Worked example · simulated scenario

Searching Twice Without Reserving Stock

Exploring a second dinner option should not make the first search consume the ingredients. This example separates browsing possibilities from committing a meal to the plan and later recording real cooking.

Inventory has enough ingredients for one two-serving scramble.

Run the same match again

1. Run a matching search and find the scramble.
2. Run the same search again without a use or plan change.
3. Review inventory afterward.

The food remains available

The recipe remains available and stock is unchanged.

Matching reads the quantities without reserving or deducting them. Use the planner and dated grocery calculation for coordinated meal demand, and record actual use against the stock taken from.

Use the planner and one grocery calculation to consider several meals together.