5a.2 Sharing and Accepting Foods and Meals

Friends can share their meals, Combinations, Recipes, and Created Foods with each other. When a Friend shares a food or meal with you, a new copy of that food or meal is added to your My Foods page. You may re-name or edit your version of the shared food or meal, and your Friend's food or meal will not be altered in any way.

Share copies of your Recent Meals, Combinations, Recipes, and Created Foods with a Friend. To share a food, navigate to My Foods and locate the food you want to share. Then click the green and blue Sharing icon to the right of the food.

Sharing Foods with a Friend

Select the Friend whom you want to share the food, write a personal message (optional), and click the Share button.

A copy of your food will be shared with your Friend. After accepting the Shared Food, he or she will be able to edit and/or re-name the copy without changing your original version of the food, recipe, or combination.

You can keep track of the foods you have shared in the Shared by Me tab of the Shared Foods page.

Accepting Foods from a Friend

When a Friend shares a food with you, you will receive an email notification and an orange alert badge will appear in your My Foods dropdown menu.

Click on 'Shared Foods' to view your Shared Foods.

If you would like to view nutritional information and a list of ingredients for a Combination or Recipe before you accept, simply click on its name.

Accepted foods will appear in your My Foods area of the website filed under the appropriate heading: Combinations, Recipes, or Created Foods. You may change the food's name or edit it without changing your Friend's original copy.

You can keep track of meals shared with you in the Shared with Me tab of the Shared Foods page.

Sharing Meals with a Friend

To share a meal from your Log, select the foods in the meal, and then select 'Share Meal' from the dropdown menu just below the meal or snack name (e.g., click the gray triangle just below 'Breakfast').

Give your meal a name and description. Select which foods and serving amounts you'd like to share. Click the check box next to the Friend who you want to share your meal.

Click the Share button to share the meal.

Accepting Meals from a Friend

When a Friend shares a meal with you, you will receive an email notification and an orange alert badge will appear in your My Foods dropdown menu.

Click on 'Shared Meals' to view your Shared Meals.

Click on the name of the meal to view more information about it.

Click on 'Accept' to accept the meal, 'No Thanks' to reject it, or 'Not Now' to return to the Shared Meals page.

You can also choose to accept or reject the meal from the Shared Meals page.