This portal is serving two main purposes:
- Cookbook
- Meal Planning using Macros principals
The Cookbook contains the Shenhav's favorite recipies. The main functions in this portal are:
* Managing recipes (Add, Modify, Alert and Add ingredients to the shopping list).
* Adding nutirition facts to each ingredient.
The Meal Planning portal is used to build meals to meet diet goals following the macros principals.
Click this menu item any time to get back to the Cookbook home page.
Click this menu item will open the Shopping List main page.
Note: This link is useful when adding ingredients to the shopping list.
This menu item opens the new recipe page where you can add new recipe.
- Recipe Name - This is a mandatory field. Please use meaningful name.
- Category - Select the proper category from the dropdown list. This will help finding the recipe in the future.
- Recipe Source - This is a mandatory field. It would be nice to know where this recipe came from.
- Ingredients - This is where you need to list the ingredients to be used in the recipe.
- Description - This is the name (only) of the ingredient (for example: Red Pepper)
- Unit - The ingretient unit. For exmple: cup, table spoon, KG, ...
- Quantity - A number. The number of units. Foe Example: 3/4 (cup), 250 (Grams)
Note: Use the + button to add more rows.
Instructions
There is only one field (per line) to add the cooking instructions. Use the + button to add more rows.
Note: Rows can be deleted once the first line was entered. An X sign will show up on the right side of the row.
Submit
Click the submit button when ready to save the recipe.
Meal planning uses an external API (Application Program Interface) to get the nutrition facts of any food item.
Here we are only using the following: Protein, Carbs, Fat and Calories.
By clicking the 'Meal Plans' menu item a list of existing meals will show up. From this page you should be able to:
- Add new meal
- Add/Set your goals
- Daily Totals
- Edit an existing meal
Add New Meal
This page require the following inputs:
- Meal Name - Select meaningful name to diffrentiate from other meal in the same category.
- Meal Type - Select the type from the Dropdown List
- Ingredient Search - Type the ingredient name and click the "Get Macros" button.
- Type the Quantity - Enter the quantity in Grams (use the scale for this).
- Delete Row - Once you added rows you'll have the option to delete a row by clicking the red X
- Save Button - Click this button to save the meal to the database.
Notes:
- The Ingredient Search API is sensitive for spelling. Make sure you spelled the ingredient name correctly.
- The default Serving Size for all items is 100 grams.
- At the bottom of the page meal totals are updated as items are added.
- Also, per the selected meal type the meal's goal is displayed.
View/Edit a Meal
From the "Saved MEals" page click on the meal name to enter the View/Edit Page. The View page displays:
- The content of the meal
- Item's Macros - The calculated macros for the item given the selected quantity
- Meal's Total Macros - The agreggated macros for the meal.
- Meal's Macro Goal - Your meal's macro goal.
- Macro's differences - The difference between your goals and actuals
Notes:
The following color code is used:
- GreenYou are at or below your macro goal.
- RedYou are over your macro goal.
Edit Meal
Please refer to "Add Meal" section for more detailed explanation as these are very similar pages.
The differences are explained in the notes below.
Notes:
- The page is opened with the meal already populated.
- In the Ingredient table only the Quantity can be changed by the user.
- The Macros fields are updated when the Quantity change.
- New items can be added using the Item Search and Add Item button
- Items can be deleted by clicking the red X
Set Goals
This page allows the user to enter their Macro goals. There are total of 5 meal types.
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Snack 1
- Snack 2
For each meal enter the total grams for each of the Macros.
Daily Totals
This page lists all the saved meals for the user that is logged in.
By selecting a meal the 'Daily Total' is being updated and the Daily Difference, between the daily goal
and the Daily Total, is being calculated.
Only approved users should use this site. If you do not have credentials for this site please contact Alon Shenhav.