Worked example · simulated scenario

Choosing a Recipe for a Snack Slot

A dish normally served at lunch can make a smaller snack. The useful adjustment is the serving count and meal slot, not creating another nearly identical recipe just for that occasion.

A household wants one serving of hummus as a snack rather than its normal lunch.

Choose the dish in the snack slot

1. Select a Snack slot and choose Lemon Tahini Hummus with Pita.
2. Set servings to 1 and save.
3. Generate a list for that date with no other plans or stock.

Half the original portion needs half the amounts

The chickpea requirement is 120 g and tahini is 20 g, half the official two-serving recipe.

Manual planning can use the catalog recipe in the selected slot. One serving scales the two-serving hummus quantities by one-half without rewriting its original ingredient list.

Review portion suitability rather than relying on the slot name alone.