Free ALDI Meal Plan week of 7/16/23

Welcome to your free ALDI meal plan for the week of 7/16/23: This week we’re cooking up everything from Ahi Tuna Poke Bowls to Easy Black Bean Chili — and, so much more.

Welcome back! I have such a fresh and colorful meal plan for you this time, so we can all enjoy a week of delicious summer dinners. Read on for all of your:

1. Easy family recipes for the week
2. An editable, printable shopping list
3. An easy add-to-Instacart list, and
4. Six nights of sitting down to family dinner.

Our affordable ALDI meal plans feature six complete dinners for four, $70 out the door.

Important: This is the last WEEKLY meal plan. Going forward, ALDI meal plans will be posted on a more irregular basis. Browse years’ worth of back meal plans here!

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Free ALDI meal plan week of 7/16/23 – 7/22/23

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

20 calorie bars & apothecary jars

ALDI Finds for the week of 7/12/23 include 20 calorie bars, apothecary jars, almond butter pretzels, seaweed snacks, plant based cheese, low carb bread, & more.

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

Check out this week’s picks (and more pix!), and let me know what you want to Find. Then extend your savings just a little further on Amazon, with this huge list of HUNDREDS of subscribe & save filler items!

With no further ado, though, here’s your easy ALDI meal plan for the week of 7/16/23, and *** be sure to sign up for our emails, so that you never miss a new meal plan post! ***

ALDI Meal Planning week of 7/16/23 – 7/22/23

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

ALDI Meal Plan — start cooking 7/16/23

Sunday

• Ahi tuna poke bowls
• Garlic broccoli stir fry (use half of the broccoli & chicken broth instead of stock)

Monday

• Easy black bean chili (use chicken instead of vegetable broth), topped with chopped green onion and 4 oz shredded cheddar
• Scoop up with half of the tortilla chips

Tuesday

• Zucchini Spanish rice burrito bowls with chicken & mushrooms (use white mushrooms)
• The rest of the tortilla chips, with salsa

Wednesday

• Chicken with chunky mango-tomato salsa
• Roasted veggies: Cut up one zucchini, one bell pepper, and an onion into bite-size pieces; trim and halve the rest of the radishes. Toss with olive oil, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, sea salt, & black pepper to taste. Roast on a rimmed baking sheet at 425 degrees for 20-25 minutes, stirring halfway through.

Thursday

• Chopped chicken avocado tomato cucumber salad (use 1 lb chicken, sliced lengthwise into thinner pieces, and the last vine ripe tomato plus 3 Roma tomatoes)

Friday

• Honey lime ginger vegetarian stir fry
• Ground beef & broccoli stir fry
• Serve over cooked rice

Saturday

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

ALDI Shopping List — Shop through 7/15/23

*** Check below this grocery list for Easy One-Stop Instacart Shopping, as well as an editable easy-print version. Note: If you have room in your budget, add some fruit to go along with Thursday’s salad.

Dairy & refrigerated

8 oz block Happy Farms sharp cheddar, $2.09

Grocery

24 oz jar Casa Mamita medium salsa, $2.29
13 oz Clancy’s restaurant style tortilla chips, $1.89
3 lbs Earthly Grains long grain white rice, $2.39
Fusia soy sauce, $1.59
3 pack Simply Nature seaweed snacks, $1.99
32 oz box Chef’s Cupboard chicken broth, $1.29
Can Casa Mamita diced tomatoes with green chilies, $.85
2 cans Dakota’s Pride black beans, $1.70

Meat & seafood

12 oz Specially Selected Ahi tuna steaks (frozen), $4.99
5 lb family pack boneless skinless chicken breast, $11.45
1 lb Simply Nature organic grass fed ground beef, $3.99

Produce

1 lb limes, $2.29
1 mango, $.89
1 cucumber, $.69
3 packs 8 oz white mushrooms, $5.67
1.5 lbs broccoli crowns, $3.29
1 lb mini cucumbers, $1.99
8 oz sugar snap peas, $1.99
Bunch green onions, $.85
1 lb radishes, $1.39
3 lbs yellow onions, $2.69
3 heads of garlic, $1.49
8 oz jalapeños, $.69
3 ct multi-colored bell peppers, $2.79
1.5 lbs zucchini, $2.09
24 oz tomatoes on the vine, $2.29
3 Roma tomatoes, $1.05
3 avocados, $2.25

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That comes to: $70.90

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

Shop this week’s meal plan with Instacart

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

IMPORTANT! READ BEFORE CHECKING OUT:

1. You’ll need to check your pantry for staples not included in this Instacart list. *** See needed pantry staples, below.
2. 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 often don’t show up. So: Before adding the list to your cart, change these quantities and make the following notes.
   1. Quantities:
      • Change the black beans quantity to two
      • Change the mushrooms quantity to three
      • Change the Roma tomatoes quantity to three
      • Change the avocados quantity to three
   2. Notes for your shopper:
      • Make a note that you want a 5 lb family pack of the boneless skinless chicken breast
      • Make a note that you want about 1.5 lbs of the broccoli crowns
      • Make a note that you want about a 1.5 lb pack of zucchini (or two good size zucchini)

When using the add your list to Instacart feature, always double check your cart against the grocery list above, and see the notes and quantity changes above.

• ** Pantry staples to check for before shopping: Olive oil, canola oil, sesame oil, honey, brown sugar, cornstarch, powdered ginger, crushed red pepper, cayenne, cumin, chili powder, smoked paprika, Italian seasoning, oregano, garlic powder, seasoned salt, sea salt, salt, black pepper

Instacart prices are higher than in store, so your total will be higher than shown in the above grocery list.

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:
  • Download in .rtf format
  • Download in PDF format
• If you don’t have Word, open the shopping list 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 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.

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 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 7/9-7/15 in Sunday ad markets, and 7/12-7/18 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 7/16/23.

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Resources for meal planning & ALDI shopping

Let’s close out our week with a few meal planning & ALDI shopping resources:

• How to cook around grocery shortages
• Master list of meal planning resources
• Get cash back for ALDI shopping, with cash back offers on the Ibotta app (code m4cniq for sign-up bonus) and through the Fetch Rewards app (code NF3TH for sign-up bonus.
• 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?!

Lastly: Access your latest regional ALDI ad here.