Free ALDI Meal Plan week of 3/6/22

Welcome back to your free ALDI meal plan for the week of 3/6/22! This week we’re cooking up everything from BBQ potato chip baked fish to savory lemon garlic chicken thighs — and, so much more.

We’re well into March now! But neither lions nor lambs can stop these ALDI meal plans from bringing you six complete dinners for four, $65 out the door. As always, use these recipes to help you save time & money with meal planning, and get your dinnertime decisions covered.

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Use this menu plan as a starting point, modifying it 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 3/6/22 – 3/12/22

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But first, what’s new this week?

St. Patrick’s Day ice cream and tandoori potato chips

ALDI Finds for the week of 3/2/22 include St. Patrick’s Day treats, tandoori potato chips, and Irish cheddar — plus, so much more. See all of my favorite Finds of the week here.

Next, let’s revisit the old refined sugar and me series from a while back: How has it been going, and what does 2022 look like moving forward? The long overdue (and totally honest) update.

Lastly, over on the Amazon:

• Last week’s fun & weird Amazon finds ranged from a Bob Ross Chia pet to taco flavored jelly beans, and more!
• Then, remember that 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 3/6/22.

ALDI Meal Planning week of 3/6/22 – 3/12/22

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.
• 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 the printable shopping list below.

Six easy dinners from ALDI for $65

ALDI Meal Plan — start cooking 3/6/22

Sunday

• Lemon garlic chicken thighs with tomato cucumber salad
• Stir fried celery & carrots (substitute shredded Parmesan for the Parmigiano)

Monday

• Roasted asparagus grilled cheese sandwiches (add a couple of slices of Swiss in with the Havarti, too, if desired — just reserve 4 oz of the package of Swiss for Thurs.)
• Grapes on the side

Tuesday

• Olive Garden dressing sheet pan chicken dinner
• Half of the Cara Cara oranges
• ALSO tonight: Poach up about a pound of chicken, so that you have cooked chicken on hand for tomorrow’s soup recipe.

Wednesday

• Tuscan style chicken & white bean soup, topped with shredded Parmesan
• The rest of the sourdough bread, toasted

Thursday

• Sheet pan chicken asparagus dinner
• The rest of the oranges
• Also: Put the swai in the fridge to thaw for tomorrow evening.

Friday

• BBQ potato chip baked swai
• Saute the last bag and a half of spinach, upping the olive oil & seasonings slightly to account for 12 oz instead of 8

Saturday

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

ALDI Shopping List — Shop through 3/6/22

Dairy & refrigerated

Priano shredded Parmesan, $1.99
7 oz Emporium Selection deli sliced Havarti, $2.29
7 oz Happy Farms deli sliced Swiss, $1.99

Grocery

Specially Selected sourdough square, $3.29
Clancy’s 8 oz mesquite barbecue kettle chips, $1.49
Tuscan Garden restaurant style Italian dressing, $1.99
32 oz Chef’s Cupboard chicken broth, $1.19
2 cans Dakota’s Pride cannellini beans, $1.18

Meat

5 lbs bone-in chicken thighs, $5.95
4.5 lbs boneless skinless chicken breast, $8.96
2 lb bag Fremont Fish Market swai fillets (frozen), $6.99

Produce

2 lbs lemons, $2.49
1.5 lbs red grapes, $1.94
3 lbs Cara Cara oranges, $3.49
2 lbs asparagus, $3.98
8 oz white mushrooms, $1.89
1 lb French green beans, $2.99
2 bags 8 oz spinach, $3.38
1 cucumber, $.49
2 lbs carrots, $1.49
3 heads garlic, $1.29
3 lbs yellow onions, $1.89
Celery, $1.29
1 pint grape tomatoes, $1.89

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That comes to: $65.81

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 produce market.

Printable ALDI meal plan & grocery list

Print this week’s meal plan:

• *** Download this week’s printable ALDI shopping list and meal plan in Word format.
• If you don’t have Word, you can 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 2/27-3/5 in Sunday ad markets, and 3/2-3/8 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 3/6/22.

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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:

• Master list of meal planning resources
• Get cash back for ALDI shopping, with cash back offers on the Ibotta app and through the Fetch Rewards app.
• Pick up a pack of meal prep containers, & pack up any dinner leftovers for easy weekday lunches! Also useful: Two pack insulated grab bag totes, or two pack clip to cart bags.
• Check out these cute & handy ALDI quarter keepers.
• How fun are these ALDI themed t-shirts I have for you guys?!

Lastly: Access your current regional ALDI ad here.