{"id":9186,"date":"2018-03-28T10:09:25","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T08:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bonapp.menu\/?p=9186"},"modified":"2018-03-28T10:09:25","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T08:09:25","slug":"free-download-weekly-meal-planner-templates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bonapp.menu\/en\/free-download-weekly-meal-planner-templates\/","title":{"rendered":"Free download! Our weekly meal planner templates"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Weekly meal planning doesn\u2019t require a binder, a calendar full of recipes or a complicated spreadsheet!\u00a0 All you need are two sheets of paper to get you organised each week.\u00a0 Our weekly meal planner templates are free to download so that you can become a meal planning guru!<\/p>\n

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What is meal planning<\/h3>\n

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Meal planning is simply asking \u201cwhat\u2019s for dinner?\u201d once the whole week, instead of asking the question every night.\u00a0 If you prepare every meal at home, including lunch and breakfast, then it\u2019s asking \u201cwhat are we going to eat this week?\u201d\u00a0 There are many advantages of meal planning<\/a>\u00a0and Bon App is here to help you enjoy all of those benefits without any of the hassle with our new meal plan<\/a>\u00a0every week!<\/p>\n

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Download our weekly meal planner templates<\/h3>\n

Weekly Meal Planner<\/a><\/p>\n

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Shopping List<\/a><\/p>\n

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How to use the weekly meal planner templates<\/h3>\n

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Simply download and print our weekly meal planner templates and then use these two sheets of paper for meal planning and your shopping list.\u00a0 I tend to meal plan for Bon App on a Sunday night and then go shopping on a Monday, and then I cook and photograph the recipes each weeknight.\u00a0 Meal planning on Sunday also gets me mentally prepared for the week ahead and gives me a sense of accomplishment that has to be rewarded with a Sunday night aperitif before dinner, of course!<\/p>\n

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  1. Start by taking stock: Ask yourself what you\u2019ve cooked the last few weeks. Look in your fridge, freezer and cupboards and make note of anything that needs to be used up so that you can reduce food waste.<\/li>\n
  2. Check what\u2019s in season: you can use our seasonal food guide<\/u> to check which fruit and vegetables are in season this month. And check out this post for the 6 great reasons to eat in season.<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Determine your social commitments: Look at your calendar and determine your plans and therefore your needs for dinners during the week. For example, we have invited friends over for dinner on Thursday next week and also have a social event on Saturday night, so I\u2019ll note on the plan that Thursday is an entertaining meal and to skip Saturday.<\/li>\n
  4. Choose your meals: You can start with very specific recipes or general ideas, like meatless Monday or fish Friday. Then fill in your meals for the week.\u00a0 Don\u2019t forget to give yourself a night off from cooking or to include a meal that you\u2019ve cooked before.\u00a0 Cooking something new 7 days a week is too much for anyone!<\/li>\n
  5. Make your shopping list: transfer the ingredients from your recipes on to our shopping list template<\/a>\u00a0by category. This will make your shopping trip so much faster, I promise!\u00a0 Don\u2019t forget to add anything else you need, like shower gel or loo rolls.<\/li>\n
  6. Go shopping and enjoy cooking!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Of course, you can always simply follow the Bon App meal plans<\/a>\u00a0as we take all the hassle out of meal planning and you get to eat a delicious balanced meal plan every week.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Weekly meal planning doesn\u2019t require a binder, a calendar full of recipes or a complicated spreadsheet!\u00a0 All you need are two sheets of paper to get you organised each week.\u00a0 Our weekly meal planner templates are free to download so that you can become a meal planning guru!   What is meal planning   Meal…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9287,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bonapp.menu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9186"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bonapp.menu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bonapp.menu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bonapp.menu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bonapp.menu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9186"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.bonapp.menu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11141,"href":"https:\/\/www.bonapp.menu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9186\/revisions\/11141"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bonapp.menu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bonapp.menu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bonapp.menu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bonapp.menu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}