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Thanksgiving Morning
On Thanksgiving morning we have a tradition of watching the parade together and eating the following:
My hubby isn’t a fan of turkey and the kids and I don’t care one way or another whether we have it so we usually have duck instead 🙂 Here’s what we’ll be eating:
What’s on your menu this week?
Even with inflation on the rise this year, it is still possible to have an Aldi Thanksgiving Dinner for less than $3 per person.
This Aldi Thanksgiving Meal Plan is both affordable and easy to make. If you are looking to keep things simple and budget friendly this Thanksgiving, then you might want to give this a whirl 🙂
There is room for variation in this meal plan that will allow you to cater it to your family’s personal preferences while still staying under $20 for the entire meal.
The plan I laid out will feed 4-6 people. I would say it’s safe to assume you could feed 6 people with average appetites or 4 with hearty ones. Also, if you like a lot of leftovers, this may not be the Thanksgiving meal plan for you unless you make some adjustments, perhaps doubling the sides or adding some more.
Grand Total: $17.88
Here is what a plate looks like with the included Aldi Thanksgiving menu above. The meal, which costs just under $3 per serving also includes dessert…..
The meal plan includes a Sara Lee Pumpkin Pie and a can of whipped cream for dessert. This will actually give you 8 servings of dessert. If you are gonna have leftovers, dessert is the best type to have, am I right? 😉
If pumpkin pie isn’t your thing, Aldi does have other dessert options that you can choose from and still stay within the budget of this meal plan. In fact, each aspect of the meal plan can be tweaked a little to meet your needs. Let’s examine some ways that can be done, shall we?
Here is a couple of other affordable turkey options at Aldi:
The boneless turkey breast is a great option if you want more meat for your Thanksgiving dinner. It costs $3.40 more than the turkey tenderloin, but will give you twice as much turkey. If you want bigger portions or leftovers, this is the most cost effective way to do it.
The Butterball turkeys will cost more. The average turkey is probably around 16 lbs. so you are looking at around $14 and up if you go that route. That is $8.00+ more than a turkey tenderloin and $5.00+ more than the boneless turkey breast.
The meal plan has canned green beans. If that is not your cup of tea, here are some other budget friendly vegetable options you can consider at Aldi:
The meal plan has a packet of Idahoian mashed potatoes ($0.99), a jar of gravy ($0.97), and a box of stuffing ($0.69).
Some other budget friendly options you could consider:
The Chef’s Cupboard mashed potato packets are cheaper than the Idahoian brand used in the suggested meal plan so that is another way to cut costs. At $0.59, you could also get 2 packets for just a little more than one packet of the Idahoian brand. This is good option if you and your family like a hearty serving of mashed potatoes.
I personally went with the Idahoian ones because I like their loaded ones. I’ve had the Aldi brand mashed potatoes too and they aren’t bad!
The suggested Thanksgiving meal plan above includes L’oven Fresh Brown and Serve Rolls which are $0.99. Here are some other budget friendly options Aldi had for bread, rolls, etc…
The meal plan above has pumpkin pie and a can of whipped cream for dessert which comes to a total of $6.88. Here are some cheaper alternative dessert options for your Aldi Thanksgiving meal:
So as you can see, there are a lot of possibilities to have a nice Thanksgiving dinner from Aldi even if you are on a tight budget.
Not only are these options affordable, but also quick and easy to make which saves you time too. More time for watching the parade, your favorite football team, or just resting up before heading out for all those awesome Black Friday deals 🙂
Are you doing Thanksgiving on a budget this year? What does your Thanksgiving menu look like?
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:
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!