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Family Meal Planner

$14.00

Plan the week's meals and get the shopping list automatically.

Spreadsheet (Excel + Google Sheets)

Plan the week's meals and get the shopping list automatically.

Who it's for

  • Parents who plan dinners for the week and hate writing the shopping list
  • Families who want to keep the food budget in check
  • Anyone who uses Excel or Google Sheets on a computer, tablet or phone

What's inside

  • Start Here: the 3 steps, what the colours mean
  • Settings: currency symbol, date style, weekly budget, storage days, aisle order
  • Example: a finished week and the shopping list it makes
  • Recipe Library: one row per ingredient, with 24 starter dinners included
  • Week Planner: pick dinners from dropdowns, with a batch × 2 option to cook double
  • Shopping List: builds itself, grouped by aisle, with an estimated cost and a "Got it" column
  • Budget: 12 weeks of budget vs actual, with a chart
  • Leftovers & Freezer: use-by dates and status worked out for you
  • 4-Week Rotation: 28 dinners on repeat, loaded into the planner in one step
  • Print Week: one landscape page with the meals and the shopping list
  • Quick Start PDF (2 pages) with the Google Sheets copy link

How to use it

  1. Recipe Library: keep the 24 starter dinners and add your own.
  2. Week Planner: type Monday's date and pick a dinner for each day.
  3. Shopping List: it's already done, grouped by aisle. Tick as you shop.

Formats and devices

Excel file (.xlsx) with working, locked formulas; you only type in the peach cells. Google Sheets version through the copy link in the Quick Start PDF. Starter dinner prices are rough estimates you can change.

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