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Free ALDI Meal Plan week of 4/15/18 – 4/21/18

Are you looking for an April 2018 ALDI meal plan? Here's your free ALDI meal plan for the week of 4/15/18 - 4/21/18: Six complete dinners for four, $60 out the door! Save time and money with meal planning, and find new free ALDI meal plans each week.

Here’s your easy weekly ALDI meal plan for the week of 4/15/18: Pick up everything on the shopping list below, then start cooking on Sunday!

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ALDI + Instacart FTW

aldi on Instacart

So, remember I told you way back when that I had tried ALDI on Instacart when it became available in my area, and promised to review the service for you posthaste? Wellll… better late than never, because the code for $20 off your first order of $35 plus free delivery is still valid until end-May!

  • *** See what I thought, what to look out for, the $20 off $35 code, and a couple of tips in my ALDI Instacart review.

(And I have to admit, it was kind of handy to have groceries delivered to my door…)

But back to this week’s ALDI meal plan…

Let’s get ready to make six complete dinners for a family of four, just $60.00 out the door! Hope you find the free ALDI meal plans useful.

ALDI meal planning week of 4/15/18 – 4/21/18

I’m assuming here that you already have pantry basics like cooking oil, condiments, and spices. 🙂 *** Read through the recipes before you shop to make sure you have the necessary pantry staples on hand.

Six Easy Dinners from ALDI for $60.00

vegetarian lemon chickpea wraps

ALDI meal plan — Start cooking 4/15/18

ALDI shopping list — Shop through 4/14/18

aldi produce sales

Dairy & refrigerated

8 oz block Happy Farms sharp cheddar, $1.99
Priano shredded Parmesan, $1.99
15 oz Priano ricotta, $1.69
8 oz Priano fresh mozzarella, $2.79

Grocery

L’Oven Fresh spinach herb wraps, $2.29
3 lbs Earthly Grains long grain white rice, $1.29
16 oz Reggano penne pasta, $.79
24 oz Priano marinara, $1.89
32 oz box Chef’s Cupboard chicken broth, $1.29
2 cans chickpeas (garbanzo beans), $1.38

Meat

Two 13-14 oz Parkview or Fit & Active kielbasa, $3.98
2.5 lbs boneless skinless chicken breast, $5.73
1.5 lbs boneless center cut pork chops, $5.24
1.5 lbs 80/20 ground beef, $4.49

Produce

2 lbs lemons, $1.99
Pineapple, $1.29
16 oz SimplyNature organic spring mix, $3.79
8 oz baby bella mushrooms, $1.89
16 oz asparagus, $1.99
16 oz Brussels sprouts, $1.29
6 oz blackberries, $.99
16 oz organic mini sweet peppers, $3.49
3 heads garlic, $1.19
3 lbs yellow onions, $1.69
1 lb green beans, $1.49
Pint grape tomatoes, $.99
2 avocados, $1.98


That comes to $60.89.

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!

*** Download this week’s shopping list in Word format so that you can 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 the ALDI 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 come up 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, you can 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 and dates

This week’s ALDI meal plan reflects prices from the current week’s ad (running 4/8-4/14 in Sunday ad markets, and 4/11-4/17 in Wednesday ad markets). Non-advertised prices were collected on 4/11/18 at 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 4/15/18.

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Happy ALDI shopping and cooking this week, everyone!

Useful resources for meal planning + ALDI shopping

Let’s close things out today with just a few resources to help you out with your meal planning and ALDI shopping:

You can also access your current regional ALDI ad here.

Allie

Monday 23rd of April 2018

Thank you so much for these meal plans! Since using them we have cut our grocery bill in half and it’s especially helpful that they are healthy meals. THANK YOU!!

rachel

Monday 23rd of April 2018

Yay! I'm so glad that they have been useful to you. :)

Melissa

Monday 16th of April 2018

I made the chicken fajita rice bowls last night (not going in the right order, but why not? :)) and they were terrific! This could be a lifesaver for me, as I struggle with meal planning. I love the printable menus/grocery list, and I love shopping at Aldi--a win all the way around. :)

rachel

Monday 16th of April 2018

Awesome! So glad you enjoyed them -- and there's no law, do any order you like. ;)

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