What is Au Menu for?
Au Menu helps organise household meals: recipe ideas, weekly meal plans, adjusted portions and shopping ingredients. Plan a week that suits your tastes and habits.
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Do I have to batch cook?
No. Batch cooking means preparing several meals or meal components in advance. You can also choose dishes and cook every day. Weekly plans and recipe pages support both approaches; coordinated preparation is a planned project feature.
Can I try Au Menu without an account?
Yes. Browse recipes, plan a week, adjust portions and check shopping items without an account. Your plan and checks stay in this browser and are not synchronised across devices. If browser storage is unavailable, changes are temporary.
Where do I start?
Choose a recipe and add it to a day in your week. Adjust portions, then open My shopping to select the meals you need to shop for. Start with a few meals and leave other days free.
Recipes and inspiration
How can I find a recipe?
Search or browse published recipes. Open a recipe to read ingredients, steps, reference portions and recorded times before choosing a day. The catalogue changes as recipes are published and corrected.
What is active time versus total time?
Active time covers preparation and cooking actions. Total time also includes recorded waiting periods, such as cooking or resting. Times vary with equipment and pace. A missing time does not mean zero minutes.
How do I like a recipe?
Use the spoon on the recipe page to like or unlike it. Without an account, likes stay in your browser; with an account and household, they are saved for the household. Liking does not add a recipe to your meal plan.
How can I report an error in a recipe?
Send the recipe title, its link and the problem: ingredient, quantity, step or missing information. Recipes follow correction, approval and publication procedures and may be suspended. A catalogue listing does not mean a recipe suits everyone.
Week and portions
Can I change a planned meal?
Yes. Add a recipe, remove a meal or explicitly choose which meal to replace. Adding a recipe to a populated day keeps its other recipes. Shopping then reflects the selected meals and portions.
Can I plan several recipes on one day?
Yes, for example a main dish and a side. Each recipe keeps its portions. If portion counts differ, the week invites you to align them; it does not decide for you.
How do I move a meal?
In My week, use Move or hold the meal photo and drag it to another displayed day. Portions and other recipes at the destination stay unchanged. A brief click opens the recipe.
How do I adjust quantities for adults and children?
Portions describe the amount to prepare, rather than just the number of people. Adjust by half-portions according to appetite. Ingredients scale from the recipe reference portions. With an account, My family stores diners and their usual portions.
Shopping and cooking
How is shopping calculated?
My shopping combines ingredients for selected meals, scaled to their portions. Compatible needs are grouped; incompatible units or forms remain separate. Check meal selection before shopping.
Does checking an ingredient mean I bought it?
A check helps you track the list. It does not declare a purchase or add stock. Changes to a need or quantity may require another check. The list remains distinct from actual purchases.
Can I order groceries or see prices?
Planned · no date announcedAu Menu prepares an ingredient list. It does not guarantee retailer prices, availability or orders. A grocery collection integration, including E.Leclerc, is planned subject to validated access and permissions. No release date is announced.
How do I follow a recipe while cooking?
Open the recipe for ingredients and preparation steps. Cooking can also open a contextual preparation when available. Planning a meal does not mean it has been cooked; completion is a separate action.
Account, data and future features
What happens to my guest plan when I sign in?
The draft stays in the browser. It is not automatically transferred to your household when you sign in. An account serves your household. On shared devices, consider the data kept in the browser.
How are my data and allergies handled?
The privacy policy explains account and household data, uses and requests for correction, export or deletion. Declared allergy processing requires explicit consent. Always check ingredients and product labels: a suggestion does not guarantee the absence of allergens.
Will I be able to share meals with other families?
Planned · no date announcedA feed of completed meals and private or public family profiles are planned but not activated. Visibility will be explicit for each completed meal; hidden meals must stay out of the feed. No launch date is announced.
Are an assistant and reminders planned?
Planned · no date announcedYes: a conversational assistant and configurable reminders are planned. The assistant is not activated and notification preferences are not published. Dish suggestions are a separate feature. No availability date is announced.