Free ALDI Meal Plan week of 5/10/20 – 5/16/20

We’re cruising through May, here! Take heart: Every meal plan gets us through another week. 🙂

• Per request, I’m posting this week’s meal plan & going by the weekly ad as per usual.
• Stores may not have advertised items in stock, and inventory levels will vary by store, region, and demand.
• Use this week’s plan as a starting point; modify as necessary according to what is in stock in your area, and what you have on hand in your pantry.

Again, during these odd times, I hope that this latest meal plan helps your week feel at least slightly more normal.

Free ALDI Meal Plan week of 5/10/20

With all of that in mind, here’s your easy weekly ALDI meal plan for the week of 5/10/20: Pick up everything on the shopping list below, then start cooking on Sunday. As always: Six complete dinners for four, $60 out the door!

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Find this week’s meal plan below; just a couple of updates first.

ALDI Gluten Free and Mother’s Day Finds

ALDI Finds this week: Happy Mother’s Day, Celiac Awareness Month (lots of liveGfree gluten free ALDI foods this week), gardening… See all of my favorite ALDI Finds this week here!

And when life is adding up, here are 10 quick weeknight dinner recipes that can be on your table in 30 minutes (or less). Try one of these easy recipes on an evening when you don’t have a lot of time, or don’t have a lot of energy!

On last reminder: Do you have an Etsy shop? I want YOU. I’m putting together some recommendations (finally, this week…), so check out the call for Etsy creators here and fill out a simple form if interested.

ALDI Meal Planning week of 5/10/20 – 5/16/20

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 you have the necessary pantry staples on hand for this week’s ALDI menu plan; see a summary in the printable grocery list below.

Print your meal plan summary + grocery shopping list below this week’s detailed plan.

Six easy dinners from ALDI for $60.00

ALDI Meal Plan — start cooking 5/10/20

Sunday

• Sheet pan Parmesan chicken drumsticks with carrots & potatoes (cut up regular carrots and substitute for baby)
• Cut up half the watermelon

Monday

• Creamy salsa potato soup, topped with chopped green onions
• Have with Italian bread, and
• the rest of the watermelon

Tuesday

• Smoked sausage tortellini skillet
• Mixed sliced strawberries & blueberries

Wednesday

• Chicken & asparagus stir fry (use chicken breast instead of thighs)
• Easy stir fried carrots (omit optional sesame seeds)
• Serve with cooked rice (start the pot of rice before making the stir fry, or cook it up the night before to have ready), and top your stir-fries with chopped green onions

Thursday

• Thyme for a one pan chicken mushroom rice skillet
• Steam up the rest of your broccoli, and melt on some shredded cheddar

Friday

• Sheet pan pesto chicken with asparagus & mushrooms (slice chicken breast into strips and substitute for tenders)
• Cut up and roast the rest of your potatoes at 400 degrees on a separate sheet pan. Toss with olive oil, seasoned salt, black pepper to taste and cook for 30 minutes or until browned and tender in the middle, stirring halfway through.

Saturday

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

ALDI Shopping List — Shop through 5/9/20

Dairy & refrigerated

Priano shredded Parmesan, $1.99
8 oz Happy Farms cheddar, $1.65
9 oz Priano three cheese tortellini, $1.99
14 oz Pueblo Lindo verde salsa, $2.49

Grocery

Specially Selected Italian take-and-bake bread, $1.99
Fusia soy sauce, $1.59
3 lbs Earthly Grains long grain white rice, $1.99
32 oz Simply Nature organic vegetable broth, $1.89
32 oz Chef’s Cupboard chicken broth, $1.29
6.7 oz Priano Genovese pesto, $2.29

Meat

2.5 lbs chicken drumsticks, $3.23
5.25 lbs boneless skinless chicken breast, $9.92
Parkview Polska kielbasa, $2.35

Produce

Whole seedless watermelon, $3.99
1 lb strawberries, $1.19
Pint blueberries, $1.99
Bunch green onions, $.69
8 oz baby bella mushrooms, $1.89
2 packs 8 oz mushrooms, $3.38
2 lbs carrots, $1.29
16 oz broccoli crowns, $1.69
2 lbs asparagus, $3.98
3 lbs yellow onions, $1.69
3 heads garlic, $1.29
5 lbs yellow potatoes, $2.99

That comes to: $60.72

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 & grocery list

*** Download this week’s printable ALDI shopping list and meal plan in Word format. (If you don’t have Word, 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 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 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 5/3-5/9 in Sunday ad markets, and 5/6-5/12 in Wednesday ad markets). Non-advertised prices are from 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 5/10/20.

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Resources for meal planning + ALDI shopping

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

• Almost All ALDI — for more ALDI goodness, ALDI finds, reviews, and more.
• Master list of meal planning resources
• Come join us in the Almost All ALDI Facebook group for recipes, meal planning ideas, ALDI food finds, and more.
• Get cash back for ALDI shopping with 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) and through the Fetch Rewards app.
• 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.