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Aldi Meal Plan for 4 – Week of November 8th

Aldi Weekly Meal Plan for 4

Breakfast Options:

  • Oatmeal with Almond Milk and Frozen Blueberries
  • Cinnamon French Toast Sticks/Fruit
  • Whole Wheat Toast with Strawberry Jam/Tea/Fruit
  • Veggie Omelettes/Toast/Fruit
  • Fruit Options: Clementines, Bananas, Raspberries

Lunch Options:

  • Sandwiches (Turkey or Ham with Cheese Slices on Whole Wheat)
  • Corn Dogs
  • Ramen
  • Bean and Cheese Burritos
  • Refried Beans/Cornbread
  • Leftovers
  • Side Options: Pretzels, Pears, Avocados, Grape Tomatoes, Clementines

Dinners:

  • Grilled Steaks, Baked Potatoes, Tossed Salad
  • Tacos, Rice, Refried Beans, Fruit Salad*
  • Mini Meatloaves, Noodle Toss with Oriental Veggies, Fruit Salad*
  • Cheese Quesadillas, Rice, Refried Beans, Fruit Salad* 
  • Cocktail Meatballs, Brown Rice, Broccoli, Fruit Salad*
  • Leftovers x 2, Fruit Salad*
  • *Fruit Salad: Grapes/Kiwi/Pineapple/Cantaloupe

What’s on your menu this week?

Aldi Meal Plan for 4 – Week of November 1st

Aldi Weekly Meal Plan for 4

The weather is starting to feel more fall-like here in Kansas City so our meal plans are move more and more toward comfort foods 🙂  We like to have more casseroles, soups/chili/stews, and slow cooker meals in these cooler months.  What are your family’s favorite fall and winter meals?

Breakfast Options:

  • Oatmeal with frozen blueberries and almond milk
  • Toast/fruit/tea
  • Breakfast burritos (eggs, cheese, sausage, hot sauce on flour tortillas) with a side of fruit
  • Fruit options: bananas, clementines

Lunch Options:

  • Sandwiches w/ham or turkey and cheese on whole wheat bread w/ pretzels and a side or two of fruit and veggies
  • Chicken nuggets with fruit and veggies
  • Ramen (my youngest son’s favorite lunch!)
  • Leftovers
  • Fruit options: clementines, bananas, pears, applesauce
  • Veggie options: grape tomatoes, baby carrots, cucumber slices

Dinners:

  • Tamale Casserole, Fresh Fruit 
  • Grilled Chicken Breasts with BBQ Sauce, Baked Potatoes, Tossed Salad, Fresh Fruit
  • Chicken Cordon Bleus (in Aldi’s freezer section for $0.99 each!), Crinkle Fries, Corn, Fresh Fruit
  • Slow Cooker Chicken Stroganoff, Egg Noodles, Steamed Green Beans, Fruit
  • Meximelts, Rice, Fruit
  • Freezer Pizzas, Tossed Salad, Fruit
  • Leftovers or Eat Out
  • Fruit Options for Dinner (I wash and cut up the following at the beginning of the week and we make mixed fruit cups from them to go with multiple dinners during the week): kiwi fruit, pineapple, cantaloupe, red seedless grapes

What’s on your meal plan this week?  What are your favorite Aldi meals?

Aldi is Starting to Get Thanksgiving Items In!

It’s that time of year!  My Aldi Thanksgiving items have started to arrive in stores.  The ad I received this week has several Thanksgiving seasonal items popping up in it. 

Here’s what I have seen:

  • Happy Harvest Yams 29 oz. $1.65
  • Happy Harvest Sliced Pickled Beets 16 oz. $1.49
  • Chef’s Cupboard French Fried Onions 6 oz. $1.85
  • Idahoan Flavored Mashed Potatoes 4 – 4.1 oz. $0.99
  • Specially Selected Gourmet Macaroni and Cheese 6.5 oz. $1.99
  • Heinz Homestyle Turkey Gravy 12 oz. $1.78
  • Chef’s Cupboard Homestyle Turkey Gravy 12 oz. $0.97
  • Stonemill Gravy Mix Assorted Varieties 0.87 oz. $0.45
  • Boulder Oval Turkey Roasting Pan $0.95
  • Boulder Slow Cooker Liners 4 ct. $1.59
  • Kirkwood Bone-In Turkey Breast, Frozen $1.59/lb. 
  • Fremont Fish Market Seafood Mix (shrimp, calamari, bay scallops, and mussels), Frozen 16 oz. $6.99 
  • Fremont Fish Market Shrimp Ring, Frozen 16 oz. $7.99

Because of the price increases I’ve seen this year, I was concerned about how this was going to affect the prices for Thanksgiving.  

Just from this initial sampling of items, it is not looking like the price increases are going to be bad.  In fact, checking back on my Aldi Thanksgiving meal planning post from last year, it looks like most prices have stayed the same with the seafood mix experiencing a $1 price increase and the shrimp ring actually experiencing a $1 price DECREASE over last year’s prices!  

This hopefully means good news for those of us how use Aldi to purchase our Thanksgiving dinner!

For more help planning your Aldi Thanksgiving dinner, visit my post on how to Guide on How to Create an Aldi Thanksgiving Dinner on a Budget and check back often because I will be releasing a free printable Aldi Thanksgiving Meal Planner soon!

Aldi Meal Plan for 4 – Week of October 25th

Aldi Weekly Meal Plan for 4

Breakfast Options

  • Oatmeal with frozen blueberries
  • Cereal
  • Toast
  • Eggs
  • Breakfast burritos
  • Fresh fruit: bananas, strawberries, pineapple

Lunch Options:

  • Sandwiches: with ham or turkey, cheddar cheese, on whole wheat bread w/pretzels
  • Tuna Salad on toast or crackers w/pretzels
  • Refried beans
  • Leftovers
  • Served with two of the following: grape tomatoes, avocado slices, grapes, kiwi
Chicken Caesar salad made with Aldi ingredients

Dinners:

  • Old Fashioned Meatloaf, Steak Fries, Canned Green Beans, Tossed Salad
  • Grilled Chili Lime Shrimp Skewers, Baked Potatoes, Grilled Peaches, SautĂ©ed Spinach
  • Pot Roast, Roasted Potatoes/Carrots/Asparagus, Dinner Rolls
  • Freezer Pizzas, Fruit Salad: Kiwi/Strawberries/Grapes/Pineapple, Tossed Salad
  • Meximelts, Refried Beans, Mexican Rice, Fruit Salad: Cantaloupe/Kiwi/Grapes/Pineapple
  • Fish Sticks, Macaroni and Cheese, Spinach, Fruit Salad:  Grapes/Cantaloupe/Kiwi
  • Chicken Caesar Salad, Dinner Rolls, Fruit Salad: Kiwi/Strawberries/Grapes

Aldi Meal Plan for 4 – Week of October 4th

Aldi Weekly Meal Plan for 4

We’ve been busy the past couple months renovating and moving into our new house in the Kansas City area.  

Our kids returned from visiting the grandparents at the end of July so I am back to meal planning for four people again!

Here’s what’s on the menu this week 🙂

Breakfast Options:

  • Oatmeal with blueberries and almond milk
  • Cereal
  • Eggs
  • Toast 
  • Yogurt
  • Bananas
  • Strawberries
  • Clementines

Lunch Options:

  • Sandwiches – whole wheat bread, ham, turkey, cheese
  • Quesadillas 
  • Greek salad – lettuce, chickpeas, red onions, grape tomatoes, feta, greek dressing
  • Refried Beans
  • Apples
  • Avocado slices
  • Strawberries
  • Bananas
  • Baby carrots
  • Celery sticks

Dinners:

  • Mexican Pizzas, Grapes
  • Beer Battered Fish, Macaroni Salad, Cole Slaw, Cantaloupe
  • Pulled Pork, French Fries, Cole Slaw, Grapes
    Country Pork Ribs w/BBQ Sauce, Baked Potatoes,  Sautéed Spinach, Applesauce
  • Mac and Cheese w/leftover Pulled Pork on top, tossed salad, cantaloupe
  • Grilled Ham Slices, Scrambled Eggs, Toast, Kiwi Fruit
  • Leftovers

What’s on your menu this week?