How to Get a Meal Plan (with grocery list!) with Ollie

How to Get a Personalized Meal Plan (with grocery list!) with Ollie

Dinner is supposed to be a break in your day—but for many families, it’s a nightly stress bomb. Between juggling busy schedules, balancing picky eaters and dietary needs, and figuring out what’s actually in the fridge, planning dinner can feel like a full-time job.

And it’s not just the cooking—it’s the thinking:

  • What can I make with what I have?

  • Will everyone actually eat it?

  • Do I have time to cook this tonight?

  • What should I do with those wilting veggies?

That’s the invisible mental load Ollie was built to solve.

Ollie is your smart, AI-powered assistant for planning meals and groceries—designed specifically for busy families. It learns what your household likes, works with what you already have, and takes care of the planning, list-making, and decision fatigue that comes with getting dinner on the table night after night.

Whether you’re feeding a crew or just trying to avoid another night of takeout, Ollie helps you feel prepared, in control, and—dare we say—excited about dinner again.

What Is Ollie?

Ollie is an AI assistant designed to take the mental load out of meal planning and grocery prep. Instead of spending your Sunday night scrolling recipes, writing lists, or panic-ordering takeout midweek, Ollie does the thinking (and planning) for you.

With Ollie, you can:

  • ✅ Get a custom dinner plan built around your week

  • ✅ Use up ingredients you already have

  • ✅ Shop smarter with an automatically organized grocery list

  • ✅ Adjust meals to fit your taste, mood, or time

  • ✅ Save your favorite recipes—just the way you make them

  • ✅ Spend less time stressing and more time enjoying dinner

How Ollie Works (Step-by-Step)

1. Download the Ollie App

Ollie is your family AI

Ollie is available now in the App Store. Just search “Ollie: Family Meal Planner” or click here to download.

2. Tell Ollie About Your Family

When you first sign in, Ollie will ask you a few simple questions—how many people you’re cooking for, dietary preferences or restrictions, ingredients you dislike, and how busy your week looks. The more you share, the more personalized your plan becomes.

🌱 Gluten-free? Picky eaters? Cooking for two on weeknights and five on weekends? Ollie can handle it all.

3. Get Your Personalized Meal Plan

Add a new meal from a saved recipe or your past meals

Ollie instantly creates a weekly dinner plan just for you, complete with delicious, diverse recipes matched to your needs. You can:

  • Set how many nights you want to cook

  • Drag and drop meals to specific days

  • Swap out anything that doesn’t look exciting

  • Ask for changes like “make it vegetarian” or “quicker dinner on Wednesday”

🔁 Plans are flexible and made to fit your life—not the other way around.

4. Add What’s in Your Fridge

Turn your fridge into a meal and use what you already have.

Have extra chicken to use? Leftover broccoli? Just tell Ollie what ingredients you already have, and it will update your plan to make sure nothing goes to waste.

🍋 Ollie helps you stretch your groceries and save money with smarter planning.

5. Shop With a Smart Grocery List

Shop With a Smart Grocery List

Once your plan is ready, Ollie builds your grocery list—automatically sorted by category for easy in-store shopping. Prefer delivery or pickup? Ollie connects with Instacart and Amazon Fresh for quick checkout.

🛒 Your list updates instantly whenever your plan changes—no manual edits needed.

6. Cook With Confidence

Tap into Ollie anytime during the week to see what’s for dinner and follow simple, step-by-step instructions. Recipes are clear, customizable, and made for real life.

📓 Loved a meal? Save it to your Cookbook—and Ollie will remember any tweaks you made for next time.

7. Get Your Next Meal Plan—Automatically

On the day you choose, Ollie prompts you with an automatically prepared meal plan that you can review and edit. Big event? Houseguests? Less time to cook? With a couple taps or a chat with Ollie, your menu is instantly adjusted.

📅 Every week, your plan gets smarter, faster, and more tailored to you.

Why Families Love Ollie

More than 45,000 busy families trust Ollie to take on the mental load of planning meals and groceries. 

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“I am loving the app so much. It allows me to enjoy cooking, which is something that I absolutely dreaded any more. I think it was the planning that stressed me out so much.” — Debbie

“I love the Ollie app – it has literally been life changing for me. It saves me so much time every week and we’re eating new flavors and trying new dishes, which is great!” —Erica

“This is the first app I have used consistently! The grocery store ordering is MAGICAL! I sing  your praises to anyone that will listen. And the recipes are DELICIOUS! Keep it up!” —Sarah

Ready to Make Dinner the Easiest Part of Your Day?

Ollie is here to give you time back, reduce decision fatigue, and make sure your family is eating meals you actually feel good about.

🎯 Get Ollie now and start planning smarter, simpler dinners—tonight.

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