Free ALDI Meal Plan week of 3/20/22

Welcome back to your free ALDI meal plan for the week of 3/20/22! This week we’re cooking up everything from a strawberry spinach dinner salad (with chicken & chickpeas) to pepperoni pizza pockets — and, so much more.

Let’s get cooking, let’s get saving, and let’s get… EATING: Your meal plan includes six complete dinners for four, $65 out the door. Use these recipes to help save time & money with meal planning, and to help have dinnertime decisions covered.

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This menu plan can also be a starting point that you can 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 3/20/22 – 3/26/22

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But first, what’s new this week?

Mac & cheese pizza, plus coffee bar fun

ALDI Finds for the week of 3/16/22 include mac & cheese pizza, spring-y salad dressings, and coffee bar staples — plus, so much more. Check out all of my favorite Finds of the week here, and let me know what you’re planning to pick up.

SPEAKING of coffee bars, we just put ours together recently. See how we made our new DIY coffee bar (and yes, it does include a couple of ALDI items… see if you can spot them).

Lastly, over on the Amazon:

Last week’s fun & weird Amazon finds ranged from penguin egg bellies to cat tissue dispensers, and more!
This HUGE list of subscribe & save filler items is updated each Thursday.

But now that we’re caught up with all of that, here’s your easy weekly ALDI meal plan for the week of 3/20/22.

ALDI Meal Planning week of 3/20/22 – 3/26/22

Pick up everything on the shopping list below, and start cooking on Sunday: As always, six complete dinners for four, $65 out the door.

Print your meal plan summary + grocery shopping list below this week’s detailed plan, in Word, .rtf, or PDF format.
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; a list is included in the printable shopping list below.

Six easy dinners from ALDI for $65

spinach salad with strawberries chicken chickpeas and avocado

ALDI Meal Plan — start cooking 3/20/22

Sunday

Slow cooker chipotle chicken chili
Scoop up with tortilla chips

Monday

Strawberry spinach salad with chicken & chickpeas
Grapes
The rest of the tortilla chips

Tuesday

Easy cheesy beautiful pasta skillet
Heat up the baguette

Wednesday

Broiled Parmesan pork chops & broccoli
Cut up the pineapple

Thursday

Homemade pepperoni pizza pockets
Side salad: Mix 4 oz spinach with the garden salad, & serve with poppyseed dressing
Hard boil and slice up 4 eggs; serve on the side or on the salad

Friday

Black bean, tomato, & spinach frittata (substitute 4 oz ricotta for the sour cream)
Instant Pot potatoes No Instant Pot? Boil the potatoes until tender, then proceed with the rest of the recipe. No everything bagel seasoning? Substitute a little minced garlic, sea salt, and black pepper.

Saturday

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

ALDI Shopping List — Shop through 3/20/22

Dairy & refrigerated

Dozen Goldhen large eggs, $1.49
15 oz Emporium Selection whole milk ricotta, $1.69
8 oz Happy Farms block mozzarella, $1.89
8 oz Happy Farms block cheddar, $1.89
Priano shredded Parmesan, $1.99
Bake House Creations pie crust, $1.69

Grocery

Specially Selected French baguette, $1.89
Clancy’s restaurant style tortilla chips, $1.25
32 oz box Chef’s Cupboard chicken broth, $1.19
12 oz Reggano farfalle, $.99
24 oz Reggano marinara sauce, $1.29
Can Happy Harvest fire roasted diced tomatoes, $.91
8 oz can Happy Harvest tomato sauce, $.29
6 oz can Happy Harvest tomato paste, $.49
Pueblo Lindo chipotles in adobo, $1.29
Can Dakota’s Pride great northern beans, $.69
Can Dakota’s Pride black beans, $.69
Can Dakota’s Pride kidney beans, $.59
Can Dakota’s Pride chickpeas (garbanzo beans), $.59
Can Happy Harvest whole kernel corn, $.49
Tuscan Garden poppyseed dressing, $1.69

Meat

3 lbs boneless skinless chicken thighs, $5.97
16 oz 85% lean ground beef chub (frozen), $4.29
1.5 lbs boneless center cut pork chops, $6.29
Mama Cozzi sliced pepperoni, $2.49

Produce

3 lbs yellow onions, $1.69
3 heads garlic, $1.29
24 oz bite sized potatoes, $3.69
2 bags 8 oz spinach, $3.38
Bag garden salad, $1.09
16 oz broccoli crowns, $2.29
1 lb strawberries, $1.69
1.5 lbs green grapes, $2.09
1 avocado, $1.09
Pint grape tomatoes, $1.89
Pineapple, $1.69

That comes to: $65.89

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 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 3/13-3/19 in Sunday ad markets, and 3/16-3/22 in Wednesday ad markets). Non-advertised prices are from my local store in the Chicago suburbs, and 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 3/20/22.

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