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Dinner for Jen.
Meals made personal.

A personalized week of meals, built around you.

Weekly menu builder

Start with a few ideas. We’ll build the week.

Enter ingredients you already have, proteins you want to use, or broad meal styles. You’ll get a balanced set of recommendations to review before anything is added to your plan.

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Ingredients, proteins or meal styles.

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Review your recommendations

Open, replace or add each recipe.

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Shop one grocery list

Only confirmed meals flow into the list.

The holiday table

Thanksgiving Kitchen

Everything you need for a memorable Thanksgiving: 29 holiday recipes, from appetizers and turkey to classic sides, desserts, and festive drinks.

Explore Thanksgiving Recipes →
Herb-roasted Thanksgiving turkey on a holiday table
Looking for one specific dinner?

Search individual recipes

Use the recipe catalog when you already know what you want to make.

Recipes from cooks we love

Chef's Picks

Hand-selected dishes from favorite chefs. Our featured lineup rotates every four weeks.

Popular individual recipes

Browse a few favorites, or open the complete catalog.

Share your favorites

Have a recipe you love? We want to hear about it.

Some of the best dinner ideas come from you. Share a favorite recipe or a dish you think we should try, and help inspire what we cook next.

From our favorite chefs

Chef's Picks

Seven dinners from cooks we follow. Plan them here, combine their measured ingredients in your grocery list, and open each chef's site for the complete cooking instructions.

Seven chef-approved picksFeatured picks rotate every four weeks. All seven remain available, along with the original 168 Dinner for Jen recipes.

Chef attribution and complete directions link to the original creators. Ingredient quantities support meal planning; original recipes may include adjustable amounts and optional ingredients.

Find your dinners

Browse visually, narrow quickly, and add anything that looks good to your week.

168 recipes in the catalog •7 protein groups•10+ cuisines•quick, grill, pasta, bowls, soup & more
10 meals foundSort: Recommended

Build my week

Set a few broad preferences and we’ll give you a starting lineup to review, replace and confirm.

What kind of week are we planning?

Start typing to see the same ingredient and meal suggestions available on the homepage. Choose a suggestion, or press Enter to add your own.
Recommended for your week

Here’s your starting lineup.

Open any recipe for the full details. Replace anything that doesn’t sound right, then add the meals you actually want to your plan.

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My Week

Review your recipe choices, then share a link so someone else can open the same recipe cards. When the meals are settled, move on to the grocery list.

Your dinners

Add meals from Browse or let Plan My Week choose a starting lineup.

Additional pairings

Sides, breads and occasional seasonal desserts that fit your dinners and plan style. Add only the ones you want; chosen pairings are included in your grocery list.

Favorites

Save recipes here as you browse so you can build future weeks faster.

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Recipes to Try Later

Save interesting recipes here when they look good but are not right for this week's plan.

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Rated Recipes

Everything you've rated, organized from your highest scores down.

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Final grocery list

Only items you still need are shown by default, grouped in store order.

Ready to turn this list into a real cart?Dinner for Jen will match the grocery list to products at your selected Kroger-family store.
Recipe breakdown

Original quantities from each recipe included in your plan.

Recipe Review

Share the dinner ideas first. Finalize the meals together before building the grocery list.

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Shared Grocery List

A separate, mobile-friendly shopping list with only the items on the final list.

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Ingredients

Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste as you cook.
Shopping adjustments happen later on the Grocery List page, after you’ve finalized your weekly menu.

Before You Begin

Directions

    Chef's Tips

    Small details that make the dish better.

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