Meal planner template
A dish for each day you intend to cook, linked to what you need to buy.
Meal planner template
Sample layout
| Day | Meal | Dish |
|---|---|---|
| Mon | Dinner | Lentil soup |
| Tue | Dinner | Rice and eggs |
| Wed | Dinner | Leftover soup |
Sample week of dinners. The grocery list is a separate page.
Plan the meals you actually cook
A meal planner template or weekly meal planner template maps a dish to a day. Searches for template meal plan and meal plan template weekly are the same grid. Fill dinner first. Repeat breakfast if you eat the same thing. An empty lunch slot is fine. A grid with 21 unique dishes is a fantasy week.
Each dish can point at a short ingredient list. The grocery list is the combined list, not a rewrite of the meals. If you are following portions for a reason, the diet plan holds portions. This page holds the menu.
Leftovers are a row
Write 'leftover soup' on Wednesday. It is a decision, and it stops you buying a third dinner. Review the week on the same day you open the weekly planner, then shop once.
Questions
- What belongs on a weekly meal planner?
- Day, meal slot, and dish. Add a note for leftovers. Ingredients belong on the grocery list, summed across the week.