Easy 1-Step Recipe Planner Free Printable

Do you cringe whenever you hear the recurring question… “What’s for dinner?” Simplify your life and make it so easy to plan your dinners for the week with this Easy 1-Step Recipe Planner!

I’ve created a free printable that will let you add your family’s favorite recipes to a 1-page printable that you can put in the front of your recipe binder and then simply scan through your favorite recipes listed by category and circle the ones you’re feeling like making that week. Fast, easy, and made to fit your lifestyle!

Easy 1-Step Recipe Planner

How to use this Recipe Planner!

Setup Your Document:

• Download the Easy 1-Step Recipe Planner free printable at the bottom of this post.
• Use the 1st page of the document and brainstorm all your family’s favorite recipes. Fill in the editable PDF 2nd page of the document with all of your family’s favorite recipes.
• Print the recipe planner. Put it in a sheet protector and add it to the front of your recipe binder.

Weekly 1-Step Planner:

Circle 5-6 recipes from the recipe planner using a dry erase marker.

Each night, choose one of your pre-selected recipes to make for dinner that night, and erase your circle. That’s it!

You’re menu planning is so easy because you’re first selecting from recipes you know and your family loves. By picking out recipes at the beginning of the week you can prepare any needed ingredients and plan those recipes around your family’s schedule.

When it’s time to pick which recipe for each night, you have built-in flexibility to adapt what you prepare, as needed, with all of the remaining recipes you’ve pre-selected to choose from each night.

Some Notes on Use:

I like to leave some openings for leftovers and flexibility. We plan a date night most weeks where the kids will eat kid foods for dinner.

I prefer to not assign specific recipes to specific nights, but by picking out what to make for the week, it limits my choices when it comes to starting dinner for the night. I now just have a few choices and can easily decide which one I’m in the mood for that evening.

Print and organize your recipes by these 6 subcategories in your recipe binder to not only make it easy to plan your recipes, but easy to find and make your recipes as well!

Head over to see all of our easy dinner recipes to help you get started with yummy recipes for your family to enjoy!

Easy 1-Step Recipe Planner Free Printable

Grab this free easy 1-step recipe planner printable to help you take control of your own family meal planning! The first page is my own family’s recipe list to use as a resource to help you fill in your own blank chart with recipe ideas to get you thinking! Of course, you can use this filled in list if you choose to.

The second page is an editable PDF page that lets you fill in your own family’s favorite recipes! There’s 6 main categories with 15 different recipe blanks below each heading. Type in all the recipes you love, then hit print!

Store the easy recipe planner at the front of your recipe binder in a sheet protector. Then, you can easily circle 5 recipes at the beginning of the week that you plan to cook – or circle an extra recipe or two to give you more flexibility. You can choose your recipe each day from those you have circled, and simply wipe away your circle as you make each recipe – so easy with built in flexibility!

To help us all plan our weekly family menu, share your family’s favorite recipes in the comment!