Meal Planner + Grocery List 2027

Made with AI: an AI assistant built this spreadsheet template and wrote this description, then it was reviewed before release.

Plan your meals for every week of 2027 and let the grocery list build itself. Pick a week, and the spreadsheet adds up every ingredient for that week's meals, skips the staples you always have, and sorts the list by store aisle.

This is a digital download. No physical item will be shipped. You get one ZIP file right after purchase with the planner, a filled sample copy, and a short "How to open" note.

WHAT'S INCLUDED (5 tabs in one .xlsx file)

- Start Here: how to use each tab, how the weeks work, and a color key (yellow = you type).

- Recipe Bank: room for 60 recipes with up to 15 ingredients each: ingredient, amount, unit and store aisle. A Scale box on each recipe doubles or halves every amount (2 = double batch, 0.5 = half).

- Pantry & Aisles: list the staples you always have (salt, oil...) and they are left off the grocery list. Set your store's aisle order, and the list follows it.

- Meal Plan: 53 Monday-to-Sunday weeks with real 2027 dates. Pick Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Snacks for each day from dropdowns that list your recipes.

- Grocery List: type a week number. You see that week's meals at a glance, then a shopping list with amounts added up across every meal, grouped by aisle, with a Got it column to mark as you shop.

HOW THE LIST ADDS UP

- A recipe planned 3 times in a week is counted 3 times.

- The same ingredient from different recipes is combined into one line (capital letters don't matter).

- The same ingredient in two different units (cups and ounces) is never added together: each unit gets its own line, with a note.

- A meal that isn't in your Recipe Bank turns red with a heads-up, so nothing drops off the list without you knowing. Two recipes with the same name also get a heads-up.

Weeks in 2027: every week runs Monday to Sunday. Week 1 starts Monday 12/28/2026 so it includes New Year's Day, and Week 53 ends Sunday 01/02/2028 so it includes December 31. Every day of 2027 is covered.

You also get a filled sample copy with made-up recipes and sample meal plans for every week, so you can see how everything works before you start your own.

FILE FORMAT

- One ZIP containing the .xlsx planner, the .xlsx sample copy, and a "How to open" text note.

- Made for Excel and Google Sheets (.xlsx, no macros). Formulas tested by recalculation in LibreOffice.

- To open it in Google Sheets, upload the file to Google Drive and choose Open with > Google Sheets, or use File > Import in a blank sheet.

- Formula cells are locked so they don't get overwritten by accident. Tabs are protected with no password, so you can unprotect them to customize. Sheet protection may not carry over when you import into Google Sheets.

- The grocery list covers up to 200 recipe ingredient lines per week (a heads-up shows if a week goes over).

PLEASE NOTE

- This is a digital download. No physical item will be shipped.

- No recipes are included in the blank template; the sample copy shows example recipes.

- For personal use. Please don't resell or share the file.

The listing images are real screenshots (renders) of the spreadsheet with made-up sample data. No AI-generated images are used.