Free ALDI Meal Plan week of 7/12/20 – 7/18/20

Now that everyone has hopefully recovered from the never-ending home firework show that was our 4th of July this year, let’s get back to ALDI meal planning! As always: Use this plan for the week of 7/12/20 as a starting point, modifying 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 7/12/20

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?

From dorm room Finds to exact change, please?

Exact change at ALDI? The current Federal Reserve coin shortage means you might need exact change for cash payments, or to bring a form of electronic payment.

Earth Grown vegan coconut milk ice cream, organic coconut oil, everything for your college dorm room, Asian Week, and so much more in this week’s ALDI Finds! Here are my faves.

Lastly, did you buy the $2.49 cat toys at ALDI last week? Did they hold up any better at your house?!

ALDI Meal Planning week of 7/12/20 – 7/18/20

But without further ado, here’s your easy weekly ALDI meal plan for the week of 7/12/20. 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 7/12/20

Sunday

• Easy cheesy beautiful pasta skillet (add a little Parmesan on top, if desired)
• Serve with the take-and-bake Italian bread loaf
• Also, prep ahead: Cook up a pot of rice for tomorrow’s recipe, and refrigerate it for later

Monday

• Edamame & mushroom fried rice
• Shortcut wonton soup with spinach

Tuesday

• Ricotta frittata with spinach & mushrooms (use the rest of the bag of spinach)
• Slice up the strawberries

Wednesday

• Garlic soy pork with edamame rice
• Asian chopped salad kit

Thursday

• Sheet pan Parmesan chicken thighs & green beans
• Cut up carrot & celery sticks

Friday

• Chicken thigh stir fry with asparagus
• Serve over cooked rice
• Egg drop soup

ALDI Shopping List — Shop through 7/11/20

With a little wiggle room in the budget this week (amazing!), I threw in the bottle of sesame oil on special buy this week to re-stock you up — because everyone should have one of these in their pantry, and it’s in some of this week’s recipes.

Dairy & refrigerated

Dozen Goldhen eggs, $.82
Emporium Selection 15 oz whole milk ricotta, $1.59
8 oz Happy Farms block mozzarella, $1.65
Priano shredded Parmesan, $1.99

Frozen

Season’s Choice shelled edamame, $1.89
Fusia pork potstickers, $3.49

Grocery

Specially Selected Italian bread loaf, $1.99
Fusia soy sauce, $1.49
Carlini toasted sesame oil, $5.99
3 lbs Earthly Grains long grain white rice, $1.99
2 cartons 32 oz Chef’s Cupboard chicken broth, $2.58
12 oz Reggano farfalle (bowtie noodles), $.99
24 oz jar Reggano simply marinara, $1.49

Meat

16 oz 85% lean ground beef chub (in freezer section), $3.89
1.5 lbs center cut pork chops, $5.99
2.5 lbs boneless skinless chicken thighs, $4.23

Produce

16 oz strawberries, $.99
Bunch green onions, $.69
1 lb asparagus, $2.79
8 oz spinach, $1.35
Asian chopped salad kit, $2.49
16 oz green beans, $1.69
2 packs 8 oz mushrooms, $1.98
2 lbs carrots, $1.35
3 lbs yellow onions, $1.89
3 heads garlic, $1.29
Celery, $1.29

That comes to: $59.86

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

1. 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.
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! 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 7/5-7/11 in Sunday ad markets, and 7/8-7/14 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 7/12/20.

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Happy ALDI shopping & cooking this week! If you find this meal plan useful, why not share it with your friends on Facebook so they can save money with ALDI meal planning as well?

Resources for meal planning & ALDI shopping

Let’s close things out with just a few resources to help you with your meal planning & ALDI shopping:

• Almost All ALDI — for more ALDI goodness, ALDI finds, reviews, and more.
• Master list of meal planning resources
• Come join us in the Almost All ALDI Facebook group for recipes, meal planning ideas, ALDI food finds, and more.
• Get cash back for ALDI shopping with cash back offers on the Ibotta app (search “ALDI” at the top of the app, if you can’t find it in the store list) and through the Fetch Rewards app.
• Pick up a pack of meal prep containers, & pack up any dinner leftovers for easy weekday lunches!
• Cute & handy ALDI quarter keepers.
• Check out my Amazon shop for some of my favorite useful items for your own meal planning. Also useful: Two pack insulated grab bag totes, or two pack clip to cart bags.
• Almost All ALDI, the eBook.
• How fun are these ALDI themed t-shirts I have for you guys?!

Lastly: You can always access your current regional ALDI ad here.