The Potato files

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Meal planning shopping list: cheap, healthy, smart meal planning that saves money and slashes waste

Aug 7, 2025

A pink potato-shaped character with a worried expression holds a green jar with a question mark on it, standing beside three open blue pantry shelves filled with colorful jars against a bright yellow background.
A pink potato-shaped character with a worried expression holds a green jar with a question mark on it, standing beside three open blue pantry shelves filled with colorful jars against a bright yellow background.
Food storage ideas pantry: maximize space & cut waste

Aug 5, 2025

A cheerful potato character is excitedly cooking alone in a bright, minimalistic kitchen with bold colors and simple shapes.
A cheerful potato character is excitedly cooking alone in a bright, minimalistic kitchen with bold colors and simple shapes.
Meal planning weekly menu for one: save money, skip the leftovers

Jul 25, 2025

An open blue fridge with a sad half onion on the top shelf, a bunch of sad spinach leaves on the middle shelf, and a closed mysterious container on the bottom shelf. Background is solid red.
An open blue fridge with a sad half onion on the top shelf, a bunch of sad spinach leaves on the middle shelf, and a closed mysterious container on the bottom shelf. Background is solid red.
Fridge‑cleaner Friday: your weekly reset ritual (powered by week meal planning)

Jul 20, 2025

A flat vector illustration of seven highly misshapen, anthropomorphic fruits and vegetables with exaggerated sad expressions. The characters include a lumpy yellow apple, a twisted pair of intertwined orange carrots, a droopy green cucumber, a distorted green bell pepper, a saggy beige potato, a bulbous purple eggplant, and a squashed red tomato. All have thick navy outlines and are set against a bright orange background.
A flat vector illustration of seven highly misshapen, anthropomorphic fruits and vegetables with exaggerated sad expressions. The characters include a lumpy yellow apple, a twisted pair of intertwined orange carrots, a droopy green cucumber, a distorted green bell pepper, a saggy beige potato, a bulbous purple eggplant, and a squashed red tomato. All have thick navy outlines and are set against a bright orange background.
Imperfect produce, perfect meals: ugly vegetable ideas for meal planning

Jul 16, 2025

A cheerful, pink, potato-shaped character holds a smartphone and points toward an open blue fridge stocked with colorful food items like milk, broccoli, bell pepper, tomato, banana, and cucumber. The background is a solid green, maintaining a clean, bold, flat vector style.
A cheerful, pink, potato-shaped character holds a smartphone and points toward an open blue fridge stocked with colorful food items like milk, broccoli, bell pepper, tomato, banana, and cucumber. The background is a solid green, maintaining a clean, bold, flat vector style.
Household of 2: How to minimize food waste with an app for food waste?

Jul 7, 2025

A cheerful potato character pushes a shopping cart in a bright supermarket aisle, holding a smartphone. The scene includes colorful shelves stocked with bottles, cartons, and fresh produce.
A cheerful potato character pushes a shopping cart in a bright supermarket aisle, holding a smartphone. The scene includes colorful shelves stocked with bottles, cartons, and fresh produce.
Grocery shopping checklist: the tiny adulting habit that ends takeout guilt

Jul 2, 2025

Busy potatoes trying to cook in a messy kitchen
Busy potatoes trying to cook in a messy kitchen
Meal planning weekly menu for busy people: the working-and-cooking survival guide

Jul 1, 2025

An image with a buddha bowl, a wrap and a jar with soba noodles in vector style
An image with a buddha bowl, a wrap and a jar with soba noodles in vector style
Recipe ideas lunch for people who eat over the sink and call it a break

Jun 26, 2025

An image of a cauliflower in vector style
An image of a cauliflower in vector style
From chaos to cauliflower: the recipe weekly planner you’ll actually use

Jun 25, 2025

An image of 3 potatoes in vector style: one is reading a book, the other is looking in the fridge, the third one is cooking
An image of 3 potatoes in vector style: one is reading a book, the other is looking in the fridge, the third one is cooking
New recipes for dinner: easy, fun meals from your fridge

Jun 22, 2025

An image of a happy potato in vector style
An image of a happy potato in vector style
Healthy, simple ideas for meal planning: build your weekly “core” menu

Jun 21, 2025

An image with a potato and a grocery list in vector style
An image with a potato and a grocery list in vector style
How to create a grocery list that reduces food waste

Jun 20, 2025

An image of a clever potato that stands in front of a whiteboard that has a meal plan figured out
An image of a clever potato that stands in front of a whiteboard that has a meal plan figured out
Ultimate beginner’s guide to week meal planning

Jun 19, 2025

An image of an angry potatoes in front of a whiteboard that shows different ingredients and the title "meal plan" in vector style
An image of an angry potatoes in front of a whiteboard that shows different ingredients and the title "meal plan" in vector style
Why don’t more people use meal planning apps? (And what we’re doing about it.)

Jun 18, 2025

An image of banana peels, half-eaten apple, a carrot and fish bone in vector style
An image of banana peels, half-eaten apple, a carrot and fish bone in vector style
Losing food identity: How disconnection fuels food waste

Jun 17, 2025

An image of a confused potato in vector style
An image of a confused potato in vector style
What's for dinner?

Jun 16, 2025

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