRoster fills honestly — a planned leftovers night when a recipe genuinely reheats well, and nights simply left open, with nothing to cook and nothing added to your list.
What do I get in the free first week?+
Everything, for seven nights: your week, the household-sized grocery list you check off as you shop, guided cooking with per-step timers, one-tap feedback after each dinner, and a share link. No card is asked for at any point in that week. A subscription is asked for only when you build a second week.
Do I need an account?+
You can pick your dinners and see the whole seven-night plan without one. Using that week — opening the grocery list, cooking it, rating it, sharing it — needs a free account, created with a 6-digit code sent to your email or with Google. It is free and no card is involved; it exists so the week can leave this browser and come back tomorrow.
What happens when the free week ends?+
Nothing is charged, because nothing was set up to charge you: there is no trial running in the background and no card on file. When you want a second week you choose a plan then — $9.99 a month or $59.99 a year — and it can be cancelled at any time.
Can my partner see the same week?+
Yes. Send them an invitation link from your household. You each sign in to your own account and open the same week and the same grocery list, so there is no second copy to keep in sync.
What if none of my recipes make good leftovers?+
DinnerRoster will not force them. A leftovers night is added only when a recipe’s batch size and reheating profile support it. Otherwise, that night stays flexible.
Can I start in the middle of the week?+
Yes. Your week covers seven consecutive dinners from today—or tomorrow if you build after 3 p.m. You do not have to wait for Monday.
What changes after I cook or skip dinner?+
The list of groceries needed by the remaining dinners recalculates. After a cooked meal, one-tap feedback also guides next week.
Does DinnerRoster order groceries?+
No. It creates and maintains one household-sized list; it does not place the order or lock you into a grocery store.
Dinner, carried
Stop rebuilding dinner from scratch every week.
Choose your dinners and see your whole week before DinnerRoster asks you for anything but a free account.
Build my first week First week free · free account · no card