More Irregular ALDI Meal Plans
Your Wednesday 11/29/23 reminder that ALDI Meal Planning is now more intermittent and irregular, with Finds, food, and fun to tide you over -- plus, some timely recipe ideas (including the BEST sweet & spicy roasted chicken w/ butternut squash...).
Happy almost-December, with a reminder on our ALDI Meal Plans: After almost seven years of weekly meal planning, they are now more intermittent and irregular. BUT, never fear, because here are some foods, Finds, and fun to tide you over. Read on for some Almost All ALDI recipe ideas using this week's special buys, easy access to older meal plans, and an update on this week's best new ALDI Finds.
ALDI meal ideas this week
Let's start off with recipes, which of course you can always supplement by *** browsing through YEARS of ALDI Meal Plans here ***! If you're searching for a specific older plan or want to browse through a specific month of plans from years gone by, though, the easiest way to do that is by using Google.
For instance, try searching up:
"mashup mom aldi meal plan november 2022"
(or your own fave month of yore)
Search for something like "mashup mom aldi meal plan november 2022" -- or, pick your own fave month of yore, which will bring up a list of all of the meal plans from that month. Then, how about some timely recipe ideas for your dinners this week?
Butternut squash is on sale
Butternut and spaghetti squash are priced at $.59/lb in my area this week, but check your local ad for regional differences. This is a great time to make:
- Sweet & spicy chicken with butternut squash -- Pictured above, and my own mouth is watering just remembering this fall favorite recipe, so gooood
- Chicken soup with butternut squash & kale
- Butternut squash & kale browned butter pasta
- Easy cheesy beautiful spaghetti squash skillet
Incorporate these into your own meal planning; you can mix and match these meal ideas in along with your own family's faves.
Also on sale this week, pork spareribs and baby bella mushrooms
So, this is also a good time to cook up...
- Perfect Instant Pot ribs
- Apples & honey baked BBQ ribs -- While we're on our fall theme, right?
- Zucchini Spanish rice burrito bowls with chicken & mushrooms
- Many mushroom quesadillas
- Easy artichoke mushroom pasta
- 30 minute kielbasa tortellini soup
... and so much more.
Christmas cheese + weighted blankets
Beyond new ALDI food & recipes of the week, here are a few more Finds + ways to save:
- Five fave ALDI Finds & deals for the week of 11/29/23 include everything from weighted blankets, to holiday cheese, to Christmas decorations and gift wrap -- plus, so much more.
- The ultimate list of Amazon subscribe & save filler items always helps you save.
What are you cooking and ALDI-ing this week?
Do be sure to come over and join us in the Almost All ALDI Facebook group, too -- Nearly 80,000 members meet there to discuss their own ALDI meal plans, recipes, and food Finds, so I hope to see you there as well!
I understand about your plans being intermittent now! Just have to say you do an awesome job Rachel! I’m always using your recipes and plans. Your meal plans keep us from eating the same meals every week and also keep us from wasting food!
Thanks so much for your kind comments!
I'm so sad. I've been following your meal plans religiously for 3 months and it has saved my sanity. I was finally in control of our grocery budget and had our dinning out habits reigned in. I'd love to see a post about how you took the Aldi ad and turned it into a meal plan. I wish you the best.
@Ashley,
A fun trick about the calendar is that 2023 has the same days as 2017, so if you look for her 2017 plans, they'll line up day for day and season for season. The prices will be up a bit, but I find it's easier for me to stay on a grocery budget when I have a plan.
@Kristy M, is there a way to search by month or year? When I was hunting back through the archives I had to go one page at a time…so about 5 weeks at a time…it was slightly overwhelming and exhausting!
Hi Bethany -- if you want to search that way, it's actually easier to use Google than the search on the site. For instance, Google:
mashup mom meal plan march 2023
And the first four results will be the four March meal plans from this year. Hope that helps. 🙂
Our family has followed you religiously for 3+ years. It has saved me time, money and sanity. Thank you so much.
I am so sad. I have followed you for years and I feel like a best friend has died. I understand though I can only imagine how much time it took for you to create the weekly menu. Could you post a blank template of your weekly menu/shipping list. So we can all try to fill it in on our own?
@Kim, I've used the downloadable Word doc Rachel provides as the basis for a meal plan. I also like to sometimes go back and use one of her old meal plans when the current week plan just isn't to my family's preferences.
Thank you for many years of weekly meal plans. I have been using this for more years than I can remember. With 5 kids and a busy family life your meal plans and lists all in one made it one less task for me! Thanks again.
Rachel, I hope you and your family are well and you are just taking a well deserved break. Our family loves your meal plans! I always use your recipes and shopping list to create delicious meals and help keep us on budget.
Thank you for all your time and efforts. You have saved me tons of time and money. I am a personal finance teacher and I have been sharing your website with my students for years as a money saving tool.
I have always appreciated your meal plans. I've always taken your plan and printed the recipes I thought would work for us. So now I just turn to my meal folder and pick a couple recipes for that week! You've been such a life saver over the years!
Yes your meals saved time ,money, fights and prevented food boredom
i have to second all the comments you do an awesome job and i love coming here to see what is going for the week, makes shopping so much easier -!