Free ALDI Meal Plan week of 3/13/22

Welcome back to your free ALDI meal plan for the week of 3/13/22! This week we’re cooking up everything from corned beef & carrots to egg roll in a noodle bowl — and, so much more.

Let’s ALDI meal plan through our St. Patrick’s Day week, with six complete dinners for four, $65 out the door. Use these recipes to help save time & money with meal planning, and to help have dinnertime decisions covered.

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This menu plan can also be a starting point that you can modify 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 3/13/22 – 3/19/22

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But first, what’s new this week?

Of cabbages and supply chain issues

ALDI Finds for the week of 3/9/22 include big jars of herring, corned beef & cabbage, and dill pickle hummus — plus, so much more. Check out all of my favorite Finds of the week here, and let me know what you’re planning to pick up.

cook around grocery shortages with empty shelf

Then, since some people have commented lately about having difficulty finding meal plan ingredients: What are some strategies to help us cook and meal plan around grocery store shortages and supply chain issues? What do you do when you can’t find a main ingredient on the shelf? Here are a few ideas on how to pivot and plan when items are out of stock.

Lastly, over on the Amazon:

Last week’s fun & weird Amazon finds ranged from a Takis hoodie to squirrels in underpants, and more!
This HUGE list of subscribe & save filler items is updated each Thursday.

But now that we’re caught up with all of that, here’s your easy weekly ALDI meal plan for the week of 3/13/22.

ALDI Meal Planning week of 3/13/22 – 3/19/22

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 shopping list below.

Six easy dinners from ALDI for $65

ALDI Meal Plan — start cooking 3/13/22

Sunday

Sheet pan rosemary chicken drumsticks (use red potatoes)
Stir fried carrots
Strawberries

Monday

Creamy tomato hummus soup (use chicken broth)
Heat up the take-and-bake Italian bread on the side, serve buttered
Half of the oranges

Tuesday

Baked dry rub chicken drumsticks
Roasted potatoes (use red potatoes; omit optional parsley garnish; throw into the oven when the chicken’s been going about 20 minutes)
Slice up the tomatoes, peel & slice the cucumber, and serve both on the side (lightly salted, if desired)

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Smoked salmon scramble
Crisp sauteed red potatoes (cut up regular red potatoes instead of using baby; use chopped green onions instead of chives)
Cut up the rest of the broccoli and steam it, then season with a little garlic salt or everything bagel seasoning to taste

Saturday

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

ALDI Shopping List — Shop through 3/13/22

*** With a little extra room in this week’s budget, we’re also picking up a couple of pantry staples like soy sauce and butter — both to use in this week’s recipes, and to have on hand for the future.

Dairy & refrigerated

Dozen Goldhen large eggs, $1.59
Countryside Creamery butter quarters, $2.99
8 oz brick cream cheese, $1.25
10 oz Park Street Deli roasted red pepper hummus, $2.29

Grocery

Specially Selected Italian bread loaf, $2.99
Burman’s soy sauce, $1.39
7 oz Simply Nature organic black soybean spaghetti, $3.09
28 oz can Happy Harvest crushed tomatoes, $.89
2 boxes 32 oz Chef’s Cupboard chicken broth, $2.38

Meat

4.5 lbs chicken drumsticks, $4.01
1.3 lb package 93% lean ground turkey, $4.69
3 lbs point cut corned beef, $8.97
3 oz Specially Selected cold smoked salmon, $4.29

Produce

5 lbs red potatoes, $2.89
4 lbs oranges, $3.99
Pineapple, $1.99
2 lbs strawberries, $3.18
1.5 lbs broccoli crowns, $3.44
2 lbs carrots, $1.29
2 bunches green onions, $1.58
3 heads garlic, $1.29
3 lbs yellow onions, $1.69
Large head of cabbage, $1.13
4 Roma tomatoes, $.80
1 cucumber, $.59

That comes to: $64.68

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

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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

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, 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 3/6-3/12 in Sunday ad markets, and 3/9-3/15 in Wednesday ad markets). Non-advertised prices are from my local store in the Chicago suburbs, and 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 3/13/22.

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