The Seasonal Menu Cookbook

Search by recipe, ingredient or food type. Broad searches such as fish, meat and chicken are recognised.

For example: fish, meat, chicken, salmon, eggs, pumpkin, soup or rice.

Enter a food or ingredient to find matching recipes.

Before you shop again, type in the ingredients you already have in your fridge, freezer or pantry. The app will suggest a simple seasonal recipe using what you already have. You do not need to use every ingredient. The recipe will focus on an easy, balanced meal with clear steps and minimal waste.

This is a flexible recipe finder, separate from the fixed weekly menus. It suggests a practical meal from common seasonal combinations and pantry basics, then gives fuller cooking steps you can follow at home.

Why I created this cookbook

I created this cookbook over the past two years while recovering from cancer surgery.

During that time, I found myself paying much closer attention to food — not just what tasted good, but what my body could actually process and tolerate. I started making notes, planning weekly menus, adjusting meals, and learning from experience which foods helped me feel stronger, more settled and more in control.

This book grew out of that process.

It is not a medical guide, and it is not about complicated cooking. It is about simple, seasonal meals, planned week by week, using familiar ingredients and clear methods. The recipes are designed for everyday home cooking for two people, with shopping lists, preparation steps and meals that can fit into real life.

The meals use simple ingredients and are designed to suit an active lifestyle, including regular training, kayaking and cycling. Protein is included throughout the week to support muscle recovery, while seasonal vegetables, fish, eggs, yoghurt and quality meats help provide steady nourishment.

Some meals may be followed by a simple dessert, such as plain white yoghurt, Greek yoghurt or fruit, if tolerated. These are optional suggestions, as individual needs and tolerances differ.

The menus are built around the seasons in Victoria, Australia, but the same idea can be used anywhere: cook with the season, keep meals simple, and listen to what your body needs.

The menus combine fresh seasonal produce with suitable stored produce—such as potatoes, onions, carrots, pumpkin and apples—and practical ingredients available throughout the year. This keeps the cooking seasonal while making the weekly menus realistic, affordable and easy to follow.

Good food, cooked simply, through every season.

Prefer a physical cookbook? Buy the paperback edition.

The Seasonal Menu App is designed as a simple cookbook and meal-planning app for everyday home cooking.

Local app data

The app saves your verified-email sample assignment securely on the service so the same email always restores the same two days. It may also save shopping-list ticks, recipe notes, sample or paid cookbook content, and device-specific access in this browser for offline use. Clearing browser data may remove the local copy, but a purchase can be restored by verifying the Stripe checkout email. A purchase is intended for personal device use. During launch and testing, restore access allows extra personal devices. If access is still blocked while replacing a device, email support@seasonalmenucookbook.com.

Public website version

When this app is hosted online, the website host may keep basic technical logs such as date, time, browser type and page requests. These logs are normally used for security, maintenance and performance. Shopping ticks and recipe notes remain in local browser storage and are not sent to the app host by this version.

This app is designed to work as a simple seasonal meal planner and cookbook on your device.

Install on iPad

1. Open the public app address in Safari.
2. Tap the Share button, then Add to Home Screen.
3. Turn on Open as Web App, then tap Add.
4. Open The Seasonal Menu from its icon on your Home Screen.

Free and paid access

• Verify your email to receive two free days from the season and menu week active when you first join.
• Your sample remains fixed and can be restored with the same email.
• The cookbook follows Australian calendar seasons: Summer December 1 – February 28/29, Autumn March 1 – May 31, Winter June 1 – August 31, and Spring September 1 – November 30.
• Each season now contains 13 weekly menus across the three-month season, with dates shown beside each week and day.
• Choose a calendar week to show dates beside Monday to Sunday in the menu.
• Your active season and sample week are calculated in your device’s local time zone.
• Tap Buy full cookbook to pay securely through Stripe.
• Prefer a physical book? Use Buy the paperback to open the printed-book sales page.
• A purchase is intended for the purchaser’s personal devices.
• During launch and testing, extra personal devices are allowed.
• If a device replacement is still blocked, email support@seasonalmenucookbook.com with the checkout email and the device being replaced.
• Paid access is personal and must not be transferred or shared with friends or family.
• Use Restore purchase by email on another device. Enter the email used at Stripe checkout, then enter the private six-digit code sent to that email.
• Restoration codes are single-use, expire after 60 minutes and should never be shared. If you request more than one code, use the newest email only.

Using the app

• Select Search and enter a recipe, ingredient or food type such as fish, meat or chicken.
• Select Fridge and Pantry to create a simple recipe from ingredients you already have at home.
• Select a search result to open its season, week and day.
• Choose a season, then open a week.
• Use the weekly menu to view breakfast, lunch and dinner recipes.
• Use Open shopping list when shopping.
• Use Choose shopping days to shop for selected days only.
• Tick shopping-list items as you go.

If saved items disappear

Shopping ticks and notes are stored on the device. They may disappear if browser data is cleared, private browsing is used, or the file is opened in a different browser/app.

Food and allergy note

Always check ingredients, allergies and dietary needs before cooking. Cooking times are approximate and may vary depending on appliances, ingredient size and personal preference.