Free ALDI Meal Plan week of 6/26/22

Welcome back to your free ALDI meal plan for the week of 6/26/22! This week we’re cooking up everything from BBQ chicken drumsticks to pulled pork & potato bowls — and, so much more.

Welcome back to meal planning this last week of June, and welcome back to six complete dinners for four, $70 out the door. Use these recipes and dinner ideas to help reduce your mealtime stress — and, to save yourself time & money in the process.

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Free ALDI meal plan week of 6/26/22 – 7/2/22

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Before we jump into this week’s plan, though, what’s new? Let’s quickly catch up on ALDI Finds and more:

Reuben Dip, Money Trees, Lidl, and Amazon!

As always, let’s start out with ALDI Finds for the week of 6/22/22 — which include apple straws, reuben & gyro dips, money trees, pet pools, and more. Check out all of my favorite ALDI Finds of the week here, and let me know what you’re planning to pick up.

And, if you’re been curious about ALDI’s competitor Lidl, I had the chance to visit one of their stores on a recent trip to Virginia. Check out how Lidl compares to (and differs from) ALDI!

Lastly, Amazon Prime Day is coming up soon. Read about what to expect & how to earn credits ahead of time — and then, just a brief detour into more ongoing fun and savings over on the Amazon

Last week’s fun & weird Amazon finds ranged from mop socks to sardine candy.
This HUGE list of subscribe & save filler items is updated each Thursday.

Phew! Now that we’re caught up, here’s your simple ALDI meal plan for the week of 6/26/22. Sign up for our weekly email, so that you never miss another one. 🙂

ALDI Meal Planning week of 6/26/22 – 7/2/22

Pick up everything on the shopping list below, and start cooking on Sunday: As always, six complete dinners for four, $70 out the door.

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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 that you have the necessary pantry staples on hand for this week’s ALDI menu plan. The printable shopping list includes a separate section of needed basics for the week.

Six easy dinners from ALDI for $70

ALDI Meal Plan — start cooking 6/25/22

Sunday

Italian chicken thighs with zucchini & red potatoes
Cut up half of the peaches

Monday

Tortellini cannellini creamy tomato-beany soup, topped with Parmesan (use 5 oz regular spinach)
Salad with the rest of the spinach + garden salad, topped with chopped green onion

Tuesday

Slow cooker salsa verde pulled pork tacos, served on tortillas with shredded cheese and avocado
Cut up the cantaloupe

Wednesday

Southwest pulled pork & potato bowls (use frozen corn & cheddar)
Have the bananas on the side

Thursday

Slow cooker BBQ chicken drumsticks
Instant Pot potatoes topped with chopped green onion — Use cut up red potatoes instead of baby; if you don’t have everything bagel seasoning use sea salt, pepper, and minced garlic to taste; if you don’t have a pressure cooker boil til tender & proceed with the rest of the recipe

Friday

Salsa verde pork & spinach baked taquitos
The rest of the peaches

Saturday

Leftovers, family pizza night (ALDI sells nice big take-and-bake deli pizzas), or order in.

ALDI Shopping List — Shop through 6/25/22

Dairy & refrigerated

2 blocks 8 oz Happy Farms cheddar, $3.70
8 oz Happy Farms cream cheese, $1.39
Priano shredded Parmesan, $2.49
9 oz Priano Three Cheese tortellini, $2.99

Frozen

12 oz bag Season’s Choice steamable sweet corn, $.89

Grocery

16 oz jar Specially Selected salsa verde, $2.49
Burman’s BBQ sauce, $1.29
32 oz box Simply Nature organic vegetable broth, $1.89
Can Happy Harvest fire roasted diced tomatoes, $.91
Can Dakota’s Pride black beans, $.71
Can Dakota’s Pride cannellini beans, $.71
2 packs El Milagro flour tortillas, $1.96
2 cans Casa Mamita diced tomatoes with green chilies, $1.38

Meat

6.5 lb whole boneless pork butt, $12.94
3 lbs bone-in chicken thighs, $5.97
3 lbs chicken drumsticks, $5.97

Produce

Cantaloupe, $1.99
2 lb bag of peaches, $1.90
2 lbs bananas, $.58
Bunch green onions, $.89
2 bags 8 oz spinach, $3.38
Bag of garden salad, $1.49
3 lbs yellow onions, $2.29
5 lbs red potatoes, $4.49
1.25 lbs zucchini, $1.86
3 heads garlic, $1.69
2 avocados, $2.58

That comes to: $70.82

Or, maybe less…! These meals can run 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 fruit market.

Printable ALDI meal plan & grocery list

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

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 up, 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 6/19-6/25 in Sunday ad markets, and 6/22-6/28 in Wednesday ad markets). Non-advertised prices are from my local store in the Chicago suburbs. Prices and produce deals *can vary* by location & region. In either ad market, shop any time through Saturday and start cooking on Sunday 6/26/22.

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