At the beginning of the school year I tried to use a meal planning template I found on Pinterest. I put it in a picture frame so that I could write on it with whiteboard marker.
Last week I decided to give it another go. It helped me plan out the main courses for the week but that was it. When it came time to cook dinner, I made the main course and then when it was all over I would realize I forgot to make rice or I forget to make veggies to go with it. I am also using a couple of new cookbooks, and I would have to search and search just to find the recipes I wanted before I could even start cooking. That was really frustrating.
So, when I went to redo our meal planner for this week, I decided that this format wasn't going to work for me. It may be cute, but it just isn't efficient. I wanted to be able to plan out all the components to dinner (entree, side, veggie) and have enough space to write where I could find the recipe. I also wanted to have room to start compiling a grocery list as I planned out the week's meals. Finally, I wanted to be able to have it as a file on my computer so that I could edit it each week (and not have to write it out by hand.) I scoured the internet looking for something that filled my requirements but to no avail. There wasn't much that I liked, and when I did find something I liked the file either wasn't editable or didn't work at all. This led me to create one myself, and that way I could make it just how I wanted it.
If you have the same requirements for a weekly meal planner as I do, then I am more than welcome to share! Just click on the link below, and you will be able to download the template version to you own computer!
Weekly Meal Planner
Happy meal planning!
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