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Free Printable Weekly and Fortnightly Menu Plans

Posted on March 14, 2011 13 Comments

This free printable weekly menu plan and fortnightly menu plan can help you make meals times a little more oganised!

When I shared my original monthly menu plan printable I got such a great response! Who would have thought so many of us would find a simple printable menu plan so useful, but we do!

But lots of people told me that they shopped or meal planned on a weekly or fortnightly basis, and that a month was too long. So of course I needed to design some weekly and fortnightly menu plans too!

Updated Monthly and Weekly Menu Planners
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Find our newest sets of free printable meal plans – weekly and monthly – plus a bonus free printable shopping list and lots of meal planning tips here.

Free Printable Weekly Menu Plan

This weekly menu plan prints neatly onto an A4 page (choose shrink to fit if prining on US letter sized paper). It has a circular space to add the date, a section to write what’s on for each day and space for jotting down ideas for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks/extras.

Free printable weekly menu plan

You can download the weekly free printable menu plan here.

Free Printable Fortnightly Menu Plan

This fortnightly menu plan has a circluar spot to add the date for each day, and a large space so you can add ideas for all three meals, plus any other information you need for each day

fornightly menu plan

You can download the fortnightly free printable menu plan here.

These printables are a A4 sized pdf files, you will need a pdf reader such as adobe acrobat to open them. If you are printing on US ‘letter sized’ paper be sure to select ‘fit’ or ‘shrink to fit’ from your printer options.

Please remember that the printables at picklebums.com are for personal use only, you may not sell, share, or link directly to these files.

What to Put on a Meal Plan

What you put on a meal plan is entirely up to you. Each family is different so what works for one person might not work for another.

I suggest collecting a list of your family’s favourite meals, and adding a few new recipes you’d like to try, and then add them to your menu plan in whatever way works best for you.

I have shared lots more simple tips for meal planning and some new printable menu plans here

And don’t be afraid to repeat some meals over and over – if your family love them and they are easy to make, go with it!

Here are some of our current favourite meals on my menu plan:

Dinner Ideas:

Easy chicken noodle soup - a great kid-friendly family dinner
Easy Chicken Noodle Soup
Try this easy family dinner idea - Shepherd's Pie (Cottage Pie)
Easy Shepherd’s Pie
Easy Beef and Veggie Stir Fry - a family friendly dinner you can have on the table in 15 minutes
Beef and veggie stir fry

Crunchy Chicken Strips - an easy family dinner that is better than take out!
Crunch Chicken Strips
Chicken Mushroom and broccoli pasta
Chicken Mushroom and Broccoli Pasta
Pizza Pasta Bake - easy and delicious family meal
Pizza Pasta Bake

Lunch Ideas:

Easy homemade pizza rolls - perfect for school lunches
Homemade Pizza Rolls
Rice and Veggie Muffins - this easy recipe is great for school lunches, or even as a side dish.
Rice and Veggie Muffins
Pastry Pinwheels 3 Ways

quiche
Easy crustless quiche.
Pasta salad
Simple Summer Pasta Salad
50+ non-sandwich lunchbox ideas for kids
50 Non-sandwich Lunch Ideas

Breakfast Ideas:

Homemade Granola - an easy, kid-friendly breakfast or snack
Homemade Granola
Apple and Oat Pancakes
Apple and Oat Pancakes
20 quick and easy school morning breakfast ideas - a month's worth of homemade, real food, breakfast ideas for busy school mornings.
20 School Morning Breakfast Ideas

Snack Ideas:

multiple photos of snack ideas for kids
Easy Snack Ideas for Kids
Fruit Crunchies - an easy sweet snack the kids can cook. Great for lunch boxes too
Fruit Crunchies
Pita Chips - an easy taste snack that the kid can cook!
Pita Chips

Chocolate Coconut Bars - easy to make, wheat-free, nut-free and refined sugar-free and really really yum!
Chocolate Coconut Bars
Homemade Popcorn Bars - from picklebums.com
Popcorn Bars.
homemade muesli bars
Homemade Muesli Bars

What’s on your menu plan?

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  1. Ms_MotorbikeNut says

    Menu Planners are great I use them all the time.

    I also have what is called a Weekly Planner that lists every thing we are doing that week including down to what shows that way he or I can see at a glance when I’m studying or if there is something else on with out having to check with each other what is happening in the comming days.

    I might actually put that up on my own blog in the next week or so.

    (((( Hugs )))) XXXX Kisses XXXX

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  2. PlanningQueen says

    We love your triangles and will often use left over spag bol sauce to make them.

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    • katef says

      ah if only my kids all ate spaghetti bolognaise because I’m with you, that would be delish in the triangles!

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  3. keepcatebusy (Cate) says

    Love the printables – I’m experimenting with weekly meal planning at the moment as a way to get myself in order…so will give these a try too (although, sometimes it’s better if the kiddos don’t know in advance what’s on the menu – they think it’s their opportunity to give me their opinion!!)
    We had persian couscous for dinner tonight – I enjoyed it (variable response from said kiddos :-))
    xxxCate

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  4. Meegan says

    Thanks! I LOVE the colours :) Just printed a heap off to work with. Although I love the thought of using things like the Google calendar, I need to use a pen/pencil and paper for this type of thinking/planning. So, again thanks!

    xo

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  5. christine says

    Like this but sunday gets cut, it is a little too big for a regular sheet.

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    • katef says

      Hi Christine,
      If you choose ‘shrink to printable area’ (or similar) on your pdf printer menu, then it should shrink to fit whatever size paper you are using.

      Hope that helps.

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  6. Kelly says

    Love the 2 week planner! Will be laminating it to use with dry erase markers. Thanks for sharing!

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  7. Lisa says

    What does the (what’s on?) circle mean

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    • katef says

      I write the dates in the circles and use the ‘what’s on’ squares on the weekly planner to note down things that affect my meal planning. So things like when we having dancing till late, if my husband will be on night shift, if we will be out for dinner or have guests… that sort of thing :)

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  8. Deanne says

    I’ve tried everything to make this menu planner print but…won’t. It’s cutting off half of the page? My settings are 8.5 x 11 in. Any suggestions.

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    • katepickle says

      Make sure your printer settings are for landscape not portrait and make sure you check ‘shrink to printable area’ in the pdf printer settings box before you print… hope that fixes it.

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  9. Gabrielle says

    Thanks for sharing, I love the bright colors! I’m trying really hard to implement menu planning this year. I started with your weekly planner but switched to the fortnight version after realizing that planning breakfast and lunch doesn’t really work in our house. It’s also been encouraging me to dig out all of those recipes I’ve wanted to try for so long, we found three new favorites in the last couple of weeks!

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