April's Table · Weekly dinner service

Prototype for April's review

Two screens to click through. "April's Table" is a working name, and every household and recipe here is made up. Nothing is saved, so feel free to click everything.

Screen 1 · What clients see

Client intake

The sign-up questionnaire a new household fills out, with the summary of what you'd plan around.

Open the intake →

Screen 2 · What you see

Your console

A drafted week for a sample household: review dishes, swap them from your library, watch the shopping list update, then launch.

Open the console →

Screen 3 · What clients see each week · new

Client weekly plan

The page your Thursday email links to: your note, two options a night, moving dinners between nights, recipes with your tips, the shopping list, messaging you and rating last week.

Open the client plan →

What changed from your answers (Oct 5, evening)

New: the client weekly plan (Screen 3)

Opens with your personal note. Your pick is preselected each night, and anything left unpicked by Friday at 5 PM defaults to it.
Clients can move a dinner to another night; it warns if it runs longer than their usual time that night.
Each recipe shows your tip, any household-only change, and safe cooking temperatures.
The shopping list updates with every pick, pantry staples included; clients uncheck what they have.
"Message April" (24-hour reply) and an optional "Rate last week" for one person per household.

Client intake

New: "How much effort do you want to put into weeknight dinners?" and "What's your typical weeknight dinner routine like?"
New: kitchen equipment, weekly grocery budget, and a quick taste check of six sample dishes.
Your pricing shows on the summary: $35 a week for 2, $50 for 4, plus $10 for each additional person.
New schedule: plan arrives Thursday, picks due Friday at 5 PM. Messages answered within 24 hours.

Your console

Allergies and aversions are shown everywhere: top of the plan, the swap list and the shopping list.
"Change for this household" on every dish (e.g., serve the cilantro on the side for the Riveras).
Private notes on each household that carry over week to week.
Pantry staples are on the list; clients uncheck what they already have.
Dishes served in the last month are flagged. Suggested new dishes wait for your approval before they can be used.
Drafts arrive Wednesday for your Thursday review.

Earlier: your first notes (Oct 5)

"Add everyone you cook dinner for on a regular basis."
Allergies now include Other, with a box to name it.
"Where do you shop most often?"
Your shopping and cooking questions are a new step, 5 · Shopping & cooking.

Three things to check: we guessed the answer ranges for "How long does food shopping and planning take?"; the skill scale skipped a "C", so tell us if one is missing; and "When do you food shop?" takes one answer, though many people shop at more than one time.

Notes and reactions: just text or email them to Dan.