Mondayday 1
Lunch
Bulgur salad, tomatoes & feta
15 min
Dinner
Chicken & bell pepper stir-fry & rice
40 min
14 meals for four people for $85: fish, meat four times, fresh vegetables, and enough to finish the week without a second trip to the checkout.
Lunch and dinner for seven days. The longer recipes land in the evenings and on weekends, and lunches stay short.
This menu doesn't quite fit your household? Popotam writes you one just like it, with your tastes, your crew at the table and your budget.
Fit this menu to my weekfree, no account, about two minutesAlready grouped by aisle, so you get through the store without doubling back.
With Popotam, you check this list off as you go and see the budget you have left.
Create my grocery listThursday's pollock fillets and the tuna in the pasta bake add about $9 to the cart. It's the first thing that comes back as soon as you go over $67.
Bell peppers, broccoli, zucchini, arugula: at this budget, you don't have to stick to vegetables that keep and frozen ones.
Monday's chicken stir-fry feeds Tuesday's wraps, Sunday's roast leaves enough to top the evening toast. Nothing goes to waste, but nothing is repeated exactly the same.
Two doughs, the mozzarella, the arugula: $7 for four, versus $34 or so for delivery.
The same weight in whole fillets costs 20 to 30% less than pre-cut tenders. Three minutes of slicing is worth $2.
Roast, potatoes and carrots cook together. The oven uses as much energy for one dish as for three: might as well fill it.
Leeks, tired carrots and broccoli stems end up in Sunday night's soup. It's the meal that closes the week without buying anything.
Pick your tastes, your constraints and your budget. Popotam builds your meal plan and your grocery list, either generating it itself or with your own ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini account.
All our menus follow the same format: 14 meals, a grocery list, an estimated budget.
Family of four, dishes to share.
A week for four at the lowest price.
Dishes kids actually finish.
Veggies twice a day, no deprivation.
Two people, a little meat, zero waste.
Big quantities, grouped grocery runs.
It's a tight but comfortable budget: the French average for four people, all meals eaten at home, is more like $101 to $134 a week. Getting down to $85 means cooking every meal and keeping fish to once a week, which is what this menu does, without dropping meat or fresh vegetables.
First pick a format (number of people, budget, time you have), then lay out 14 meals, lunch and dinner over 7 days, reusing the same ingredients from one dish to the next. Finish with the grocery list grouped by aisle: that's what makes sure the week holds up.
Every menu on this site comes with one, already sorted by aisle. With Popotam, you can also generate your own from your own meals: you check it off as you go and it shows the budget you have left.
Yes, and with no subscription. Two ways to generate, your pick: Popotam handles it itself, which costs it less than a cent, or you use your own ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini account, which costs it nothing. No ads, no selling your data, no commission on your groceries.
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