Plan meals that share ingredients and send them to your Kroger cart

Start with one meal you want to cook this week and note its fresh ingredients, such as a bunch of herbs, a bag of greens or a pack of chicken. They often come in bigger packages than one recipe uses, so look for other recipes that use them too.

On PlumTally, a bundle is a set of recipes chosen to share ingredients. Each bundle card shows its estimated cost, its estimated price per portion and how much of its groceries its meals use. You can also build your own bundle from recipes you pick.

Count the meals you need, then check each recipe’s servings. A recipe that makes four servings can feed two people twice, with the second meal as leftovers. On a bundle page, choose which recipes to shop and how many servings of each, from 1 to 32.

Cook the recipes with the most delicate ingredients, like herbs and greens, early in the week.

The bundle’s shopping list shows the products to buy. Mark anything you already have as “Already have” so it stays off the list. Common pantry staples start checked off; uncheck any you need to buy. You can also change how many packages of a product to buy.

1. Choose your Kroger store, if you like. With a store selected, prices are estimates for that store. Without one, PlumTally plans with average grocery prices, and Kroger handles the store on its side.
2. Connect your Kroger account the first time. On the bundle page, select Connect account, signing in to PlumTally if asked. Sign in on Kroger’s site and allow PlumTally, and you come back to the bundle.
3. Select Review. The review lists every product that will be sent, with estimated prices, and the ingredients left out because you already have them. You can check off more products here.
4. Select Send. If you checked off products in the review, choose Send unchecked products, or Send all products to include them. PlumTally adds each product to your Kroger cart and shows its progress. Ingredients without a matching Kroger product are listed for you to buy yourself and don’t stop the send.
5. Open your Kroger cart and check out. When the send finishes, select Open Kroger cart. In Kroger, choose pickup or delivery, check the products and prices, and check out. PlumTally doesn’t place the order or take payment, and the products are added to anything already in your Kroger cart.