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MealPantry budget tool

What can I cook for my budget?

Enter your weekly dinner budget and see a practical family meal preview based on the current catalogue week Australian grocery basket.

Quick answer

MealPantry estimates that a household of 4 can plan 7 dinners for approximately $91.02, based on the current catalogue week Weekly Grocery Index basket.

MealPantry weekly meal plan on a phone beside ingredients and a family meal planning notebook
Set the number first, then see dinners that work within it.

Set your week

Your MealPantry preview

$91.02

estimated for 4 people · 7 dinners

Within your budget

Mon · Chicken pasta

Chicken, pasta, tomato and cheese

$11.79

Tue · Sausage and mash

Sausages, potatoes and seasonal vegetables

$12.46

Wed · Vegetarian curry

Chickpeas, vegetables and rice

$10.27

Your first 3 dinners are ready.

Get all 7 dinners plus your complete shopping list in MealPantry, rebuilt around your household and preferences.

Continue My Week

How the estimate works. Figures use the current catalogue week (2 Sept 2026 – 8 Sept 2026) and scale fixed recipe baselines against its complete Weekly Grocery Index basket. It is a planning estimate, not a guaranteed checkout total. A new week is published only after all four stores have comparable evidence.

A budget-first plan

Start with the number you can spend, not a list of recipes that ignores it.

One shopping list

The app turns your chosen dinners into one organised list.

Current specials

MealPantry uses the week’s supermarket deals as the starting point.

The app does the next step

Keep the full week together.

MealPantry turns your budget, household and preferences into complete dinners and one editable shopping list.

Build my $120.00 family meal plan
Build my $120.00 family meal plan