MealWise – Meal Planning & Grocery Budget Kit (Excel + Printable)

Description

MealWise puts your weekly meal plan, recipes, shopping list, grocery budget and pantry in one easy Excel workbook. It also comes with printable planner pages and 30 budget-friendly recipes. You’ll see what you plan to eat, what you need to buy and what you actually spend.

How it works

1. Set your household size, currency, and weekly and monthly grocery budgets.
2. Plan your meals. Pick a recipe and the meal name and estimated cost fill in for you.
3. Check what’s already in your pantry and freezer, then build your shopping list.
4. After shopping, enter what you paid and tick “Purchased”.
5. The dashboard shows your budget, planned vs actual spending, what’s left, pantry dates and food waste.

What’s inside

• Meal Planner with a printable one-page weekly menu
• Recipe Database: 30 starter recipes with search, cost per serving and allergen notes
• Grocery Shopping List: food categories, stores, priorities, estimated vs actual prices, and an “In Pantry” check
• Printable shopping lists: one grouped by category, plus a blank one to write on
• Grocery Budget Tracker: weekly and monthly budgets, spending by category, 12-week and 12-month history
• Pantry & Freezer Inventory: “use soon” and “date passed” alerts, plus reorder reminders
• Meal Prep & Food Waste Tracker: see what gets thrown away and why
• Dashboard: 15 key numbers, upcoming best-before dates and 4 charts
• Printable A4 planner (16 page designs): budget, weekly and daily meal plans, shopping list, pantry, freezer, expense trackers, meal prep, food waste, recipes and a weekly review
• Recipe Collection PDF: 30 recipes with storage tips, leftover ideas and a cost worksheet for your local prices
• User Guide, Quick Start and sample workbook: the sample shows a fictional household so you can explore first

Built to be clear and honest

• Every purchase is counted only once.
• If you haven’t set a budget, it shows “Not set” instead of a misleading percentage.
• It uses one currency, which you choose.
• No macros, nothing to install, and your data stays on your device.

Versions

• Printable Planner.
• Excel Workbook.
• Complete Bundle: Includes the workbook, sample data, printable planner, recipes and guides.
• Premium Bundle: Everything in Complete, plus a monthly meal calendar, yearly grocery budget, meal prep session planner, recipe scaler, unit price comparison and extra printable monthly planners.

Compatibility: Excel 2016 or later / Microsoft 365 (Windows and Mac). The PDFs open in any PDF reader. Google Sheets hasn’t been tested, so some formatting and charts may look different there.

MealWise helps you plan and see your spending. Your results depend on how you use it. Prices aren’t fetched automatically, and the recipes are not medical or dietary advice, so always check food labels for allergens.