Need a different dinner for Tuesday? In NoshUp, you can find a recipe and add it to a specific day and meal without regenerating the week. This guide shows you how to choose a dish, handle a replacement and review your grocery list afterwards.
Find something your family will enjoy
NoshUp has more than 1,600 curated recipes across eight cuisine profiles. Browse the cards to compare dishes, preparation times and serving sizes.
To find your next meal, follow these simple steps:
- Sign in and choose Browse recipes from your dashboard or the More menu.
- Browse the recipe cards, or type a dish name into Search recipes.
- Narrow your choices by meal slot (such as Dinner or Lunch) or select a cuisine focus under All cuisines.
- Choose Details on any card to review ingredients, step-by-step instructions, and estimated nutrition before deciding.
Some cards carry a Pro badge: free accounts see the card, and Details shows an upgrade prompt instead of the full recipe.
If you want more inspiration, choose Load more at the bottom of the list. Choose Clear filters to reset your search and browsing filters; your saved ingredient exclusions still apply. Browsing never changes your current meal plan, so explore as many meals as you like.
How the NoshUp recipe library is structured
Under All cuisines, choose North American, Indian, East Asian, Mediterranean, Italian, Mexican, French or Everyday Variety to focus the list. Every recipe card displays preparation time and serving size. Open Details to check the ingredients and cooking steps; some cards show "Ingredient list in progress" while that information is being completed.
Search and ingredient exclusions
More ways to narrow the list while you browse:
- Dish-name search: Quickly find specific meals by typing the dish name into the search bar, such as curry, stir-fry, pasta, or stew.
- Ingredient exclusions and dietary preferences: Specific ingredient exclusions saved in your Household settings (such as avocado or mushrooms) directly filter the Recipes page so incompatible dishes do not appear in your catalog view. Broader lifestyle preferences, such as Vegetarian or Vegan plans, guide the weekly automated plan generator. For more details on how exclusions are handled across the system, read our guide on avoiding ingredients and setting dietary preferences.
- Meal-type scoping: Choose a meal type to narrow the results to breakfast, lunch, dinner or snack.
Nutrition facts and calorie estimates
Recipe cards show available nutrition estimates, including grams of carbohydrates, fat and protein; individual values may be missing. Selecting Details displays the calorie count per serving, labeled as estimated or user-reported, or an indication that calories are unknown.
Read more in how NoshUp calculates recipe calories and high-protein meal planning with NoshUp.
Bringing your own recipes into NoshUp
On the Recipes page, choose the upload icon (Import recipes) and paste one recipe's ingredients and instructions, then choose Review recipe. NoshUp parses the text into a draft. Check the name, ingredients, quantities and steps, then choose Save recipe to add it to your collection.
Coming from Mealime? Copy the recipe text manually; Mealime has no export feature. Learn more in our guide on moving your recipes to NoshUp.
Add one meal without redoing your week
Once you find a dish you like, choose the day and meal you want to add it to. You do not need to regenerate your entire plan or clear out days you have already prepared.
Here is how to add a recipe for this Tuesday's dinner:
- Choose Add to plan on the recipe card or inside its Details view.
- Under Date, choose Tuesday's date in your current week.
- Choose Dinner, or select Breakfast or Lunch for another meal.
- Select Add to plan to confirm your choice.
- Choose View plan in the confirmation message to see your updated schedule.
If you have not started a meal plan for the week yet, adding the recipe initializes this week's plan for you with that dish in place.
Replacing meals versus keeping existing ones
If the date and meal slot you selected already has a dish scheduled, NoshUp protects your plan by asking how you want to proceed:
- Keep existing: Goes back to the date and meal picker and leaves the planned meal untouched.
- Replace: Swaps the existing meal with your newly selected recipe.
If later meals in your week rely on leftovers from the meal you are replacing, NoshUp lists the affected leftover slots before you confirm. Review them before choosing Replace.
Constraint and theme checks
When you use weekly constraints (such as a calorie limit per serving or a weekly theme like soups and stews), NoshUp checks your manual recipe against those rules. If a recipe falls outside your current target, the addition is blocked with a clear explanation detailing the unmet constraint. To add the dish, you can update the week's rules from your planner, or simply choose another recipe that fits.
How recipe additions connect to your grocery list
Your grocery list grows with your plan, and never loses what you bought:
- Additions land automatically: Adding a recipe puts its ingredients on that week's grocery list while it is open. Nothing you bought is lost: if a new meal needs more of something you checked off, that item comes back. A custom date-range or picked-meals list does not change on its own: use Import meals.
- Removing a meal is a review, not a rewrite: When you remove or skip a planned meal, that week's list keeps the meal's items until you approve the change. Open the Grocery page for that week and choose Review updates to drop them.
- Learn more about list management in our walkthrough on your grocery list, always up to date.
Frequently asked questions about NoshUp recipes
Can I add recipes to future weeks? Yes. Use the date picker when choosing Add to plan to select any upcoming date. NoshUp will schedule the recipe in that future week.
What if I want to cook extra portions for leftovers? Open the meal in your plan and choose Cook double, or adjust that planned meal's portions. On a later meal, choose Leftovers from… to link it to the earlier batch.
Does NoshUp require a paid plan to use recipes? No. The free plan lets you browse the catalog, search recipes and plan your week. Some catalog recipes require NoshUp Pro, which costs $4.99 CAD/month and carries a 14-day refund window on the first billing cycle.
Create your free account, then open Recipes to choose your first meal.