---
title: "Meals: Create, Edit & Copy"
description: "How to manage your meals"
url: https://help.macrosfirst.com/en/articles/32-meals-create-edit-and-copy
collection: "Custom Foods, Recipes, and Meals"
updated: 2026-10-07
language: en
---

# Meals: Create, Edit & Copy

How to manage your meals

For foods that you regularly eat together, saving them as a Meal lets you easily add them to your log as a group. For example, you can create a Meal called "Two eggs and cereal" consisting of two eggs, a bowl of cereal, and milk. You can then add this as a group, instantly, instead of adding each item separately. You can also save a single item as a meal if finding that item in your Meals list adds convenience.

## Create a Meal

You can create a meal by tapping the `+` button in the bottom navigation or the `+` button in the top right corner of the food search screen, then:

1.  Tap "Create Meal"
    
2.  Enter the Meal name
    
3.  Add your foods
    
    1.  Fun fact: Food serving sizes can be [automatically portioned](https://help.macrosfirst.com/en/articles/7-auto-calculate-food-portions.md) according to your nutrition goal for that food. For example, if you wanted your meal to contain 100 g of protein from chicken breast, then add chicken breast, enter 100 in the protein field, and observe the ingredient quantity update to provide 100 g of protein. ✨
        
    2.  To delete a food from the meal, swipe it to the left.
        
4.  Tap the checkmark in the top-right corner to create your recipe.
    

## Edit a Meal

1.  From the food search, tap the _Meals_ tab
    
2.  Tap on the meal you wish to edit
    
    1.  If you're in a food logging flow, tap the `...` button in the top right corner and select _Edit_
        
    2.  If you entered from More > Saved Foods, Meals & Recipes, then you can make your edits on the _Edit Meal_ screen
        
3.  Make your edits
    
4.  Tap the checkmark in the top-right corner to save your meal edits.
    

## Copy a Meal

Copying a meal is helpful to create different versions of a meal without having to start from scratch each time.

1.  From the food search, tap the _Meals_ tab
    
2.  Tap on the meal you wish to copy
    
3.  Tap the `...` button in the top right corner and select _Create Copy_
    
4.  Make any edits on the Create Meal screen and tap the checkmark in the top right corner when done