How is Repast different from other keto meal planners?

Repast treats your carb cap as a strict mathematical constraint rather than a warning after the fact. Across 16,933 simulated days the carb overage is 0g. Furthermore, all data remains strictly on your iPhone with no account, server, or analytics.

What happens if my dietary constraints cannot be met?

Repast refuses rather than fudges. If your constraints cannot be satisfied (such as 15-minute meals, pescatarian, and no eggs), the app names the exact bottleneck rule and calculates how much loosening it unlocks instead of quietly breaking your rules.

Does Repast require an account or internet connection?

No. Repast operates entirely on your device. There is no account sign-up, no backend server, and no analytics tracking. Your weight, meals, and measurements stay on your iPhone.

How does the shopping list handle leftovers?

The shopping list counts whole cooks rather than individual sittings. Cooking a four-serving recipe eaten twice is counted as one cook session, cutting redundant grocery purchasing.

Kitchen Workflow·2 min read·September 2026

Weeknight Prep Time Budgeting: The 20-Minute Constraint Rule

Distinguishing active kitchen attention from passive oven time to build sustainable routines.

Diets fail when culinary logistics collide with weeknight exhaustion. After an eight-hour workday, a recipe requiring 45 minutes of active mincing, pan-watching, and sauce-stirring will be abandoned for takeout. Sustainable eating requires a strict 20-minute active prep constraint.

1. Active Attention vs. Passive Thermal Time

A recipe labeled '45 minutes' might mean 10 minutes of slicing chicken and tossing broccoli onto a parchment-lined baking sheet, followed by 35 minutes of passive roasting in a 200°C oven.

During passive thermal time, your active involvement is zero. Repast strictly separates active prep duration from thermal cooking time, enforcing a hard ceiling of 20 active minutes on weeknights.

Never measure a recipe by total elapsed time. Active hands-on attention is the sole predictor of weekday adherence.

2. The 12-Minute Sunday Staging Window

The secret to 15-minute weeknight cooking is staging raw aromatics in advance: mincing garlic, slicing onions, and pre-mixing dry spice rubs on Sunday takes 12 minutes.

On weeknights, tipping pre-staged ingredients directly into hot tallow or butter eliminates cutting boards and delivers hot dinner faster than a delivery driver.

KEY TAKEAWAY

Cap active hands-on cooking at 20 minutes, rely on passive oven roasting, and pre-stage aromatics on Sunday.

TIME-BOUND KITCHEN

Cap weeknight active kitchen time at 20 minutes.

Filter your meal plans by active prep duration. Repast guarantees weeknight dinners fit into your real calendar.

Set your prep ceiling on iPhone