Add Food That Isn't in the Catalog

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Some of the food most likely to go to waste has no barcode and no catalog entry: the baked ziti a friend dropped off, the tray from the party, the half pizza in the box. Describe it in a few words and Tuna estimates it, so it lands in the pantry with a date and gets the same morning alert as everything else.

Describe It: estimating a homemade tamale pie that isn't in the catalog, 8 servings at 420 cal each

Describe it

  1. Open the Pantry tab, tap +, and choose Search.
  2. Type what it is, like "baked ziti with sausage."
  3. If the catalog has nothing that fits, the first row reads Not in the catalog. Otherwise it's at the bottom: Or estimate it. Tap it.
  4. Under What is it?, keep it to a few words. Add a photo if you have one; it helps.
  5. If you know roughly how much is there ("about 3 lb"), add it. Tuna works out how many servings that is.
  6. Tap Estimate.

Check what Tuna came up with

After estimating, Tuna shows a name you can edit and a one-line summary.

  • Choose Homemade or Restaurant.
  • Turn on Whole dish for a pan, tray or pot with several servings, and set how many.
  • Tap Use this to add it to the pantry.

It goes in under Leftovers with a date a week out, so you'll hear about it before it goes bad. Change the date if you know better.

When it's eaten

A whole dish works like any other item: plan servings for meals, or mark it All gone when it's finished and say whether any of it got tossed. See Mark Food All Gone.

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