Free ALDI Meal Plan week of 7/26/20 – 8/1/20

How are we into August already? This is both the slowest and fastest summer on record. As always: Use this meal plan for the week of 7/26/20 as a starting point, modifying 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 7/26/20

As our strange times continue, I do hope you can use these meal plans to help restore some rhythm to your weeks.

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First up, what’s new this week?

Pickle Potato Chips, Sandwich Bags, and Face Masks?

From dill pickle flavored potato chips, to big packs of sandwich bags, to veggie straws, to… reusable straws! Lots of great Finds in this week’s ALDI ad; check them all out here.

And, ALDI will be requiring face masks for entry nationwide — customers need to wear face coverings in stores across the United States, even in states that don’t have a broad mandate.

ALDI Meal Planning week of 7/26/20 – 8/1/20

But without further ado, here’s your easy weekly ALDI meal plan for the week of 7/26/20. Pick up everything on the shopping list below, and start cooking on Sunday: As always, six complete dinners for four, $60 out the door.

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

ALDI Meal Plan — start cooking 7/26/20

Sunday

• Roasted chile-lime chicken & potatoes (substitute chicken breast, and check for doneness starting at 45 minutes)
• Carrots need butter and thyme (put in oven 20-25 minutes after the chicken)

Monday

• Slow cooker garlic lime chicken (substitute chicken breast)
• Bake up the rest of the potatoes — use the microwave or toaster oven, if desired

Tuesday

• Shrimp taco salad — add 3 oz spinach to the garden salad, too, for extra punch and vitamins
• Sliced nectarines

Wednesday

• Veggie fajitas (use the orange and yellow bell peppers)
• Garlicky black beans — if desired, also saute a little onion and jalapeño in olive oil until softened, before adding the garlic & proceeding with the rest of the recipe

Thursday

• Easy beef, tomato, & spinach tortellini (use regular spinach)
• Heat up the take-and-bake Italian bread

Friday

• Chipotle taco soup, topped with chopped green onions, a little shredded cheddar, and the rest of the tortilla strips
• Slice the rest of the nectarines

ALDI Shopping List — Shop through 7/25/20

Dairy & refrigerated

8 oz block Happy Farms cheddar, $1.65
9 oz Priano three cheese tortellini, $1.99
Priano shredded Parmesan, $1.99

Grocery

Specially Selected Italian loaf, $1.99
32 oz Chef’s Cupboard beef broth, $1.29
Tuscan Garden tri-colored tortilla strips, $1.29
12 pack El Milagro medium flour tortillas, $.98
Can of Happy Harvest corn, $.49
4 cans Dakota’s Pride black beans, $1.92
8 oz can Happy Harvest tomato sauce, $.29
Casa Mamita diced tomatoes with green chilies, $.69
Pueblo Lindo chipotles in adobo, $.99

Meat

6 lbs bone-in chicken breast, $5.94
12 oz Fremont Fish Market medium peeled shrimp (frozen), $5.49
2 lbs 80/20 ground beef, $6.98

Produce

2 lbs nectarines, $1.78
2 lbs limes, $1.89
Bunch green onions, $.79
16 oz baby carrots, $.89
8 oz mushrooms, $1.89
12 oz garden salad, $1.19
8 oz spinach, $1.39
3 heads garlic, $1.29
3 lbs yellow onions, $1.89
5 lbs baking potatoes, $2.99
8 oz jalapeños, $.69
3 pack multi-colored bell peppers, $2.99
Pint grape tomatoes, $1.89
7 Roma tomatoes, $1.75
3 avocados, $2.67

That comes to: $59.95

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 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 7/19-7/25 in Sunday ad markets, and 7/22-7/29 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 7/26/20.

Stay in the meal planning loop

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• Browse all of the weekly ALDI meal plans here *** Note: prices may have changed since originally posted.
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Happy ALDI shopping & cooking this week! If you find this meal plan useful, why not share it with your friends on Facebook so they can save money with ALDI meal planning as well?

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:

• 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.