Get recipes and plan meals on your Family Hub smart fridge

Navigate to and open the Meal Planner app on your Family Hub, then review the information about Samsung Food, and then tap Start. Select your preferred cuisines from the list, such as Asian, French, Italian, or Spanish. Tap Next.

Select your favorite ingredients from the list. Samsung Food will take these selections into consideration when recommending recipes. Tap Next.

Select ingredients that you are allergic to. Samsung Food will avoid these ingredients when suggesting recipes. Tap Next.

Select your nutrition goals and dietary restrictions, and then tap Next. Select your cooking skill level, and then tap Get started.

You’ll see a list of recipes for the current week, including main courses, breakfast options, and desserts. 

Note: You can tap Add surprise meal or tap Add (the plus sign) below it. This will automatically add a new meal or allow you to search for a new meal.

Navigate to and open the Meal Planner app on your Family Hub, then swipe through the current week’s recipes, and then tap one that you’d like to make.

You’ll see a list of required ingredients as well as instructions. If you don’t have some of the ingredients in your pantry or fridge, you can tap Send to Shopping List to add them to your online shopping cart. Please see the last section in this article for more details.

Next, follow the recipe’s instructions or tap Step-by-step cooking to hear the instructions read aloud to you. You can also tap See recipe details to view the website or blog from which the recipe was pulled or featured.

You can also leave notes on the recipe. Tap Made it under Notes to share your opinion and add photos. Tap Register when you’re finished.

To add the recipe to your favorites, tap the banner icon in the top right. 

Note: After adding it to your favorites, tap Edit (the pencil icon), and then tap Edit recipe to edit the recipe.

If a certain recipe was a huge hit with your family, you can save it and make it again. Tap the calendar icon in the top right, then select your desired day, and then tap Set a plan to save the recipe for that day.

Navigate to and open the SmartThings app, then tap the Life tab, and then tap Cooking.

Tap More options (the three vertical dots), and then tap Settings.

Tap Food preferences to change your favorite cuisines and ingredients, foods to avoid, foods you dislike, diets, nutrition goals, cooking abilities, and household members.

Tap Recipe language to change your preferred language.

Tap the switch next to Meal planner to enable or disable the notifications for Auto Meal Planning.

Navigate to and open the Meal Planner app on your Family Hub, then tap More options (the three vertical dots), and then tap Send to Shopping List.

Select the recipes you plan on making, and then tap Send to send the required ingredients to your list. Tap View on the popup to view your current shopping list. You can refer to our Shopping List article for additional information.

Note: You can also tap All at the top to select every recipe.

If you’re at the store and can’t recall which ingredients you need, you can access your list from SmartThings on your phone or tablet. Open the SmartThings app on your device, then tap the Life tab, and then tap Cooking. Tap the shopping cart icon in the bottom right corner to view your shopping list.