Family Favourites
Family Favourites is the backbone category. It exists for real life: busy weekdays, fussy moments, and those evenings when you need dinner to land first time.
If you have ever thought “I can't do another last minute supermarket dash” or “we're eating the same meals again”, this is for you. Our weekly planning system is built specifically to stop that 5pm panic.
If you’d like to see how this fits into a full weekly plan, read our guide to weekly meal planning for UK families.
Why we created it
Most meal stress isn't about cooking skill. It's about decisions and timing. UK households waste a meaningful amount of food each year and a lot of it's edible, which is often a sign of overbuying, forgotten ingredients, and poor plan to shop alignment. Juna is built to reduce that friction by turning your week into a clear, shoppable plan.
Family Favourites specifically solves the other half of the problem: meals that are too experimental can be risky on a weeknight. This category keeps flavours familiar, but rotates the structure so it never turns into the same pasta loop.
Most of us in the UK are stuck in the same pattern: the same dinners on repeat, a big food shop that costs a fortune, and food quietly going off in the fridge. We’re paying more than we need to, then throwing too much of it away. Juna is built to change that, with planned variety and a weekly, shop-aligned plan so you spend less and use more.
What you will see inside
- Breakfast, lunch and dinner options that fit normal UK tastes
- Recipes designed to suit shared household cooking
- Clear steps, normal ingredients, and practical cook times
- Built in variety so you don't repeat the same mains
You can see the style of dinners we use in Juna on our Free Recipes page.
How we keep variety high
- Protein types (chicken, turkey, beef, pork, fish, eggs, beans and lentils)
- Cooking methods (one pan, oven trays, slow simmer, stir fry, grill)
- Carb bases (potatoes, rice, pasta, wraps, grains)
- Sauce styles (tomato based, creamy, herby, spicy, tangy)
Who this category is for
- Families who want reliable dinners everyone actually eats
- Parents who are tired of last-minute supermarket dashes and panic meals
- Households that like familiar flavours but still want week-to-week variety
- Anyone who wants a dependable backbone of meals to build the rest of the plan around
How works inside Juna
Inside Juna, is one of the dials you can turn when you set up your week. You choose your mix of categories, we build a full week of dinners around that mix, and your grouped supermarket shopping list is generated automatically in UK-friendly ingredients and pack sizes.
Each recipe in this category shows a clear teaser, cooking time and headline benefits on the public site, with full ingredients and method unlocked for members only.