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Articles on self-hosted meal planning, AI planning over MCP, and keeping your kitchen out of the cloud.

2026-07-05

AI Meal Planning Without Another Subscription

Meal planning apps have converged on the same model: a recipe catalog, an account, and $60 a year. There's another way — use the AI you already have and keep the data yourself.

2026-07-05

Planning a Week of Meals with AI over MCP

How Mealforge uses the Model Context Protocol to turn a planning conversation — in LibreChat, Claude, or any MCP client — into recipe cards, a cook mode, and a grocery list.

2026-07-05

Self-Hosted Meal Planning with One Docker Container

Most meal planning apps want an account, a subscription, and your data. Here's how to run a complete meal planning setup on your own server — one container, one SQLite file.