Easy weekly ALDI meal plan week of 10/23/16 – 10/29/16

Here is your easy ALDI meal plan for the week of 10/23/16. Pick up everything on the shopping list below, then start cooking on Sunday! Hope you find it useful.

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Note: I try not to repeat the same recipe here more than once a month, but you will see favorite easy recipes come up again on these weekly ALDI meal plans as the same meats and produce items come up on sale again. ?

ALDI meal plan week of 10/23/16 – 10/29/16

Six complete dinners for a family of four for $60.00

Note: Prices are collected from this week’s ad and my local store, but may vary by location. I’m assuming here that you already have pantry basics like olive oil and spices on hand.

Six Easy Dinners from ALDI for $60.00

• Sunday: One pot mozzarella chicken dinner. Sides: Grapes & apple slices.
• Monday: Meatless pasta — Cook Priano penne rigate according to package directions and drain, reserving a little of the pasta water. Slice one pack mushrooms and saute in separate large pan with a little olive oil & minced garlic; add one pack grape tomatoes about 3 minutes in and continue sauteing until tender. Stir in hot cooked pasta, then add spinach and stir in until wilted. Add Priano pesto to taste and stir to combine, adding a little reserved pasta water to thin out if necessary. Season with sea salt, basil, and crushed red pepper to taste. Sides: Romaine salad, Texas toast.
• Tuesday: Slow cooker Buffalo Chicken Burritos (sans the Gorgonzola guac; use half the pack of chicken breast). Roll up in tortillas with one pack of the guacamole. Sides: Romaine salad, grapes, celery sticks.
• Wednesday: Skillet Caprese chicken (use the other half of the chicken breast pack). Sides: Serve over fresh or sauteed spinach, plus Season’s Choice whole onion rings.
• Thursday: Pan fried pork chops — just season with seasoned salt & pepper, then dredge in flour & fry up in canola or corn oil (do in batches so you don’t overcrowd the pan, and be careful not to overcook). Side: Pan roasted diced Yukon gold potatoes, carrots, and garlic.
• Friday: Slice up your leftover pork chops and make pork chop sandwiches with sauteed onions on ciabatta rolls. Sides: Sliced apples, plus carrot & celery sticks with guacamole.
• Saturday: Leftovers — or date night :)!

Shopping list

Dairy & refrigerated

Priano 16 oz mozzarella, $3.29
Little Salad Bar 2 pack guacamole, $2.99.

Frozen

Mama Cozzi’s Texas toast, $1.29
Season’s Choice whole onion rings, $1.99.

Grocery

El Milagro flour tortillas, $.85
Burman’s hot sauce, $.85
Tuscan Garden salad dressing, $1.29
Reggano penne rigate, $.79
Priano pesto sauce, $1.29
Specially Selected ciabatta sandwich rolls, $1.99.

Meat & seafood

4 lbs boneless skinless chicken breast, $5.96
Never Any! antibiotic free whole chicken, ~$5.00
3 lbs thin sliced boneless pork chops, $8.97

Produce

3 lb Gala apples, $1.69
2 lb green grapes, $1.98
Two bags 8 oz Little Salad Bar Spinach, $3.78
2 pints grape tomatoes, $3.38
Bag of yellow onions, $1.69
1 lime, $.19
3 heads garlic, $.99
3 pack romaine hearts, $2.49
2 packs mushrooms, $2.58
3 lb petite yellow potatoes, $2.99
2 lbs carrots, $1.29.
Celery, $.99

That comes to $60.59.