Here’s your easy weekly ALDI meal plan for the week of 7/16/17: Pick up everything on the shopping list below, then start cooking on Sunday.

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Pantry staples, anyone?

Some of you have been asking about good pantry staples to stock up on, so here’s my first stab at a pantry staples list. Let me know what you think, and what you might add or change!

But back to this week’s ALDI meal plan…

Let’s get ready to make six complete dinners for a family of four, just $60.00 out the door! Hope you find these free ALDI meal plans useful.

ALDI shopping list — Shop through 7/15/17

Dairy & refrigerated

16 oz Countryside Creamery heavy cream, $1.69
12 oz Happy Farms sharp shredded cheddar, $1.89
Priano shredded Parmesan, $1.99

Grocery

Pueblo Lindo chipotles in adobo, $.99
SimplyNature organic 32 oz vegetable stock, $1.79
Two cans Happy Harvest fire roasted diced tomatoes, $1.78
SimplyNature organic black beans, $.89
Dakota’s Pride kidney beans, $.55
8 oz can Happy Harvest tomato sauce, $.25
16 oz SimplyNature organic spaghetti, $1.19
SimplyNature organic balsamic vinaigrette, $1.99
Specially Selected baguette, $1.49
Clancy’s tortilla chips, $1.19
El Milagro flour tortillas, $.89

Meat & seafood

3 lbs Jennie-O 85% lean ground turkey, $5.99
19 oz spicy Italian sausage, $1.99
1 lbs top sirloin steak, $4.99
5 lb whole chicken, $4.75

Produce

3 pack multi-colored peppers, $1.79
3 lbs yellow onions, $1.69
Three packs 8 oz mushrooms, $2.07
3 heads garlic, $1.19
5 lbs baking potatoes, $1.99
12 oz SimplyNature organic chopped kale, $3.49
3 pack romaine hearts, $1.99
Hass avocado, $.89
Cantaloupe, $.99
16 oz Roma tomatoes, $.99
16 oz SimplyNature organic spring mix, $2.99
Pint blueberries, $1.49
16 oz baby carrots, $.69
16 oz Washington red cherries, $1.49

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That comes to $60.03

Or, maybe less… 🙂 These meals will likely run you even less if you supplement this week’s ALDI purchases with clearance meat you already have in your freezer, pantry staples you picked up on sale, produce you already have on hand, and/or sale produce from your local produce market. Let me know if you give it a try!

*** New: Download this week’s shopping list in Word format so that you can edit and add in your own meal ideas, remove items you already have on hand, change regional pricing to match your own store, etc. 

Things to know about the ALDI meal plans

A couple of notes

1. I try not to repeat main dish recipes more often than once a month, but you will see favorite easy recipes come up again in these weekly ALDI meal plans as the same meats and produce items come up again on sale. Part of the fun of meal planning lies in mixing old stand-bys with something new each week.
2. If one or more of these recipes isn’t to your taste, or if you have other ingredients to use, adapt the recipes in this ALDI meal plan to your family’s preferences — or just use the ideas here to supplement your own meal planning.

Ad markets and dates

This week’s ALDI meal plan reflects prices from the current week’s ad (running 7/9-7/15 in Sunday ad markets and 7/12-7/18 in Wednesday ad markets). Non-advertised prices were collected on 7/12/17 at my local store in the Chicago suburbs, but non-advertised prices and produce deals *may vary* by location & region. In either ad market, shop any time through Saturday and start cooking on Sunday 7/16/17.

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