Budget Meal Planner Spreadsheet | Cheap Easy Recipes, Student Weekly Menu & Auto Grocery List with Cost Tracker | Excel Google Sheets

Eat well on a tight budget — without doing the math yourself.

This Budget Meal Planner is built for students, dorm kitchens and anyone watching their grocery spending. Pick cheap, simple recipes for the week (max. 4 ingredients each, no fancy equipment needed), and the spreadsheet totals your estimated grocery cost — and cost per portion — automatically.

What makes it different from a plain weekly planner:- 12 starter recipes picked for low cost and simple prep: oatmeal, rice and beans, grilled cheese, instant ramen upgrades, chickpea curry and more. Add your own anytime.- Est. Cost (USD) column on the Grocery List — pulls straight from the prices you log on the Ingredients tab.- Estimated Total Cost and Estimated Cost per Portion totals at the bottom of the Grocery List — live formulas, nothing to add up by hand.- The same auto-filling Grocery List you'd expect: check your weekly menu, and every needed ingredient gets highlighted automatically.

Included in this instant download:- MealPlanner-Budget.xlsx — the full editable workbook (Instructions, Weekly Menu, Recipes, Ingredients, Grocery List)- MealPlanner-Budget-US-Letter.pdf — blank printable planner (with a cost column) for US Letter paper- MealPlanner-Budget-A4.pdf — same, for A4 paper

Works in Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets and LibreOffice Calc. Only the yellow cells are meant for typing — everything else is protected so the formulas can't break by accident.

This is a digital product: nothing is shipped, download link arrives with your purchase. Because this is a digital file, returns and exchanges are not accepted. If anything is wrong with your file, contact us through this store and we'll fix it quickly.

Made with the help of AI tools (layout, formulas and templates); all designs are original, not copied from another creator.