Free ALDI Meal Plan week of 6/28/20

How on earth does this meal plan take us all the way through the 4th of July? But, here we are! As always: Use this plan as a starting point, and modify as necessary according to what is in stock in your area, what you have on hand in your pantry, and your own family’s dietary needs and preferences.

Free ALDI meal plan week of 6/28/20

As our strange times continue, I do hope you can use these meal plans to help restore some rhythm to your weeks.

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First up, what’s new this week?

Fee, fi, fo, Finds — All from ALDI, all of the time

Excuse the heading, please… I hadn’t yet had enough coffee when I wrote it! But forget coffee for a moment — how about these cute little cans of sparkling rosé? If you’re of legal drinking age and your store sells alcohol, check out my review of this seasonal Espritza Bubbly Rosé from ALDI.

Speaking of ALDI Finds, here are the rest of my favorite ALDI Finds of the week — for your 4th of July BBQ, summer backyard fun, savory snacking, and more.

one thing a day: Weed and organize your spices

Lastly, the latest installment in our irregular “one thing a day” food series: Weed your spices edition. What one food-related thing have you done lately to improve the life of your future self?

ALDI Meal Planning week of 6/28/20 – 7/4/20

But without further ado, here’s your easy weekly ALDI meal plan for the week of 6/28/20. Pick up everything on the shopping list below, and start cooking on Sunday: As always, six complete dinners for four, $60 out the door.

I’m assuming that you have on hand some pantry basics like cooking oil, common condiments, and spices. *** Read through the recipes before you shop, to make sure you have the necessary pantry staples on hand for this week’s ALDI menu plan; see a summary in the printable grocery list below.

Print your meal plan summary + grocery shopping list below this week’s detailed plan.

Six easy dinners from ALDI for $60

ALDI Meal Plan — start cooking 6/28/20

Sunday

Simple roast chicken + vegetable s

Monday

Easy leftover chicken soup
Side salad made with one heart of romaine, chopped carrot & celery, and topped with Parmesan

Tuesday

Mushroom, black bean, & spinach vegetarian burritos
Cups of leftover chicken soup
Half of the grapes

Wednesday

Slow cooker Italian pulled chicken sandwiches, served on French rolls with mozzarella
Fast fried skillet potatoes
The other half of the grapes

Thursday

Chicken sausage dinner salad with avocado pepperoncini dressing
If you have leftover Italian chicken (assuming that everyone had one sandwich on one roll yesterday), serve half a sandwich on the side
Cut up half the watermelon

Friday

Moving this to Friday instead of Saturday bc of the 4th: Leftovers, family pizza night (ALDI sells nice big take-and-bake deli pizzas), or order in.

Saturday

Grill or pan fry the turkey burgers, and serve on buns — top each with 1 oz of sliced cheddar, thinly sliced onion, fresh spinach, and a little salsa
Potato chips
The other half of the watermelon

ALDI Shopping List — Shop through 6/27/20

Dairy & refrigerated

Priano shredded Parmesan, $1.99
8 oz block Happy Farms sharp cheddar, $1.65
8 oz block Happy Farms mozzarella, $1.65

Grocery

6 pack Turano French rolls, $2.99
L’Oven Fresh hamburger buns, $.75
16 oz jar Tuscan Garden pepperoncini, $1.65
Casa Mamita organic chipotle lime salsa, $1.99
Clancy’s potato chips, $1.39
32 oz box of chicken broth, $1.29
12 ct El Milagro flour tortillas, $.98
Can Dakota’s Pride black beans, $.48
Can Dakota’s Pride garbanzo beans (chickpeas), $.49
8 oz can Happy Harvest tomato sauce, $.29
14.5 oz can Happy Harvest diced tomatoes, $.59

Meat

5 lb whole chicken, $4.75
2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breast, $4.98
12 oz Never Any chicken apple sausage, $3.19
48 oz Kirkwood turkey burgers (frozen), $5.99

Produce

2 lbs red grapes, $1.38
Whole seedless watermelon, $2.89
2 lbs carrots, $1.29
8 oz mushrooms, $1.79
2 packs 8 oz baby bella mushrooms, $3.78
Cucumber, $.49
3 hearts of romaine, $2.19
8 oz bag spinach, $.99
3 heads garlic, $1.29
3 lbs yellow onions, $1.69
5 lbs red potatoes, $2.99
Celery, $1.29
1 avocado, $.99
4 Roma tomatoes, $.80

That comes to: $60.94

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.

Printable ALDI meal plan & grocery list

*** Download this week’s printable ALDI shopping list and meal plan in Word format. (If you don’t have Word, open this in Google Docs or in Wordpad.)

Edit and add in your own meal ideas, remove items you already have on hand, change regional pricing to match your own store, etc. *** The day(s) next to each item show which meals use each ingredient, so that you can easily see what to delete from the shopping list if you’re skipping a night.

Things to know about these meal plans

A couple of notes

I try not to repeat main dish recipes more often than once a month, but you will see favorite easy recipes 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.
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! See: Pantry staples to stock up on and how to modify a meal plan for your family.

** ad markets & dates

This week’s ALDI meal plan reflects prices from the current week’s ad (running 6/21 – 6/27 in Sunday ad markets, and 6/24-6/30 in Wednesday ad markets). Non-advertised prices are from 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 6/28/20.

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