Menu planning software makes a great gift for a cook. What busy cook wouldn't enjoy an endless stream of menu planning ideas and help with dinner menu planning?
Let's face it... planning out meals and weekly menus month after month can get a bit tedious, even for the most creative cook. Believe me... I know! Luckily, there are services out there that will do it for you... or for the cook on your gift list.
I went in search of the best ones on the Web and came up with a few ideas for you as you shop for a gift that is truly creative and different. You just might become the hero of the next holiday when your giftee opens this gift! ![]()
On all of my gift pages, you'll find links to where you can buy the products I suggest online. Most of the time, I DO receive a small commission if you decide to buy the product through my link. But you can rest assured I only recommend gifts that I would want to own myself (or that I already do). That's my promise to my readers!
If you click through on the image or the menu planning software title, you can read more details about that website for menu planning ideas. On those detail pages, I'll also tell you where you can sign up to buy this dinner menu planning gift for the cooks on your list. Enjoy your shopping!
Here are a couple of my favorite menu planning software programs that you can learn more about:

Menu Planning Central
This software/service is specially designed for busy families, but even a single person could benefit from it. If you want to make truly healthy and cost effective meals, then you have to plan them. They don't just happen by magic, you know! This membership site does all the work for you, if you want them to... or you can use their tools to plan your own menus quickly and easily. They'll even supply the recipes, along with a grocery list (categorized by aisle) that includes all the necessary ingredients to prepare the recipes in the weekly menu plan.

Menus4Moms
This is more a membership site than a menu planning software. And you have a few options: busy mom menus, frugal mom menus, and gluten-free menus.
It's a low monthly rate and any busy cook, whether a mom or not, should benefit from having menus all made up in advance.
If you're looking for menu planning software or services, then either of the selections on this page would make a nice gift for the person on your gift list who is too busy or stressed to figure it all out themselves. For dinner menu planning ideas, these are great sources of inspiration!