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Free printable weekly meal planner and grocery list

Two pages: a weekly meal planner with breakfast, lunch and dinner for every day, and a grocery list sorted by store section. Free to download and print, no sign-up.

Printable weekly meal planner with breakfast, lunch and dinner for Monday to SundayPrintable grocery list with sections for produce, meat and fish, dairy, bakery, pantry, frozen, snacks and household
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How to use it

  1. Pick one evening a week to plan, and check the family calendar first. Busy nights get the quickest meals.
  2. Start with dinners. Breakfasts and lunches can repeat through the week.
  3. Check the fridge and pantry, then write only what’s missing on the grocery list, under its store section.
  4. Plan one leftovers night, so food gets eaten and you shop for six dinners instead of seven.

Theme nights make planning faster

Giving each night a theme means choosing from a handful of meals instead of everything you could cook. Here’s a week to start from. Swap in your own family’s favorites.

Monday

Meatless Monday

Veggie stir-fry, bean chili, pasta primavera

Tuesday

Taco Tuesday

Tacos, burrito bowls, quesadillas

Wednesday

One-pan Wednesday

Sheet-pan chicken, skillet pasta, fried rice

Thursday

Leftovers Thursday

Clear out the fridge before the weekend

Friday

Pizza Friday

Homemade, flatbreads, or a store-bought base

Saturday

Breakfast for dinner

Pancakes, omelets, breakfast burritos

Sunday

Slow-cooker Sunday

Roast, soup or stew, with leftovers for Monday lunch

When the paper plan stops working

A paper planner works until someone is at the store without the list, or the recipe only lives in one person’s head. The Kitchen in the rumaloom app keeps the plan and the list where the whole family can see them:

rumaloom for families

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