A meal planner and grocery budget spreadsheet that runs the whole kitchen economy — plan the month, know the cost of every meal, and stop food from eating your budget. Most meal templates give you a blank weekly grid; this one connects meal plans, recipes, receipts and waste in one file. 322 live formulas do the counting, you do the cooking.

WHAT'S INSIDE (12 worksheets):
- Dashboard — weekly spend, budget left, avg cost per serving, waste % of spend: all live - Start Here — household size and budgets once, everything checks against them - Weekly Meal Plan — 4 weeks x 7 days x 4 meals, with estimated cost per day - Recipe Book — 20 recipes with ingredient cost and cost per serving calculating themselves - Recipe Ingredients — one row per ingredient; costs flow up to each recipe (SUMIF) - Grocery List — 40+ items with category rollup — estimated vs actual prices side by side - Grocery Budget — monthly limits per category, spent fills from Grocery Log automatically - Grocery Log — every receipt logged; per-week averages calculate themselves - Pantry Inventory — qty vs minimum level flags REORDER items; expiry flags count themselves - Price Book — compare 2 stores per item — best price and cheapest store pick themselves - Meal Prep Plan — batch cooking tasks with total prep minutes tallying automatically - Food Waste Log — what got thrown away and what it cost — annualised figure calculates itself

Real working formulas (322), not decorative cells: cost per serving, category SUMIF rollups, reorder flags, best-price lookup, budget variance checks. Dropdown validations everywhere — no typos in your data.

WHO IT'S FOR:
- Families cutting grocery spending without eating worse
- Meal preppers who plan a week or a month ahead
- Home cooks who want to know the true cost per serving
- Households fighting food waste and surprise supermarket totals

FORMAT & DELIVERY:
- Instant download: .xlsx file — works in Microsoft Excel 2016+ AND Google Sheets (File → Import). Sample rows included to show how each sheet works — delete them and make it yours - Set up in 3 steps: download → open in Excel or drag into Google Sheets → set your household size and budget in Start Here — plan, shop and track from there - Personal use. Covered by a 30-day money-back guarantee — message me if anything doesn't work and I'll fix it or help you set it up.