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Heilsa

Heilsa for families

Cooking most nights of the week means the same decision, repeated, under time pressure. The information behind it should not have to be reassembled each time.

The sheet for adding a dinner to Monday: leftovers from Sunday first, then Potato and Cheddar Frittata (you have everything for it) and two curries each missing one spice.
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Free tonight? Sticky Gochujang ChickenIt uses chicken thigh, best used today by our estimate. 35 minutes.

Volume makes the mental model worse

A family gets through food faster than anyone can track by memory. Things run out mid-week, get replaced unevenly, and the cupboard nobody has opened since Sunday is a genuine unknown by Thursday.

Cooking from what is home saves the second trip

The most expensive part of a weeknight is discovering at half six that you are one ingredient short. Recipe coverage puts that discovery earlier, when it is still a choice rather than an emergency.

One list, several contributors

Anyone in the household can add to the shopping list from their own phone as things run out. The item is on the list at the moment it was noticed, not at the moment someone remembers to write it down.

Dietary needs handled as facts, not as a programme

Recipes carry allergen information from the UK and EU fourteen, and dietary tags are only applied where the underlying ingredients have actually been checked. It is a statement about the recipe, not a regime for the household.

In the app

What you will use most.

  • The Shopping tab grouped by recipe: basil, gnocchi and mascarpone for Creamy Tomato Gnocchi, salmon for the Lemon Salmon Traybake, curry powder for the prawn curry, and two items added by hand.

    Shopping list

    A shopping list that writes itself

    Plan a dinner and what it needs, minus what is already home, goes on the shared list. Tick it in the shop and it is in the pantry.

    Shopping list in detail
  • The Pantry wall: 49 foods at home, each a drawing with its name. A Use soon shelf at the top holds banana and chicken thigh, both today, and the leftover curry is under Made at home.

    Pantry wall

    A pantry that tells you what to use first

    Every food at home on one wall, each with its own drawing, and a Use soon shelf on top for whatever has the least time left.

    Pantry wall in detail
  • Monday on the You tab: the chickpea and spinach curry, about 482 kcal, and its food groups set beside the Eatwell Guide’s plate.

    What you ate

    See what the household eats

    The You tab adds up the plates you eat at home: food groups beside the Eatwell Guide, nutrition per plate, and the goals you chose, measured each week.

    What you ate in detail

Questions

Plain answers.

How many people can be in a household?
Up to ten people with their own account, all sharing one pantry, one plan and one shopping list. Kids or guests without an iPhone need no account: they can still be counted at the table, allergies included.
Does Heilsa track nutrition for my family?
Each person’s You tab adds up the dinners they ate at home — plates, food groups and nutrition — from what was cooked, so nobody logs anything. It shows figures, and it is not dietary or medical advice.

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Try it with your own kitchen

Heilsa comes to the App Store in November. Join now, through TestFlight, and your household keeps it free through 2027.

Install with TestFlight

iPhone with iOS 15.1 or later, in the UK and Switzerland. Somewhere else?