A week of whole-food meals, picked in minutes.
Every Friday at 6 pm, 15 new recipes land in the app. Add the ones you want to next week, shop one list on the weekend and cook on weeknights. No calorie counting.
Your week runs Monday to Sunday. The planning happens before it starts.
- Friday, 6 pm The drop
15 new breakfasts, lunches and dinners. Recipes that don't fit how you eat are hidden.
- Friday–Sunday Plan
Add the ones you want to next week. Pick a day now or leave it for later.
- The weekend Shop
One list for the household, sorted by aisle, with a buying tip wherever the label matters.
- Weeknights Cook
Step-by-step cook mode with timers. Hands-free with voice when your hands are busy.
- Sunday, 6 pm Recap
How many meals you cooked at home and how many different plants you ate.
- 2 cansChickpeas2 meals
- 1 canCoconut milk1 mealLook for coconut and water only.
- 1 tubWhite miso2 meals
- 2 cansCannellini beans1 meal
Quantities add up across every meal you planned. Tap the leaf for what to look for on the label.
- 16
- home-cooked meals
- 31
- different plants
- Carrots
- Kale
- Lentils
- Chickpeas
- Blueberries
- Sweet potato
- Pumpkin seeds
- +24 more
Plants count vegetables, fruit, grains, legumes, seeds and herbs. Each one counts once a week.
Every recipe shows what's in it.
The score is the share of ingredients that are whole foods: vegetables, fruit, grains, beans, nuts, meat, fish, eggs, milk and plain yogurt. Kitchen basics like oil and salt aren't counted. Every recipe in a drop scores 70% or more.
Every recipe in a drop follows three rules.
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Whole foods first.
Every drop recipe scores 70% or more on our whole-food score.
- 2
No ultra-processed ingredients.
Apart from a short public list. Each exception is labelled in the recipe, with what to look for when you buy it.
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No fast food.
Home-made "fakeaways" are fine if they pass rule 2.
The allowed exceptions
- Tortillas and wrapsChoose the shortest ingredient list: ideally just flour or corn, water, oil and salt.
- Stock and brothChoose the shortest ingredient list: vegetables or bones, herbs and salt, without flavor enhancers.
- Unsweetened plant milkChoose the shortest ingredient list: ideally just oats, soy or nuts, water and a pinch of salt.
- Curry pasteChoose the shortest ingredient list: chilies, herbs, spices, garlic and oil, without flavor enhancers.
What it isn't
- Not a diet.
- Not medical advice.
- Not a list of forbidden foods.
Every ingredient gets a NOVA group automatically, then a person reviews every recipe before it goes into a drop.
Read our full clean standard →Cook with confidence, one step at a time.
Cook mode reads each step aloud, starts the timers for you and keeps your screen awake. Hands covered in flour? On iPhone, just ask Siri to repeat the step.
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Read aloud.
Every step, in order, so you can keep your eyes on the pan.
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Timers built in.
Any step with a time gets its own countdown.
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Screen stays on.
No unlocking your phone with messy hands.
Built around the way you eat.
Tell us your diet once. Your drop only shows the recipes that fit.
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Pescatarian
- Halal
- Kosher
- Gluten-free
- Dairy-free
- Nut-free
Tags are a guide. Always check labels.
Start free. Unlock the whole drop.
- 3 recipes from every drop: the first breakfast, lunch and dinner that fit how you eat
- This week's recap
- All 15 recipes in every drop
- Every past recap, week by week
Questions, answered
What does "clean" mean here?
Three things: whole foods first, no ultra-processed ingredients (apart from a short public list of exceptions), and no fast food. We use NOVA, a public food-processing scale, to check every recipe. Read the full standard.
What's an ultra-processed food?
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are factory-made products built from food extracts and additives you wouldn't use in a home kitchen, like flavor enhancers, emulsifiers and modified starches. Most packaged snacks and soft drinks fall into this group.
Do I need to count calories?
No. Outside The Pan doesn't track calories, macros or weight. We focus on what's in your food: real ingredients, cooked at home.
Is this a diet?
No. There are no rules to follow, no foods to fear and no numbers to hit. It's a weekly menu of whole-food cooking, and you choose what goes on your plate.
I'm vegetarian (or vegan). Will there be enough for me?
Yes. Every drop is built with options for every diet we support, including at least 6 vegetarian and 4 vegan recipes, spread across breakfast, lunch and dinner. Your deck only shows what fits. Stricter diets see a smaller drop than 15, but always enough to plan a week.
What about allergies?
You can filter for gluten-free, dairy-free and nut-free. We check every tag by hand before a drop goes out, but tags are a guide. Always check labels.
When does the drop arrive?
Friday at 6 p.m. your local time, ready for the week ahead (Monday to Sunday). It stays live until the next Friday. When the next drop arrives, recipes you didn't plan rotate out, and everything you planned or cooked stays in your history.
Can I add my own recipes?
Yes. Tap + to type in your own recipe. You can add it to your week just like a drop recipe.
Can I cook for my partner or family?
Yes. Set how many people you cook for, and every recipe and your grocery list scale to match.
Is it free?
Outside The Pan is free to download. Every week, 3 recipes from the drop (a breakfast, a lunch and a dinner) are free, with the grocery list and cook mode included. Premium unlocks the full drop.
Which phones does it work on?
iPhone now. Android is coming soon.
The next drop lands Friday at 6 pm.
Download Outside The Pan, start with 3 free recipes from every drop, and let the grocery list handle the rest.