A weekly air fryer plan works when it respects real life: fast dinners on the busiest nights, the ambitious dish on the weekend, and one shopping trip for everything. Here is a realistic Monday-to-Sunday template you can copy tonight.
The week
| Day | Dinner | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | Juicy chicken meatballs with a quick salad | 15 min |
| Tuesday | Crispy cod with potato wedges | ~30 min |
| Wednesday | Stuffed bell peppers | 33 min |
| Thursday | Beef or chicken chimichangas | 25 min |
| Friday | Garlic parmesan chicken wings | 30 min |
| Saturday | Reina pepiada arepas | 30 min |
| Sunday | Leftovers night plus cinnamon rolls | your call |
The pattern to copy, whatever dishes you swap in: two 15-minute nights, three 30-minute nights, one project, one buffer night for leftovers.
Why plans fail (and the fix)
- The plan lives in your head. By Wednesday it's gone. Fix: write it where you'll see it at 6 pm.
- The plan ignores the calendar. A 45-minute recipe on gym night is a takeout order waiting to happen. Fix: match cook time to each day's reality.
- The shopping happens twice. Missing one ingredient on Thursday kills Thursday. Fix: build the full week's list before the store, once.
Doing it in the app
- Open a recipe and tap Add recipe, then pick the day. The planner holds your whole week.
- From each planned recipe, send its ingredients to the shopping list. Duplicates merge, and the list is grouped by supermarket aisle.
- On the day, the home screen greets you with "Today you're cooking" and a Cook button. No remembering required.
Plan once, coast all week. Brasa's planner, today banner and aisle-sorted list are one flow: plan the week in two minutes, shop in one trip, and let the app remind you each evening.
