2026 Weekly Eats Method | Simplify

Weekly Eats Simplify templates invite you to direct your attention before you even start shopping or preparing meals.

The Master Outline template helps you understand what your week ahead looks like, and the Inventory List helps you keep track of your pantry, fridge, and household items to prevent over- or under-buying, and to help reduce food waste. These are the first two steps of the Weekly Eats method, and can also be used individually. 

Simplify is a pillar of Weekly Eats because it gives you a solid starting point for your weekly planning process -- because sometimes, starting is the hardest part, but as an essential function of everyday living, doesn’t having a meal plan make sense? 

Simplify takes many forms:

• For busy families, Simplify might mean batch-cooking. 

• For dorm-dwellers, Simplify could mean only using an electric kettle and mini-fridge.

• Busy professionals might need meals that travel well and don’t require reheating.

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!