Glossary

Mirepoix uses its own names for some things — find the page for what you’re trying to do.

Groceries and shopping

What you might call it	Where to find it in Mirepoix
shopping list	The Groceries page is your shopping list — a cart you fill from the Pantry or by typing items in.
what do I have at home / my inventory	The Pantry isn’t an inventory count — it’s a check of what your Menu calls for, asking whether you need more of each thing: Have it or Need it.
stop asking about salt / I always have it / never remind me	Open the item’s ⋮ on the Pantry and tap Don’t ask. It counts as on hand, and Need it still puts it on your list when you run out.
sort my grocery list by store section	Set or change which aisle an item falls under on Editing aisles.
shop one store at a time	Set up stores and shop each one on its own with Grouping by store.
add something that’s not from a recipe (paper towels)	Add anything off-recipe with Custom items.
not buying it this time / take it off the list without buying	Open the row’s ⋮ on Groceries and tap Skip this trip. The Pantry asks about it again in a week, if something on your Menu calls for it.
I’m done shopping / clear what I bought	Once everything is crossed off, tap the ring in the Groceries toolbar and then Done shopping to clear what’s crossed off now instead of after the hour.
shopping with no signal / no wifi at the store	The grocery list keeps working without a connection — see Shopping without a signal.
what do I need to buy for this recipe? / can I make this tonight?	Ask Mirabel — she checks a saved recipe against your Pantry and offers to add what’s missing to your Groceries list in one tap.

What you might call it	Where to find it in Mirepoix
meal plan / weekly meal planner / put meals on the calendar	The Menu is your plan for the week — grouped by category, not laid out by day.
what should I make? / pick a recipe for me	Ask Mirabel — she suggests forgotten favorites, new recipes, and quick wins from your own kitchen.
snack list / recurring items	Save the non-recipe staples you buy often as QuickBites.

Recipes

What you might call it	Where to find it in Mirepoix
find a recipe / search my recipes / what can I make with chicken?	Press `/` or tap the search icon. Search looks through every recipe’s title, description, category, tags and ingredients.
save a recipe from a website / import a recipe from a link / copy a recipe from a blog	Tap Add Recipe on your recipes list and paste the page’s link or the recipe’s text — see Adding a recipe. Mirepoix reads it for free and, when it reads cleanly, opens it in the editor for you to check and save.
halve a recipe / double a recipe	Scaling resizes a recipe up or down — half, double, or any factor you type.
package / can size / 2 cans, 14½ oz each	Open an ingredient line’s three-dot button in the recipe editor and fill in its Package boxes to write how many you need and how much is in each one. Scaling changes the count, never the size, and Groceries counts the cans rather than the ounces.
sub in a recipe / swap in my own version	Pull one recipe into another as a component with Cross-references.
substitute an ingredient / milk instead of buttermilk / “optional” ingredients	Write both on one line — `; or` for a substitute, `; optional` for one you can skip — under Alternatives and optional ingredients, then pick which one you shop for from the Pantry or Groceries row.
how much yeast do I use? / q.b.	Mirepoix doesn’t work the amount out for you. A recipe that writes `q.b.` on the yeast line — short for quanto basta, as much as it takes — is leaving that amount to whoever bakes it, and the page shows it as written, like any other amount with no number in it (Recipe format).
undo a recipe change / see an old version	Edits you save are kept — look back or restore an earlier one from Recipe history.
calories / nutrition facts / food label	Turn on the nutrition panel under each recipe from Nutrition.
Mirepoix doesn’t recognize this ingredient / tell it what an ingredient is / wrong ingredient matched	In the recipe editor, a ? on an ingredient row means the line isn’t matched. Open the row’s menu and choose the ingredient it means, or keep the line as written — see Check ingredients. A choice applies to that one line.
send a recipe to someone (one recipe, not your whole kitchen)	To send one recipe, share a link from Sharing a recipe; to share everything, invite people to your kitchen with Inviting members instead.
back up my recipes / download my recipes	Export hands you a portable ZIP copy — an archive for moving or editing offline, not a disaster-recovery backup.

Your account and kitchen

What you might call it	Where to find it in Mirepoix
share my account / share with my husband / add my partner	You don’t share a login — an owner invites each person by email from Inviting members, which shares the whole kitchen; to send just one recipe, use a link from Sharing a recipe instead.
household account / family account	That’s a kitchen — a shared recipe collection; start one from Creating a kitchen.
leave the family account	Step out of a shared kitchen from Leaving a kitchen.
delete my data / close my account	Remove your account for good from Deleting your account.
passwordless login / fingerprint or Face ID sign-in	Set up a faster, passwordless sign-in with Passkeys.

Everything else

What you might call it	Where to find it in Mirepoix
chatbot / AI helper / ask a cooking question	Mirabel is the in-app assistant who answers questions about Mirepoix and gives light cooking advice.
print my grocery list / recipe	Print a recipe, your menu, or your grocery list from Printing.
install the app / add to home screen	Add Mirepoix to your phone, tablet, or computer from Install.
database of ingredients / master ingredient list	The Ingredient catalog is Mirepoix’s built-in list of ingredients — your recipes, Pantry, and grocery list are matched against it, so you don’t build one by hand.

Last updated October 13, 2026