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Meet Simply Sous

Dinner,
decided.

Your personal sous chef for the family table.

Capture recipes from anywhere, plan your week in five minutes, and walk into the kitchen knowing exactly what to make — and when to start.

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The dinner problem

Every night,
the same exhausting question.

It's 4:30pm. You've managed the kids, the appointments, the house. And now comes the hardest question of the day — not because cooking is hard. Because deciding is.

Simply Sous eliminates the decision entirely. Your week is planned before you even think about it.

365
times a year the dinner question gets asked — and answered by you alone.
40min
average time families spend deciding what to cook before actually cooking it.
0
times you'll have to answer "what's for dinner?" once Simply Sous is running.
How it works

Four steps to a
dinner-decided week.

1
📸
Build your recipe vault
Screenshot a TikTok, snap a cookbook page, paste a URL. AI reads it and stores a clean, tagged recipe in your personal vault instantly.
2
📅
Review your week
On your chosen planning day, AI pre-builds your entire week from your vault. Review, swap meals, toggle off nights you're eating out. Done in 5 minutes.
3
🛒
Shop with one list
Your grocery list auto-generates — merged, sorted by store section, trimmed by what's already in your pantry. Sent to your phone automatically.
4
🍽️
Cook with confidence
Tonight's dinner greets you on the home screen. A smart countdown tells you exactly when to start. Step-by-step from there.
Everything included

Built for the way
families actually eat.

Every feature designed around one question: what does a busy parent actually need at 5pm on a Tuesday?

✦ AI-Powered Planning
Your week planned before you even open the app.
AI picks from your vault, balances variety, honors rotation rules, skips your blackout days, and accounts for what's in your pantry — all before you sit down to review.
Custom planning day
Blackout days
Up to 4-week view
Rotation rules
Pantry-aware
📸
Capture from anywhere
Instagram, TikTok, cookbook pages, recipe URLs — AI reads it all and converts to a standardized recipe with tags and family-scaled quantities.
📷 Photo uploaded...
✓ Recipe extracted
✓ 9 tags generated
✓ Scaled to your family
📚
Built-in recipe database
Thousands of curated recipes to start from day one — filterable by dietary needs, cuisine, cook time, and flavor preferences set in your profile.
Vegan · Dairy-free
Gluten-free
Personalized curation
🛒
One grocery list. Zero duplicates. Sent to your phone.
Ingredients across all planned meals are merged, quantities combined, and organized by store section. Check off pantry items and the list shrinks to exactly what you need — then it's texted or emailed directly to you.
Sorted by aisle
Pantry deduct
SMS + email delivery
Weekly or per-shop
Panic button for chaotic nights
Soccer ran late. One tap shows your saved favorites — meals under 20 minutes using pantry staples. Swap dinner in 5 seconds, no guilt.
🔔
Reminders that actually help
Custom planning day reminder. Daily "start cooking now" alert timed back from your dinner hour. Grocery list delivered after you plan. All automatic.
📅 Your planning day · 9am
⏰ Daily · Start dinner by 5:25pm
🛒 Auto-send after planning
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Built for your family's preferences
Dietary restrictions, favorite cuisines, picky eaters, ingredients anyone hates — all captured in onboarding and respected in every single recommendation.
📅
Plan up to a month ahead
Default is weekly, but toggle to the month view and see exactly what's coming. Weekly shopping lists still generate for each upcoming week — you never need to shop for 4 weeks at once. Just plan with total visibility.
The today view

Walk in the kitchen.
Everything is waiting.

Your home screen is built around the single most important moment of the day — 5pm, kids are home, you need to know what to do next.

Smart prep countdown
AI calculates exactly when you need to start based on tonight's cook time and your dinner hour — and reminds you.
📋
Step-by-step cook mode
Tap through each step one at a time, scaled to your family. No scrolling, no losing your place mid-cook.
Rate after dinner
Quick family reaction after the meal. Simply Sous learns what lands and gets smarter with every week.
Last-minute swap
Plans changed? Tap your favorites list for quick-win dinners using what you already have at home.
Good afternoon
Tuesday, April 1
Tonight's dinner
Winger Honey Buffalo Salad
⏱ 35 min👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Serves 5⭐ Fam fav
Start by
5:25 PM
Ready at
6:00 PM
Steps
01
Pull chicken from fridge. Preheat oven to 400°F.
02
Toss wings in olive oil, salt, garlic. Bake 25 min.
03
Prep romaine, shred carrots, slice celery.
04
Whisk honey + buffalo + butter. Toss hot wings.
Recipes worth sharing

Share recipes.
Grow your table.

Your best meals deserve to be shared. Send a single recipe, share a curated collection, or give a sister live access to your whole vault.

Personal setup

Onboarding that
actually learns you.

A 5-minute setup that captures your family's food DNA — so every recommendation feels like it was made specifically for you. And a preferences hub to update anything, anytime.

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Family profile
Family size, ages, your dinner hour, and which nights to skip from the rotation.
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Food preferences
Cuisines you love, ingredients anyone dislikes, dietary restrictions and allergies — hard limits AI will never break.
📅
Planning schedule
Your custom planning day, reminder time, and dinner hour. Set it once — reminders and countdowns run automatically from here.
🏠
Pantry staples
Log ingredients you always keep stocked. AI reduces your shopping list and builds meals around what you already have.
📸
Add your first recipes
Upload screenshots, photos, or URLs to seed your personal vault. Skip if you prefer — the built-in database has you covered from day one.
Meet Dot

Your kitchen's
wisest voice.

Dot is Simply Sous's built-in AI assistant — warm, knowledgeable, and entirely focused on making dinner easier. Ask her anything. She knows your vault, your family, and your preferences.

🔍
Search your vault by feeling
"Something cozy for a cold Tuesday" — Dot understands what you mean and finds the right recipe from your saved collection.
🔄
Substitutions on the fly
Don't have heavy cream? Dot suggests what to swap, adjusts quantities, and tells you if it'll change the dish.
🎤
Voice button — hands free
Tap and hold to speak to Dot while your hands are covered in flour. She responds with the next step, a timer, or answers your question aloud.
📅
Add to the plan from chat
"Add the Tuscan pasta to Thursday" and it's done — weekly plan and grocery list update automatically.
🍲
Dot
Knows your 47 saved recipes · always listening
What can I make with the rotisserie chicken in my fridge?
You've got 3 great options from your vault! Creamy Tuscan Pasta works perfectly — shredded rotisserie saves 15 minutes. Sheet Pan Tacos is another easy win. Want me to add one to tonight's plan?
Add the pasta to Thursday and tell me what I'm missing
Done — Thursday is now Tuscan Pasta. Based on your pantry, you have everything except sun-dried tomatoes. I've added them to this week's grocery list. Or I can suggest a quick sub!
Ask Dot anything...
🎤
Why we built this
"I watched my wife answer the dinner question every single night — and realized it wasn't about the cooking. It was about the deciding. So I built her a sous chef."
— The founder  ·  Built for family, open to yours
Simple, honest pricing

One price tier
for every family.

Start free. Stay as long as you need. Choose the plan that fits your life — and know that everything Simply Sous builds, you get.

🎁
Start with a 14-day free trial — no credit card required Full access to every feature. See if Simply Sous changes your evenings. Cancel with one click if it doesn't.
Monthly
Flexible
$7.99/mo
Billed monthly · Cancel anytime
Unlimited recipe vault
AI meal planning
Smart grocery lists
Today view + cook mode
Dot AI assistant
Recipe sharing
All core features
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Annual
$79.99/yr
Save 20% vs monthly · Just $6.67/mo
Billed once a year · Cancel anytime
Everything in Flexible
Priority new features
Recipe collections + sharing
Month-ahead planning view
Built-in recipe database
Vault follow for family
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Lifetime
Forever
$119.99
Pays off vs monthly in 15 months
One payment · Yours forever · All future updates
Everything in Annual
All future features, free
No price increases ever
Early access to new features
Founding member status
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Questions

Answered.

What devices does Simply Sous work on?
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Simply Sous is a web app — it works on any device with a browser. Phone, tablet, laptop, desktop. No download required. Bookmark it on your phone's home screen and it feels completely native.
What does the 14-day free trial include?
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Everything. Full access to the recipe vault, AI meal planning, grocery lists, Dot the AI assistant, sharing features, and the built-in recipe database. No credit card, no commitment. If Simply Sous doesn't change your evenings, cancel with one click.
How does the AI recipe capture work?
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Three ways: paste a URL from any recipe website, upload a screenshot or photo (including cookbook pages and handwritten cards), or type it manually. AI reads the source, extracts the recipe, standardizes the format, and auto-generates tags — all in seconds.
Can my whole family use it?
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Yes. Simply Sous supports multiple family members from day one. Your spouse can view the week's plan, the grocery list, and tonight's recipe. You can also share recipe collections with sisters, close friends, or anyone you cook for.
What if we always eat out on certain nights?
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You can blackout any days of the week during onboarding — or toggle them off anytime in your preferences. Sunday family dinner, Wednesday pizza night, Friday date night — Simply Sous skips those days and only plans the nights you actually cook.
Is my recipe data private?
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Completely. Your recipe vault is private to your account. We never share your recipes, meal plans, or family preferences with anyone. Your data is stored securely and belongs entirely to you.
What's the difference between the Annual and Lifetime plans?
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Annual renews each year at $79.99. Lifetime is a single payment of $119.99 and you're done forever — including every feature we add in the future. If you use Simply Sous for more than 15 months, Lifetime pays for itself. Most families who fall in love with it choose Lifetime.