Free ALDI Meal Plan week of 9/13/20 – 9/19/20

It’s solidly September now, as we move into your free ALDI Meal Plan for the week of 9/13/20 – 9/19/20. This means that it is (finally!) raining here in Chicago after a very hot and drought-filled August — so my ALDI mums are very happy and starting to fill out and bloom beautifully. That’s something! Hope y’all are enjoying your fall. 🙂

As always: Use this plan 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 9/13/20 – 9/19/20

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

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But, what’s new this week?

From teal cabinets, to holiday creamers, to… a home full of ALDI

From the amazing ALDI teal cabinet (it’s ba-ack…) to holiday creamers, from chicken sliders to British-style fish & chips, from coffee plants to Cloralen — All in this week’s ALDI ad. See all of my own favorite ALDI Finds of the week, here!

My new home is so full of affordable — yet indispensable — Finds from the ALDI Aisle of Shame! They’ve been working together to make my new house feel more like home.

ALDI Meal Planning week of 9/13/20 – 9/19/20

But without further ado, here’s your easy weekly ALDI meal plan for the week of 9/13/20. 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 9/13/20

Sunday

• Sausage, peppers, & onions frittata (use ricotta instead of goat cheese, but add a little minced garlic in when sauteing the sausage, and a little Italian seasoning to taste when whisking the eggs)
• Slice up half the apples on the side
• Sour cream, cheddar, and green onion biscuits

Monday

• Easy cheesy vegetarian pasta skillet (use yellow bell pepper)
• Serve with the baguette

Tuesday

• Low carb taco casserole
• Sauteed zucchini (stir in 1/2 tsp basil with the zucchini, and top with a little shredded Parmesan before serving — save one of the zucchini out, about 8 oz, for Friday’s recipe)

Wednesday

• 20 minute ground beef & broccoli stir fry
• Top with any remaining green onions and serve over cauliflower rice instead of white rice, with
• Easy stir fried carrots (omit optional sesame seeds)

Thursday

• Sausage, peppers, & onions (plus artichoke) naan pizza (use orange bell pepper)
• Garden salad

Friday

• Sheet pan smoky Parmesan chicken tenders & veggies
• The rest of the apples

ALDI Shopping List — Shop through 9/12/20

Dairy & refrigerated

Dozen Goldhen eggs, $1.00
Friendly Farms 16 oz sour cream, $1.49
12 oz Happy Farms shredded cheddar, $2.89
12 oz Happy Farms shredded mozzarella, $3.19
15 oz Emporium Selection whole milk ricotta, $1.69
Priano shredded Parmesan, $1.99

Frozen

Season’s Choice plain riced cauliflower, $1.89

Grocery

Specially Selected French baguette, $1.19
Specially Selected naan, $3.99
12 oz Reggano farfalle (bowtie pasta), $.99
Simply Nature organic marinara, $1.49
Tuscan Garden marinated artichoke hearts 12 oz, $2.89

Meat

Never Any chicken apple sausage, $3.19
2 lbs 80/20 ground beef, $5.78
Parkview Polska kielbasa, $2.35
1.5 lbs chicken tenderloin, $3.74

Produce

3 lbs Gala apples, $1.89
Bunch green onions, $.79
8 oz bag of spinach, $1.39
Garden salad, $1.19
8 oz mushrooms, $1.89
Head of cauliflower, $2.49
1.25 lbs broccoli crowns, $1.74
2 lbs carrots, $1.29
3 lbs yellow onions, $1.89
3 heads garlic, $1.19
24 oz zucchini, $2.09
3 pack multi-colored bell peppers, $2.99

That comes to: $60.58

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 9/6-9/12 in Sunday ad markets, and 9/9-9/15 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 9/13/20.

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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.