Meal Friend

I have trouble thinking of what to plan for our family meals on a weekly basis. We tend to pick the same things over and over again. Even though we occasionally enjoy cooking interesting meals, I forget about those and rely the easy choices when pressed for time.

Requirements

• I can enter an existing meal plan into a form.
  • a meal plan is a collection of dates with associated entrees/sides/desserts.
  • Entree / Side / Dessert
    • When I choose an auto-suggested item it appears in the list.
    • When i choose to create one, a form opens which allows:
      • item type (entree/dessert/side)
      • URL (to recipe?)
      • prep text, prep reminder date
      • save
• I can be reminded of today's meal.
• I can be reminded of a prep necessary for tomorrow's meal (i.e. soak the beans, make the dough).
• I can see a list of meals and sort by frequency or popularity.
• I can rate a meal.
• I see auto-suggestions of entrees/sides/desserts when entering them into a meal plan.

Schema

MealPlan
  start day
  end day
  has many MealPlanEntry

MealPlanEntry
  date
  rating
  belongs to Meal
  belongs to MealPlan

Meal
  has many MealPlanEntry
  has many MealItem

MealItem
  belongs to Meal
  belongs to Item

Item
  has many MealItem
  enum entree, side, dessert
  name
  url
  recipe text
  prep text
  prep offset time