Automate Your Weekly Meal Planning with Mealie and n8n
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Effortlessly generate your weekly meal plan by automatically selecting random recipes from your Mealie instance. This workflow triggers weekly, saving you time and decision fatigue.
About This Workflow
This n8n workflow automates the creation of your weekly meal plan, integrating seamlessly with your Mealie recipe manager. Set it to run every Friday evening, and it will intelligently fetch a specified number of random recipes from your chosen Mealie category. The workflow then constructs a meal plan for the upcoming days, ensuring variety and convenience in your weekly dining. It's designed for users who want to streamline their meal preparation process and reduce the mental load of deciding what to cook each week. By leveraging the power of automation, you can spend less time planning and more time enjoying delicious, home-cooked meals.
Key Features
- Automated Weekly Meal Plan Generation: Schedule your meal plan to be created automatically every week.
- Random Recipe Selection: Intelligently picks random recipes from your Mealie instance to ensure variety.
- Configurable Recipe Count and Offset: Easily adjust how many recipes are chosen and when the meal plan starts.
- Category Filtering: Focus your meal planning on specific recipe categories within Mealie.
- Mealie Integration: Connects directly to your Mealie instance via API for seamless recipe management.
How To Use
- Set up Mealie API Credentials: Create an HTTP Header authentication credential in n8n for your Mealie instance, including your API token.
- Configure the 'Config' Node: Update the
mealieBaseUrlwith your Mealie instance's address. SetnumberOfRecipesto the desired count andoffsetPlanDaysto determine when the meal plan should begin (e.g., 3 days from now). Optionally, provide amealieCategoryIdto filter recipes. - Apply Credentials: Ensure both the 'Get Recipes' and 'Create Meal Plan' nodes are using the Mealie Header Auth credential you set up.
- Schedule the Trigger: Configure the 'Friday 8pm' node (or your preferred
scheduleTrigger) to run the workflow at your desired frequency. - Test the Workflow: Use the 'When clicking "Test workflow"' manual trigger to test the entire automation process before setting the schedule.
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Workflow JSON
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"name": "Automate Your Weekly Meal Planning with Mealie and n8n",
"nodes": 20,
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"version": "1.0.0"
}Note: This is a sample preview. The full workflow JSON contains node configurations, credentials placeholders, and execution logic.
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