It’s your easy weekly ALDI meal plan for the week of 1/20/19: Pick up everything on the shopping list below, then start cooking on Sunday.

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More produce in the New Year, anyone?

On the “almost” all ALDI note, because sometimes you just want a larger selection: If you’re planning on changing your eating patterns in the New Year, and would like to supplement the produce you pick up at your local ALDI, this may be a good time to revisit my Imperfect Produce review from this past fall.

• You can get 50% off your first box with coupon code mashup, too!

Read more about my experience with the service in the Imperfect Produce Thanksgiving update, here.

ALDI meal planning week of 1/20/19 – 1/26/19

I’m assuming that you already have 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.

Six Easy Dinners from ALDI for $60.00

ALDI meal plan — Start cooking 1/20/19

• Sunday: Sheet pan smoky Parmesan chicken tenders + veggies plus Parmesan rice pilaf (substitute shredded Parmesan for grated).
• Monday: Citrus-lime spring mix salad with chicken, red grapes.
• Tuesday: Chipotle quesadillas with pan-roasted veggies + black beans, served with cheesy zucchini rice.
• Wednesday: Almond Parmesan crusted low carb flounder with garlicky spinach — substitute flounder for cod, but reduce cooking time and check for doneness at 10 minutes, because they are thinner fillets. Serve with spring mix salad topped with sliced strawberries.
• Thursday: Ground turkey stir fry with cauliflower rice (use all 19.2 oz of the turkey), mandarins.
• Friday: Sheet pan citrus soy chicken drumsticks & cauliflower served with cooked white rice, plus spring mix salad topped with Parmesan, sliced almonds, your last chopped bell pepper, & chop up any carrots you have left.
• Saturday: Leftovers, family pizza night (ALDI sells a nice big take-and-bake pizza), eat out, or date night.

ALDI shopping list — Shop through 1/19/19

Dairy & refrigerated

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

Frozen

12 oz Season’s Choice riced cauliflower, $1.69

Grocery

Fusia soy sauce, $1.29
3 lbs Earthly Grains long grain white rice, $1.79
32 oz Chef’s Cupboard chicken broth, $1.29
El Milagro medium flour tortillas, $.95
Happy Harvest canned corn, $.49
SimplyNature organic black beans, $.89
Pueblo Lindo chipotles in adobo, $.99
Southern Grove 6 oz sliced almonds, $2.89

Meat

2 lbs chicken drumsticks, $2.58
2.75 lbs chicken tenderloins, $5.47
19.2 oz Fit & Active ground turkey, $3.49
Sea Queen 16 oz wild caught flounder (frozen), $4.39

Produce

3 lbs mandarins (clementines), $1.99
1 lb red grapes, $1.29
1 lb limes, $1.49
16 oz SimplyNature organic spring mix, $3.49
8 oz bag spinach, $1.19
2 lbs carrots, $.99
8 oz mushrooms, $1.49
16 oz broccoli crowns, $1.39
Head of cauliflower, $2.29
1 cucumber, $.49
1 lb strawberries, $1.79
Bunch green onions, $.99
3 lbs yellow onions, $1.69
3 heads garlic, $1.19
Pack of zucchini, $1.49
3 pack multicolored bell peppers, $3.29
2 avocados, $1.78

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That comes to $60.50.

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 and grocery list

*** Download this week’s printable ALDI shopping list and meal plan 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. *** 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.

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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, you can 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 and dates

This week’s ALDI meal plan reflects prices from the current week’s ad (running 1/13-1/19 in Sunday ad markets, and 1/16-1/22 in Wednesday ad markets). Non-advertised prices were collected on 1/16/19 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 1/20/19.

Stay in the ALDI meal planning loop

• Browse all of the weekly ALDI meal plans here *** note: prices may have changed since originally posted.
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Happy ALDI shopping and cooking this week, everyone!

Useful resources for meal planning + ALDI shopping

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

• Come join us in the Almost All ALDI Facebook group for recipes, meal planning ideas, ALDI food finds, and more.
• ALDI is now a participating store for 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.)
• 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.