Weekly meal planner

A weekly meal planner template with a column per day and rows for each meal. Print it, plan the week, shop once.

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Weekly meal planner

Tip: on mobile, swipe the grid sideways. The PDF always exports the full week.

How to use this weekly meal planner

Breakfast through snacks plus a grocery-notes row. Plan dinners first (they drive the shopping list), then fill lighter meals around leftovers.

  1. 1. Plan dinners for the whole week. Write each night’s main. Reuse proteins across lunches so you shop once instead of every other day.
  2. 2. Fill breakfast and lunch from leftovers and staples. Oats, eggs, rice bowls — keep them simple so the planner stays usable on busy mornings.
  3. 3. Dump the shopping list into Grocery notes. Scan the week once, list what you are missing, and take the printed page to the store.
  4. 4. Reprint every Sunday (or whenever you shop). Change the week-of date and download again. A fridge magnet turns it into the household default.