A couple, one vegan and one not

A vegan meal plan for a couple, shopped at Tesco

Seven vegan dinners for a couple where only one of you is vegan, and both of you choose. Set vegan in the household's Dietary Needs in What's For Dinner?! (WFD), swipe on your own phones, and the matches build the week. The shopping goes into a Tesco trolley from one iPhone.

The seven dinners

  1. Golden Roasted Veg KormaVegan

    Monday

    Golden Roasted Veg Korma

    A mild roasted veg korma. A gentle Monday for the one who's new to this.

    35 min Serves 4
  2. Sticky Tofu Pad ThaiVegan

    Tuesday

    Sticky Tofu Pad Thai

    Sticky tofu pad thai. The tofu dish for people who say they don't like tofu.

    35 min Serves 4
  3. Creamy Garlic Alfredo PastaVegan

    Wednesday

    Creamy Garlic Alfredo Pasta

    A creamy garlic alfredo with no dairy in it. Wednesday comfort food.

    35 min Serves 4
  4. Smoky Black Bean TostadasVegan

    Thursday

    Smoky Black Bean Tostadas

    Smoky black bean tostadas, crisp and quick, for the night you're both late back.

    30 min Serves 4
  5. Crispy Miso Smash BurgersVegan

    Friday

    Crispy Miso Smash Burgers

    Smash burgers with miso and no beef involved. The Friday the meat-eater stops counting.

    55 min Serves 4
  6. Creamy Harissa Chickpea StewVegan

    Saturday

    Creamy Harissa Chickpea Stew

    A creamy harissa chickpea stew with some heat. Saturday night in.

    40 min Serves 4
  7. Lazy Lasagne BowlsVegan

    Sunday

    Lazy Lasagne Bowls

    All of lasagne, none of the layering. Sunday, in a bowl.

    55 min Serves 4
  8. The shopOne list, one trolleyAll seven dinners become one shopping list, and on iPhone the Personal Shopper puts it in your Tesco trolley.How the shop works

Pictures, cooking times and servings are from each meal's card in the app.

Disclosure first: we make What's For Dinner?! (WFD). This is a week of dinners a couple could end up with when one of you is vegan and the other isn't, and every meal on it is in the app.

Couples in this spot tend to land in one of two places. Two dinners every night, or one of you quietly eating whatever's vegan while the other quietly misses cheese. Neither lasts long.

There's a third option, and it's less of a sacrifice than it sounds. Dinner's vegan, and the meat-eater gets an equal say in which vegan dinners. Put vegan in the household's Dietary Needs in WFD and every meal the app offers fits it, in the swipe deck, Explore, search, Tonight and swaps. If the vegan one joins your household with vegan already set, it's added to the household's list the moment they join.

Then you both swipe. When you both love the same meal it's a match, and matches build the week. The meat-eater's skip still counts. Nobody sees what anyone else skipped, so nobody has to explain their feelings about tempeh.

Why the week looks like this

Korma on Monday is a soft start. Tuesday's pad thai is the tofu dish for people who think they don't like tofu. Friday's smash burgers come with miso, and we'd bet that's the night the meat-eater stops noticing. Sunday's lasagne comes in a bowl, because nobody wants to layer anything on a Sunday.

The point is that the meat-eater picked these too. Nobody's dinner is the other one's compromise.

When the week's set, the plan builds one shopping list and the Personal Shopper puts it into your Tesco trolley on iPhone. The shop section below has the details. For two people who can't agree on anything at the fridge door, there's the app for couples who can't agree on dinner.

How a week like this gets made

What's For Dinner?! (WFD) is a swipe-to-match dinner-decision and meal-planning app for couples, families and households: everyone swipes on meals, you match on one you both want, matches build your weekly plan, and the plan builds your shopping list. Available on iPhone and Android.

  1. Everyone swipes

    Each person swipes on meals on their own phone, whenever suits them. Love it or skip it. Nobody sees what anyone else skipped.

  2. Two yeses make a match

    When two people love the same meal, it's a match. The plan builds from whoever has swiped, so nobody's dinner waits on anyone else.

  3. Matches build the week

    Matched meals build a seven-night plan. Swap a meal, move it to another night, lock the ones you're sure of or skip a night you won't be cooking.

  4. The plan builds the list

    One shopping list for the whole week, and on iPhone the Personal Shopper puts it in your supermarket trolley.

Shopping the week at Tesco

  • The plan builds one shopping list for the week, with quantities merged into the pack sizes UK shops sell and sorted by supermarket aisle. Tap "Have it" for anything that's already in the cupboard.
  • Each ingredient is mapped by hand to a real product at the supermarket, so packs are counted, not guessed.
  • The Personal Shopper puts every line into your own trolley at Tesco, Sainsbury's, Ocado or Morrisons, on iPhone, in the UK, and reads the trolley back after each add to check it went in. This household shops at Tesco.
  • You sign in to the supermarket yourself, review the trolley, pick a slot and pay there. WFD never sees your supermarket password, never places an order and takes no payment.
  • In our own run on 25 October 2026, the Personal Shopper added 70 of 70 lines to an Ocado trolley in 3 minutes 12 seconds.
  • WFD is free to use, with no time limit: swiping, matching, the weekly plan and cook mode. Full Access adds the shopping list and the tools to change the week, £2.99 a month or £24.99 a year for up to six people, with a 3-day free trial.

The whole run, timed, is in the weekly food shop in under four minutes.

Questions, answered

How do you meal plan when only one of you is vegan?

Make dinner vegan and give the other person an equal say in which vegan dinners. In What's For Dinner?! (WFD) you put vegan in the household's Dietary Needs, so every meal the app offers fits it, then you both swipe on your own phones. When you both love the same meal it's a match, and matches build the week.

Does the partner who isn't vegan still get a say?

Yes, the same say as anyone. In What's For Dinner?! (WFD) every member swipes on their own phone, love it or skip it, and nobody sees what anyone else skipped. A dinner the meat-eater skipped won't be a match.

Can WFD show only vegan meals?

Yes. Put vegan in the household's Dietary Needs in What's For Dinner?! (WFD) and the swipe deck, Explore, search, Tonight and swaps only offer meals that fit. Set it on one phone and everyone's plan follows. Dietary Needs is free.

Will we get this exact week in WFD?

Not this exact week. What's For Dinner?! (WFD) builds your plan from your own swipes, so your week will be made of the vegan dinners you two liked. Every dinner on this page is a meal in WFD.

How does WFD get the shopping into a Tesco trolley?

The plan in What's For Dinner?! (WFD) builds one shopping list, sorted by aisle with quantities merged into pack sizes. On iPhone, the Personal Shopper opens Tesco's own website inside the app, adds each line to your trolley and reads the trolley back to check it went in. You sign in to Tesco yourself, review the trolley, pick a slot and pay there.

How much does WFD cost for a couple?

What's For Dinner?! (WFD) is free to use, with no time limit: swiping, matching, the weekly plan and cook mode. Full Access adds the shopping list and the tools to change the week, £2.99 a month or £24.99 a year for up to six people, with a 3-day free trial. One subscription covers both of you.

More in the full FAQ. If anything on this page is out of date or wrong, tell us and we’ll correct it.

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