Free ALDI Meal Plan week of 1/9/22

It’s your free ALDI meal plan for the week of 1/9/22: This week, we’re cooking up everything from chicken & broccoli stir fry to vegetarian lentil chili — plus, so much more!

Welcome back to ALDI meal planning in 2022! Let’s kick the New Year off on the right foot, shall we? As always: Save time & money with meal planning, and relax in the knowledge that dinnertime decisions are 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 1/9/22 – 1/15/22

Use these meal plans to help reclaim some of your precious time, and you may no longer dread the perennial question: What’s for dinner?

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But first, what’s new this week?

Organic lentils, vegan foods, and quick dinner ideas

Vegan foods, organic lentils, cozy slippers, and organic grass-fed ground beef: Check out all of my favorite ALDI Finds of the week, and let me know what you’re planning to buy.

And, here is a little roundup of five more quick dinner ideas to help fit your busy schedule and get you back to home cooking this month. But now that we’re caught up with all of that, here’s your easy weekly ALDI meal plan for the week of 1/9/22!

ALDI Meal Planning week of 1/9/22 – 1/15/22

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 chopping list below.

Six easy dinners from ALDI for $65

ALDI Meal Plan — start cooking 1/9/22

Sunday

• Smothered skillet pork chops (use Tuscan Garden dressing, and reserve the red bell pepper for tomorrow)
• Italian dressed broccoli

Monday

• Vegetarian three bean & lentil chili, topped with chopped green onion & a little shredded cheddar
• Scoop up with half the bag of tortilla chips

Tuesday

• Zucchini Spanish rice burrito bowls with chicken & mushrooms, topped with chopped avocado
• Serve with the other half of the tortilla chips & the rest of the salsa

Wednesday

• Slow cooker lentil smoked sausage soup
• Serve with a side salad made with the garden salad + the rest of the open bag of spinach, topped with chopped carrots & Italian dressing

Thursday

• Chicken broccoli mushroom stir fry
• Carrot stir fry with green onions
• Serve over cooked rice

Friday

• Cheesy sausage, rice, & spinach skillet
• Stir fried zucchini

Saturday

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

ALDI Shopping List — Shop through 1/8/22

Dairy & refrigerated

12 oz bag Happy Farms shredded cheddar cheese, $3.59

Grocery

Clancy’s restaurant style tortilla chips, $1.25
24 oz jar Casa Mamita medium salsa, $1.99
Fusia soy sauce, $1.39
Tuscan Garden restaurant style Italian dressing, $1.89
3 lbs Earthly Grains long grain white rice, $2.19
32 oz box Simply Nature organic vegetable broth, $1.89
2 boxes 32 oz Chef’s Cupboard chicken broth, $1.98
1 can Dakota’s Pride black beans, $.69
1 can Dakota’s Pride kidney beans, $.59
1 can Dakota’s Pride Great Northern beans, $.69
1 can Happy Harvest fire roasted diced tomatoes, $.89
1 can Happy Harvest tomato paste, $.39
1 can Happy Harvest whole kernel corn, $.49
8 oz jar Stonemill minced garlic in water, $1.79
16 oz bag of Simply Nature organic green lentils, $2.29

Meat

1.25 lbs center cut boneless pork chops, $4.99
3.5 lbs boneless skinless chicken breast, $6.97
Parkview Polska kielbasa, $2.59
Never Any spinach feta chicken sausage, $3.19

Produce

3 lbs zucchini, $2.85
3 lbs yellow onions, $1.89
3 pack multi-colored bell peppers, $2.99
Celery, $1.39
1 avocado, $.79
Bunch of green onions, $.79
2 bags 8 oz spinach, $3.18
Bag of garden salad, $.99
24 oz broccoli crowns, $3.44
2 lbs carrots, $1.49
8 oz baby bella mushrooms, $1.99
8 oz white mushrooms, $1.89

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That comes to: $65.41

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 1/2-1/8 in Sunday ad markets, and 1/5-1/11 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 1/9/22.

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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: You can always access your current regional ALDI ad here.