Dinner for the energy you have.
Set an honest limit for time, cooking and cleanup. FeastCal keeps the demanding meals out of tonight’s shortlist.
Time is not the whole effort.
Prep, pans, attention and washing up decide whether a meal is realistic after a long day.
- A “quick” recipe with heavy prep
- Cleanup discovered too late
- Energy changes day to day
Plan for capacity.
FeastCal lets the practical work of dinner shape the ranking before you commit.
- Hands-on work is shown separately
- Pans and washing up affect the ranking
- Tonight’s effort limit is easy to change
What changes in the shortlist.
- A “quick” recipe with heavy prep → Hands-on work is shown separately
- Cleanup discovered too late → Pans and washing up affect the ranking
- Energy changes day to day → Tonight’s effort limit is easy to change
From tonight’s limit to dinner.
- Name tonight’s constraint
- Hands-on work is shown separately
- Pans and washing up affect the ranking
- Find a low-effort dinner
Ways people describe this problem
- low effort dinner ideas
- too tired to cook
- easy dinner with little cleanup