Free ALDI Meal Plan week of 2/19/23

Welcome to your free ALDI meal plan for the week of 2/19/23! This week we’re cooking up everything from deliciously different pepperoncini pork chops to an easy fresh vegetable lo mein — and, so much more.

It’s a whole different variety of recipes this week, so I hope that you’re looking forward to cooking along with us! As always, our weekly ALDI menu plans bring you everything you need: Easy recipes and a printable shopping list (or easy add-to-Instacart) that let you make six complete dinners for four, $70 out the door. Bring your family together around home-cooked meals, and save time & money in the process.

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Free ALDI meal plan week of 2/19/23 – 2/25/23

pork chops with pepperoncini tomatoes and mushrooms

Cook along with us for the answer to the never-ending question: What’s for dinner?

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Before jumping straight into this week’s menu, though, let’s talk briefly about this week’s new ALDI Finds & updates.

German Foods and Protein Pancakes

ALDI Finds for the week of 2/15/23 include just a few German foods — Plus sewing kits, candles, protein pancakes, and more!

*** All of my favorite ALDI Finds of the week, here. ***

Check out this week’s picks (and pix), and let me know what you want to Find.

Lastly, here’s what’s new on the Amazon front:

Last week’s fun & weird Amazon finds include the worst. alphabet. book. ever! Plus: pancake socks in a box, and so much more.
This HUGE list of HUNDREDS of subscribe & save filler items is updated every Thursday.

But with no further ado, here’s your ALDI meal plan for the week of 2/19/23. *** Be sure to sign up for our weekly emails, so that you never miss a new one.

ALDI Meal Planning week of 2/19/23 – 2/25/23

Pick up everything on the shopping list below, then start cooking on Sunday. As always, six complete dinners for four, $70 out the door.

*** Print your meal plan summary + grocery shopping list below this week’s detailed plan, in Word, .rtf, or PDF format. ***
I’m assuming that you have on hand some pantry basics like cooking oil, 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. *** The printable shopping list includes a separate section of needed basics for the week.

Six easy dinners from ALDI for $70

everything sheet pan chicken, on a blue and white plate

ALDI Meal Plan — start cooking 2/19/23

Sunday

Everything sheet pan chicken + veggies — Substitute the sweet potato for regular potato. If you don’t have everything bagel seasoning, use a combination of sea salt, black pepper, & garlic instead.
Buttery peas (adjust the other ingredients down because ALDI sells a 12 oz bag, instead of 16)

Monday

Asian chopped salad kit stir fry — Use chicken thigh instead of breast; if pieces are thin, stir fry a little less so that they don’t overcook
Fresh vegetable lo mein — Substitute in baby carrots for the large carrot, and omit the green onion topping

Tuesday

Broiled Parmesan pork chops & broccoli
Any leftover stir fry or lo mein from Monday

Wednesday

Pepperoncini pork chops with tomatoes & mushrooms
Boil up 8 oz of the spaghetti noodles, and serve the pork chops and veggies over pasta.

Thursday

Chicken sausage dinner salad with avocado pepperoncini dressing
Cut up the pineapple

Friday

Pasta Florentine with salmon
Make a side salad with the last heart of romaine, the last couple ounces of spinach, & chopped baby carrot

Saturday

Leftovers, family pizza night (ALDI sells nice big take-and-bake deli pizzas), carryout, mix it up!

ALDI Shopping List — Shop through 2/18/23

*** Psst — check below this grocery list for easy one-stop Instacart shopping, as well as an easy-print version.

Dairy & refrigerated

Emporium Selection shredded Parmesan, $2.49

Frozen

12 oz bag Season’s Choice steamable sweet peas, $.89

Grocery

16 oz jar Tuscan Garden whole pepperoncini, $2.29
32 oz box Reggano spaghetti, $1.99
Can Happy Harvest diced tomatoes, $.89
Can Dakota’s Pride garbanzo beans (chickpeas), $.79

Meat

2.5 lbs thin sliced pork chops, $8.23
3 lbs boneless skinless chicken thighs, $6.87
Never Any chicken apple sausage, $4.29
16 oz Fremont Fish Market wild caught pink salmon, $6.99 (frozen)

Produce

1 pineapple, $1.69
4 packs 8 oz white mushrooms, $7.56
1 cucumber, $.55
3 hearts of romaine $3.69
Little Salad Bar Asian chopped salad kit, $2.99
2 packs 8 oz spinach, $3.58
16 oz baby carrots, $1.19
1.5 lbs broccoli crowns, $2.84
3 lbs yellow onions, $1.89
3 heads garlic, $1.59
1 medium sweet potato, $.80
1 avocado, $.79
3 pack multi-colored bell peppers, $2.69
Pint grape tomatoes, $2.29
4 Roma tomatoes, $1.00

That comes to: $70.86

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 have on hand, and/or sale produce from your local fruit market.

Shop this week’s meal plan with Instacart

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Easy-peasy: *** Add this week’s grocery list to your Instacart. ***

IMPORTANT! READ BEFORE CHECKING OUT:

You’ll need to check your pantry for staples not included in this Instacart list. *** See needed pantry staples, below.
The list feature doesn’t allow me to add multiples of a single item or to change the weight of items, and the meat special buys don’t usually show up. So: Before adding the list to your cart, change the following
1. Neither meat special buy is showing up, so, make notes to your shopper to pick up a 3 lb family pack of boneless chicken thighs and a 2.5 lb pack of the sale thin sliced pork chops.
2. Change the quantity on the mushrooms to four, the spinach to two, and the Roma tomatoes to four.
3. Make a note that you want about 1.5 lbs of the broccoli.

Please use the add your list to Instacart feature at your own risk, always double checking your cart against the recipes. Also note that Instacart prices are higher than in store, so your total will be higher than shown in the above grocery list.

** Pantry staples to check for before shopping: Olive oil, canola oil, sesame oil, butter, soy sauce, red wine vinegar, whole grain mustard, everything bagel seasoning, sugar, brown sugar, oregano, parsley, basil, powdered ginger, crushed red pepper, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, seasoned salt, sea salt, black pepper

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, or:
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If you don’t have Word, try opening this in Google Docs or Wordpad.

Edit and add in your own meal ideas, remove items you have on hand, and/or change regional pricing to match your own store. *** Day(s) next to each item in the printable shopping list show which nights use each ingredient, so that you can easily see what to delete if you’re skipping a night or modifying.

Things to know about these meal plans

A couple of notes

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.
If one or more of these recipes isn’t to your taste, or if you have other ingredients to use up, 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 2/12-2/18 in Sunday ad markets, and 2/15-2/21 in Wednesday ad markets). Non-advertised prices are from my local store in the Chicago suburbs. Prices and produce deals *can vary* by location & region. In either ad market, shop any time through Saturday and start cooking on Sunday 2/19/23.

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