2026 Weekly Eats Method | Prepare

Weekly Eats Prepare templates present methods to reclaim control of your free time by making menus, ingredient preparation, and preparing meals. 

The Meal Outline provides an 8-day grid to allow meal planning for an “overlap” day aka your shopping day, and the multi-column Shopping List helps you log the needed items for your meal outline. Steps three and four of the Weekly Eats method, and can also be used individually. 

Prepare is a pillar of Weekly Eats because being prepared is never the wrong way to direct one’s efforts, and success follows preparedness. Plan then prepare for confidence in your program.

Prepare is a verb, an action word, and action takes different forms:

• For parents and caregivers, Prepare might look like packing snacks and lunches.

• For young adults, Prepare might be planning “OUT/TBD” meals.

• For freelancers, Prepare keeps you in control of meal options.

This is a digital download and files are delivered immediately following checkout in a separate email following your order confirmation; no physical product will be shipped.

Use templates digitally or print to maintain hard copies of your weekly programs – either way, pay once, use endlessly. 

To use templates digitally, download the file, and then open it using your preferred PDF editing app. 

To use template as a printable, download the file, and print as a standard 8.5” x 11” page. Templates are spaced enough to print 2 sheets per page, to save paper and if you are printing multiple templates.

Check out the 2026 Weekly Eats Guidebook for Meal Planning and Meal Prep Success, and get all five (5) templates plus bonus content and lifelong updates!