Getting Started for Households

Household-specific onboarding guide — recipe organization, shopping lists, meal planning, and family sharing.

Household Overview

Household organizations are designed for personal and family use. The Free plan includes unlimited recipes, ingredients, sub-recipes, and shopping lists — everything you need to organize your kitchen.

The Plus plan adds meal planning, cost tracking per portion, the loss calculator, and family sharing for up to 5 people.

Households have a streamlined interface that hides restaurant-only features like procurement workflows, events, and supplier management, keeping things simple and focused.

First Steps

Here is how to get started with your household workspace:

1
Add ingredients from your pantry

Go to Ingredients in the sidebar and click New Ingredient. Add the items you commonly cook with — name, unit, and optionally price.

2
Create your favorite recipes

Go to Recipes and click New Recipe. Add the recipe name, select a category, set the output, and add your ingredients with quantities.

3
Generate shopping lists

Select one or more recipes from the Recipes page and click Create Shopping List. Cucinovo adds up all the ingredients you need and creates a handy list.

4
Try the meal planner

If you are on the Plus plan, open the Meal Planner to schedule recipes across the week and automatically generate shopping lists from your plan.

Plan Comparison

Household organizations have two plans. The Free plan covers the essentials, while Plus unlocks advanced features:

Feature
Free
Plus
Plus
Recipes, Ingredients & Categories
Shopping Lists
Sub-Recipes
Meal Planner
Cost per Portion
Loss Calculator
Family Sharing
Team Members15

Household vs. Restaurant

Key Differences

Household organizations are streamlined for personal use. The following features are only available in Restaurant organizations:

  • Grocery Lists and Prep Lists
  • Events and guest-count scaling
  • Purchase Orders
  • Supplier management
  • Team roles (Owner, Manager, Chef, Staff, Viewer)
  • Multi-location support

If you need these features, you can create a separate Restaurant organization from the organization switcher in the sidebar.

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