MyPlan — Your Free MyPlate Account: Saved Plans, Cookbook & Food Log

The tools are free. The account is where your work lives.

Your saved plan sets the targets, and your tracker, your planner and your cookbook all measure against it. Everything you save is waiting on any device you sign in on.

Every core tool on MyPlate.food works without an account. A MyPlan account doesn't unlock them. It remembers them: your plan, your recipes, and what you ate.

No account needed

• The MyPlate Plan calculator and your results
• All 1,072 USDA recipes and the meal plans
• Printables, quizzes, and the food-group guides

A MyPlan account adds

• Saved plans you can activate as your targets
• A weekly meal planner that balances each day
• A cookbook of the recipes you've saved and the meals you have named
• A food lookup with per-portion calories for 5,740 USDA foods
• A daily food log that fills in your plate

Save your results, and make one your target

Run the MyPlate Plan calculator and save the result to your account. Keep a few as your numbers change, then mark one as your active plan. Its calorie goal and five food-group targets become what your tracker and dashboard measure against. Open the MyPlate Plan calculator

• Keep more than one set of results and switch between them
• Your active plan sets the targets your tracker scores against
• Reopen the full breakdown any time, no re-entering numbers

A daily food log that fills in your plate

Log what you eat in two taps and watch the plate fill in against your targets. The plate is the progress bar, with the calorie count underneath it, so you can see whether the day is balanced and not just under a number. It logs without a signal and syncs when you are back. See the tracker

• Two-tap logging from your recents, the recipe library, or a quick entry
• The plate-balance view shows all five groups against your plan
• Whole grains, added sugars, saturated fat and sodium counted from USDA data
• Unlimited history, and it pins to your home screen like an app

The calories in the portions you actually eat

Search 5,740 USDA foods and read the number for a real portion: a boiled egg is 72 calories, a teaspoon of granulated sugar is 15. No gram math and no crowdsourced guess: every food names its USDA FoodData Central source, and one tap sends what you found to today's log. Open the food lookup

• Calories plus protein, carbs, and fat for the portion you picked
• 95% come with household portions, cups, slices, spoons
• One tap adds what you found to today's log

Plan the week one day at a time

Add any of the 1,072 USDA recipes to a day and the board tallies that day against your plan's targets as you build it. Print the week or save it as a PDF for the fridge, and send a planned day straight to your tracker. See the meal planner

• Add recipes and your own saved meals to any day
• Print the week or save it as a PDF to take to the store
• Log a planned day to your tracker in one tap

Keep the recipes and the meals you'll actually cook

Save any of the 1,072 preserved USDA recipes to your cookbook and they're waiting next time you sign in, on any device. Meals you have named live here too, under My meals, ready to go back on a day. Browse the recipes

• Save from any of the 1,072 USDA recipes
• My meals keeps the meals you named, one tap from any day
• Search your cookbook and open a recipe to cook
• Your cookbook syncs to every device you sign in on

Everything in one place

Your dashboard pulls your active plan, today's tracker, and your cookbook onto one screen: your plan, your progress, and your saved recipes without hunting through menus.

• Today's plate, your plan, and your recipes together
• Pick up where you left off on any device you sign in on
• Your latest plan, logs, and saves show up here automatically

MyPlan FAQ

Is MyPlan free?

Yes. Your plans, your cookbook and your food log cost nothing, and the core tools work with or without an account.

What does a MyPlan account add?

Five things: saved plans you can activate as your daily targets, a drag-and-drop meal planner, a cookbook for recipes you've saved, a food lookup that answers what a portion costs you in calories, and a daily food log that fills in your MyPlate plate. The calculator, recipes, and meal plans work without one.

Do the tools work without an account?

Yes. The MyPlate Plan calculator, all 1,072 recipes, the meal plans, printables, and quizzes need no signup. An account adds a place to save your work, plan your week, and track your days.

What happens to my data?

Your saved plans, cookbook, and food log are tied to your account and used only to show you your own numbers. We don't sell your data. The privacy policy has the full detail on what's stored and why.

How do I delete my MyPlan account?

You can delete your account at any time from your account settings. Deleting it removes your profile, saved plans, and cookbook from our database. The privacy policy explains exactly what's removed.