Smart shopping list
Stop writing out the same items every week. Basket List links your recipes to your ingredients so your shopping list builds itself, merges shared items, and syncs live with everyone in your household.
Pick your meals, set how many servings you need, and your list is ready. Take it to any shop you like — you are not tied to one supermarket or delivery service.
A smart shopping list does more than hold a list of items. It connects to your recipes, knows what ingredients you need, and handles the maths so you do not have to. That means fewer mistakes, less waste, and a faster trip to the shop.
Your list is built from real recipes, not typed from memory. Every ingredient ends up on the list so nothing gets forgotten.
If three recipes need onions, they become one line with the combined amount. No doubles, no guessing, no waste.
Tick off items as you shop and everyone in your household sees the update straight away. Split the shop without texting each other.
Most people plan meals in their head, then try to remember what they need while walking around the shop. Others keep a running note on their phone, adding items one at a time. Both ways work until they do not — usually at the checkout when you realise you forgot half the list.
Even if you get the items right, you still have to work out amounts yourself. Cooking for more people? You need to do the maths for every ingredient. Two recipes that both need chicken? You have to spot the overlap and add the amounts up.
A smart shopping list handles all of this for you. Pick your meals, set the servings, and the list writes itself. You save time before, during, and after the shop.
Adding items
Manual: Type every item by hand each week. Smart: Pick recipes and the list fills itself.
Shared ingredients
Manual: Spot overlaps yourself and add amounts up. Smart: Merged into one line with the right total.
Changing servings
Manual: Redo the maths for every ingredient. Smart: Change the number and everything scales.
Sharing the shop
Manual: Text each other or split a paper list. Smart: One live list that updates for everyone.
Three steps from recipes to a ready-to-use list. No typing, no maths, no missed items.
Step 1
Add the meals you cook most with their full ingredient lists. Do this once and reuse them every week.
Step 2
Choose which recipes you want this week. Set how many people you are feeding and the quantities adjust to match.
Step 3
Your list is grouped by ingredient type so you can move through the shop aisle by aisle. Tick items off and everyone sees the progress live.
Anyone who cooks at home and shops for ingredients will get value from a smart shopping list. But some people feel the benefit more than others.
If you cook several meals a week for a family, the time saved adds up fast. Instead of writing out 30 or 40 ingredients by hand, you pick 5 recipes and the list is done.
If you share the cooking or the shopping with a partner, the live sync means you both work from the same list without having to check in with each other.
And if you are watching your budget, knowing exactly what you need before you go means you can shop from a clearer plan instead of guessing in the aisle.
Families
Plan a full week of meals for 4 or more in under a minute. No more Friday evening panic about what to cook.
Couples
Share one cookbook and one live list. Split the shopping between you and see what has been ticked off in real time.
Meal preppers
Pick several recipes, scale the servings up, and get one combined list for the whole batch. No doubling up.
Budget-conscious shoppers
Know exactly what you need before you go. Buy only what is on the list, waste less food, and spend less each week.
Recipe boxes like Gousto and HelloFresh solve a similar problem — they take the thinking out of meal planning. But they cost between £40 and £100 a week, tie you to their menu, and decide where your food comes from.
A smart shopping list gives you the same planning and list-building workflow without ordering ingredients in a box. Save your own recipes, build your list in seconds, and shop wherever suits your household.
Prices and savings are examples only. Recipe-box pricing, discounts, delivery fees, supermarket prices and portion sizes vary. Basket List does not deliver ingredients; it helps you create shopping lists from recipes you choose.
Try it for free
Your shopping list should work as hard as you do. Save your recipes, pick your meals, and let Basket List build a smart list you can take to any shop.
No card needed to start. Plans are per cookbook and include access for everyone you share with.
A smart shopping list is linked to your recipes. Instead of typing items by hand, you pick the meals you want to cook and the list builds itself from the ingredients. Shared items are merged, quantities scale with servings, and the list syncs live across your household.
Most list apps are just a blank page where you type items one at a time. Basket List knows what you are cooking, so it can combine ingredients, adjust amounts when servings change, and group items by type so you move through the shop faster.
Yes. Everyone in your cookbook sees the same list in real time. If your partner ticks off milk at one end of the shop, you see it update on your phone straight away.
Yes. Set the number of servings per recipe and every ingredient quantity scales to match. If you are cooking for 6 instead of 4, the amounts update across the whole list.
Yes. Add any recipe you like with its full ingredient list. You are not limited to a fixed database. If you cook it, you can save it and reuse it every week.
Yes. You get a 14-day free trial with full access. No card is needed to start.
