Meal Plan: week of YYYY-MM-DD
Weekly meals + consolidated shopping list
How to use: Weekly cooking. The shopping list consolidation is the real payoff – one store trip, no midweek scramble.
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Meal Plan: week of YYYY-MM-DD
Plan once, cook with no decisions left. Shop from the consolidated list – it exists to prevent the midweek store run.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Week | YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD |
| Servings | N people |
| Budget | $N |
Week grid
| Day | Lunch | Dinner |
|---|---|---|
| Mon | ||
| Tue | ||
| Wed | ||
| Thu | ||
| Fri | ||
| Sat | ||
| Sun |
Recipes
| Meal | Recipe link / notes | Cook time | Batch? |
|---|---|---|---|
| [meal] | N min | makes N servings |
Shopping list
Produce
- [item + qty]
- [ ]
Protein
- [item + qty]
Pantry / dairy / other
- [item + qty]
Prep session
Sunday NN min block:
- [batch step]
- [batch step]
Leftover plan
| Cooked | Expected leftovers | Eaten as |
|---|---|---|
| [meal] | N servings | [day's lunch] |
Week review
- Worked: [meals that earned a repeat]
- Skipped: [what didn't get cooked and why]
- Next week: [one adjustment]