Menu Assistant - Version 1.02 Menu Assistant is a program for recipe management and meal planning. It can be used in households, and it may be suited for some professional catering purposes also. A small demo database is included. Menu Assistant lets you design meal plans using a custom layout, and edit meal plans in a grid. It also features automatic menu cost calculation, and printing of meal plans as well as other lists. Shopping lists can be based on an entire meal plan or on part of it. This download is a 30-day trial.