Weekly menu for two with recipes
Two adults, no children: seven breakfasts, lunches and dinners, some dishes cooked for two days at once so you stand at the stove less often.
Groceries for the whole week come to $135.65 for 2 people, which is $9.69 per person per day, and an adult gets 1406 kcal a day. The shopping list has 60 items counted in packs at average supermarket prices (United States); your store will differ, but the proportions hold.
Where this week costs less
The same 60-item shopping list at different chains' prices, cheapest first.
- Aldi cheapest≈ $129.68
- Costco≈ $132.63
- Walmart≈ $135.65
- Trader Joe's≈ $144.41
- Kroger≈ $147.36
- Target≈ $150.37
- Safeway≈ $159.18
- Whole Foods≈ $191.58
These are estimates: average Rosstat prices with the chain's index; for VkusVill, prices from its own catalog. Your local store will differ.
Week from 16 November 2026
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Mon 16 November
$10.84 1188 kcal 1 h 20 min
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Tue 17 November
$12.84 1621 kcal 1 h 10 min
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Wed 18 November
$13.22 1350 kcal 1 h 7 min
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Thu 19 November
$14.16 1365 kcal 1 h 18 min
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Fri 20 November
$10.60 1345 kcal 1 h 22 min
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Sat 21 November
$12.26 1508 kcal 2 h 25 min
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Sun 22 November
$11.28 1467 kcal 1 h 30 min
Shopping list: 60 items
- Beetroot400 g
- Bell peppers100 g
- Button mushrooms800 g
- Cucumbers300 g
- Dill50 g
- Fresh spinach150 g
- Garlic100 g
- Green onions200 g
- Kimchi400 g
- Onions400 g
- Potatoes400 g
- Apples500 g
- Avocado1 pcs
- Lemon50 g
- Pomegranate1 pcs
- Bacon400 g
- Stewing beef600 g
- Crab sticks200 g
- Squid tubes1 kg
- Eggs40 pcs
- Cottage cheese 5% (tvorog)300 g
- Hard cheese400 g
- Parmesan200 g
- Plain yogurt1.2 kg
- Sour cream 15%300 g
- Buckwheat groats800 g
- Long-grain rice800 g
- Rolled oats400 g
- Wheat bran250 g
- Whole-grain bread350 g
- Black olives300 g
- Canned pineapple565 g
- Canned red beans400 g
- Canned tuna340 g
- Pickled cucumbers680 g
- Mixed berries (frozen)300 g
- Prunes200 g
- Raisins200 g
- Walnuts300 g
- Apple juice1 l
- Baking powder15 g
- Baking soda500 g
- Balsamic vinegar250 ml
- Cocoa powder100 g
- Honey350 g
- Ketchup350 g
- Mayonnaise400 g
- Powdered sugar200 g
- Soy sauce250 ml
- Sugar1 kg
- Vinegar 9%500 ml
- Wheat flour1 kg
- Bay leaves10 g
- Chili flakes30 g
- Ground black pepper50 g
- Khmeli-suneli30 g
- Olive oil500 ml
- Pepper mix40 g
- Salt1 kg
- Sunflower oil900 ml
The list is counted in packs, not grams: a head of cabbage, a bag of rice, a dozen eggs. Prices are supermarket averages; your store will differ.
How to use it
This is a real week built by the Racion planner for the coming Monday, not a list of ideas: every day has its calories, price and time at the stove, and the ingredients are gathered into one list by store aisle. The page updates every Monday; past weeks do not repeat.
To get a week like this for yourself, answer seven questions: country and store, who eats, what is off limits, what appliances you have, which meals, the budget. The planner accounts for allergies, children by age, what is already at home and favourite dishes, and the shopping list can be ticked off in the store from your phone.
Questions
How much does a weekly menu for 2 cost?
This week is $135.65 for 2 people, that is $9.69 per person per day at average supermarket prices (United States). Meat, fish and cheese are always the priciest lines, grains, vegetables and eggs the cheapest; the budget menu on this site saves through grains and chicken, not through smaller servings.
Can a dish be swapped?
Yes. In a week built for you every dish has a swap button: the planner offers another dish for the same meal within your limits, and the shopping list recalculates. Dishes you dislike can be marked and never come back.
How is the shopping list organised?
60 items in 13 store aisles: vegetables, meat, dairy, dry goods and so on, in the order you walk the store. Amounts are rounded to packs, every line has a price, and what you already have at home can be crossed out before shopping.
Why does the menu change?
The page shows the week from the coming Monday, and every week the planner builds it again from one and a half thousand recipes. Last week can be kept in your account, with the list and the ticks.