From Saved Recipes to a Grocery List in One Tap
Saving recipes is the easy half. The part that actually decides whether you cook this week is the unglamorous middle: what's for dinner each night, and what do I need to buy? Mium turns a week of planned meals into one aisle-sorted grocery list — with the stuff you already own set aside — and, if you'd rather not go to the store at all, sends it to Instacart in a tap.
1. Plan the week
The Plan tab is a simple week board: pick a saved recipe, pick a day. Everything about planning is free — it never touches your weekly import allowance, and there's no paid tier for it.
2. One list, sorted the way the store is
Open the grocery list and every planned recipe's ingredients are combined into a single list, grouped by supermarket aisle — produce together, dairy together — so you're not zigzagging back to aisle 3 for the thing you missed.
- Duplicates merge with real math. Two recipes calling for garlic become one line with the combined amount — "4 cloves" plus "3 cloves" reads "7 cloves," with a badge showing which meals want it.
- Each meal is a chip. Decided to eat out Thursday? Tap Thursday's meal in the legend and its items check themselves off the list.
- Checked items sink. As you shop, done items drop below the remaining ones in each aisle, so the top of the list is always what's left.
3. The pantry knows what you own
Nobody needs to buy salt every week. Common staples are set aside automatically, and you can keep your own pantry list in Mium — anything you stock gets set aside from every future list. Set-aside items aren't deleted: they sit in their own section with a one-tap "add back," so a wrong guess costs you exactly one tap. Mium even notices when you keep adding a staple back and stops setting it aside.
Filling in your pantry can be as lazy as it should be: with Mium Plus, snap photos of your shelves and Mium reads what's there.
4. Shop it — or send it to Instacart
At the store, the list is the checklist. If it's a delivery week, tap the Instacart button instead: Mium builds your cart in Instacart from the list — minus everything set aside as already-owned — and you pick the store and finish the order there. The same works from a single recipe: "Order ingredients on Instacart" on any recipe page builds a cart for just that dish.
Frequently asked questions
Is Mium's meal planner and grocery list free?
Yes. Planning your week and generating the grocery list are free for everyone and never count against your weekly imports. The pantry photo scan — snapping your shelves so Mium fills in your pantry for you — is a Mium Plus feature.
Does the grocery list combine duplicate ingredients?
Yes. If two recipes both call for garlic, the list shows one line with the combined amount — 4 cloves plus 3 cloves becomes 7 cloves — with a badge showing which meals it came from.
How does the list know what I already have at home?
Common pantry staples like salt, oil, and flour are set aside automatically, and you can keep your own pantry list in Mium so anything you stock is set aside too. Nothing is silently dropped — set-aside items are shown, and one tap adds any of them back.
Can I order my grocery list through Instacart?
Yes, where Instacart is available. Mium sends your list — or a single recipe's ingredients — to Instacart as a shopping cart, and you finish the order in Instacart. Instacart's own pricing, fees, and store availability apply.
Does ordering through Instacart cost extra in Mium?
Mium doesn't charge for it — sending a list to Instacart is part of the app. What you pay Instacart for groceries, delivery, and fees is between you and Instacart.
Plan the week. Shop it in one tap.
Meal planning and the aisle-sorted grocery list are free for everyone — imports are 5 a week free, no ads.
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