VeggieMate · Cook & Plan

Balanced veggie plates,
protein and all.

Build a plate in one tap: half veg, a quarter protein, a quarter carbs, from real vegetarian recipes. See the protein in every recipe, plan your week, and get a grocery list of only what you're missing.

Plate Builder Protein per serving Meal plan & groceries iOS & Android
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VeggieMate Plate Builder: a plate of half veg, a quarter protein and a quarter carbs from real recipes
Plan it · Shop it · Cook it Surprise me Plan to groceries · Smart Pantry Batch cooking · protein · Cooking Mode
A look inside

VeggieMate,
in motion.

What it does

Built for real‑life
vegetarian cooking.

Plan it. Shop it. Cook it. Every recipe is vegetarian and shows its protein, whether you're fully vegetarian, reducing meat, or just trying to get dinner sorted without thinking too hard.

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Surprise me

Fill your empty meals in one tap with recipes you'll like. Favourites and what's in your pantry come up more often. Premium (one free try)

02

Meal plan to groceries

Turn your week into a shopping list of only what you're missing, with amounts you can actually buy and nothing you already have.

03

Smart Pantry

See what you can cook right now from what's in your kitchen. Premium shows every match

04

Batch cooking

Plan big batches and spread them across the week, with fridge days and freezer notes. Premium (first plan free)

05

Protein on every recipe

Protein, calories and more per serving, estimated and marked as approximate. Sort and filter by protein, see daily totals and set an optional goal with Premium.

06

300+ recipes and kitchen basics

Starters for every meal, plus simple guides for eggs, rice, quinoa, fresh pasta and flatbreads. Every recipe is vegetarian.

07

Your own recipes

Type one in, or paste a link or an Instagram or TikTok caption and VeggieMate fills it in. Premium for link and caption import.

08

Cooking Mode

One step at a time with the ingredients each step needs and timers that keep running if you leave the app. Free for everyone.

09

Backup and sync

Sign in to back your recipes, meal plan, groceries and pantry up and keep them on all your devices. Or save a backup file yourself. Free.

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Try it as a guest

No account needed to start. Sign in later to sync and link Premium to your account.

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Plate Builder

Build a balanced plate from real recipes: half veg or salad, a quarter protein, a quarter carbs. Shuffle for ideas, see approximate totals, save your favourites, add a whole plate to your plan or groceries. Premium (first plate free)

12

Shared household

Up to six people share one grocery list and one pantry, so everyone sees what has been bought. Invite people with a link. Meal plans and recipes stay your own.

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Scan a barcode

Scan a product to fill in its name and pack size when you add it to your pantry or grocery list, or type the number in. Product data from Open Food Facts. Free.

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Filters that fit your table

Filter recipes by vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free and nut-free, and by max cooking time. The free-from filters are a guide worked out from the ingredients, so always check labels.

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Made for bigger screens

On iPad, iPhone Duo, and Android tablets and foldables, the calendar sits beside your plan, groceries beside your pantry, and the Plate Builder spreads across the fold.

Accessibility

Dinner should work for everyone.

A cooking app gets used with floury hands, tired eyes, big text, screen readers and one thumb. I want VeggieMate to be easy to use whoever and however you cook, and I keep working on it with every release.

It is not perfect yet, and you know what works for you better than I do. If something is hard to use, such as a button you can't reach, text that gets cut off, or a screen reader that reads something strangely, please tell me. I read every message and fix what I can, quickly.

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Guides

Easier weeknight
dinners.

Practical guides for planning vegetarian meals and cooking from what you already have.

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Say hi

Questions or feedback?
Email heloisa.balzaretti@gmail.com.