Free ALDI Meal Plan week of 4/3/22

Welcome back to your free ALDI meal plan for the week of 4/3/22! This week we’re cooking up everything from smoky Parmesan chicken tenders & veggies to a low carb taco casserole — and, so much more.

So, I’m doing my best lately (despite rising prices) to keep this meal plan to six complete dinners for four, $65 out the door — while still bringing you the variety of home-cooked family meals you deserve. If you have a bit more wiggle room in your budget, add in extra sides, fruit, or whatever your family can use. Use these recipes to help save time & money with meal planning, and to help take the stress out of dinnertime decisions.

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This menu plan can also be used as a starting point: 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 4/3/22 – 4/9/22

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But first, what’s new this week?

Easter treats, large lasagna, and three bad kitties

ALDI Finds for the week of 3/30/22 include large lasagna, Easter treats, coffee sparkling water, and 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.

In case you missed last Caturday with the Notorious BKL and Friends, all cats, they are indeed our coworkers…

And over on the Amazon:

Last week’s fun & weird Amazon finds ranged from a ear-aser to a space cat taco tee, 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 4/3/22.

ALDI Meal Planning week of 4/3/22 – 4/9/22

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, in Word, .rtf, or PDF format.
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 in the printable shopping list below.

Six easy dinners from ALDI for $65

ALDI Meal Plan — start cooking 4/3/22

Sunday

Sheet pan pesto chicken with asparagus & mushrooms
Cut up a couple of carrots into sticks and slice up the cucumber, lightly salt the cucumber slices (or try them w/ everything bagel seasoning!), and serve both on the side

Monday

Sheet pan smoky Parmesan chicken tenders & veggies

Tuesday

Low carb taco casserole (substitute ground turkey for ground beef)
Slice up the mangoes

Wednesday

Thursday

Creamy smoked sausage & white bean chili (substitute 1/2 cup sour cream for the cream cheese), topped with a little shredded cheddar and chopped green onion
Heat up the baguette

Friday

Grilled cheese & tomato naan (substitute regular pesto for sun dried tomato)
Steam up the rest of the broccoli & season as you like
Cups of leftover chili from Thursday (if desired)

Saturday

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

ALDI Shopping List — Shop through 4/2/22

Dairy & refrigerated

16 oz Friendly Farms sour cream, $1.69
Priano shredded Parmesan, $2.19
8 oz block Happy Farms cheddar, $1.89
7 oz Emporium Selection deli sliced Havarti, $2.49

Grocery

Specially Selected original naan, $4.19
Specially Selected French baguette, $1.89
Priano Genovese pesto, $2.49
12 oz Reggano farfalle, $1.05
32 oz Chef’s Cupboard chicken broth, $1.29
2 cans Pueblo Lindo chopped green chiles, $1.58
Can Dakota’s Pride great northern beans, $.69
Can Dakota’s Pride cannellini beans, $.59
Can Happy Harvest whole kernel corn, $.49

Meat

36 oz pack Kirkwood 85/15 ground turkey, $5.65
3.5 lbs family pack chicken tenderloins, $9.42
Parkview Polska kielbasa, $3.29

Produce

2 mangoes, $1.38
2 lbs zucchini, $2.58
20 oz broccoli crowns, $2.86
One head cauliflower, $2.49
2 packs 8 oz white mushrooms, $3.38
1 lb asparagus, $2.49
Bunch green onions, $.79
2 lbs carrots, $1.49
1 cucumber, $.59
3 lbs onions, $1.89
3 heads garlic, $1.29
24 oz tomatoes on the vine, $2.79
4 Roma tomatoes, $1.00

That comes to: $65.90

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 fruit 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 3/27-4/2 in Sunday ad markets, and 3/30-4/5 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 4/3/22.

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