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Free ALDI Meal Plan week of 8/11/19 – 8/17/19

free aldi meal plan week of 8/11/19

It’s your easy weekly ALDI meal plan for the week of 8/11/19: Pick up everything on the shopping list below, then start cooking on Sunday!

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But first… look what I found!

This. Is. Huge: Everything Bagel Seasoning at ALDI

everything bagel seasoning at aldi

Check out a few of my favorite ALDI Finds this week — from cheap plants, to everything bagel seasoning, to lunchbox sales, to canning supplies.

pembrook planners at aldi

Plus, check out the great price on these Pembrook Planner Kits. Let me know if you spot plain academic year planners in store, though — haven’t seen those yet this year.

But now, on to this week’s ALDI menu plan!

ALDI meal planning week of 8/11/19 – 8/17/19

I’m assuming that you already have pantry basics like cooking oil, common condiments, and spices. *** Read through the recipes before you shop, to make sure you have the necessary pantry staples on hand for this week’s ALDI menu plan.

Six Easy Dinners from ALDI for $60.00

korean style ground beef & spinach rice bowls

ALDI meal plan — Start cooking 8/11/19

ALDI shopping list — Shop through 8/10/19

boneless skinless thighs at aldi

Dairy & refrigerated

Dozen Goldhen eggs, $.77
Friendly Farms sour cream, $1.49
8 oz block Happy Farms cheddar, $1.99
12 oz Happy Farms shredded cheddar, $2.99

Grocery

L’Oven Fresh hamburger buns, $.99
Burman’s BBQ sauce, $.95
32 oz SimplyNature organic vegetable broth, $1.89
32 oz Chef’s Cupboard beef broth, $1.39
3 lbs Earthly Grains long grain white rice, $1.99
Casa Mamita organic chipotle-lime salsa, $2.29
Clancy’s restaurant style tortilla chips, $1.69
2 cans Happy Farms corn, $.98
4 cans Dakota’s Pride black beans, $2.76
8 oz can Happy Farms tomato sauce, $.29
Pueblo Lindo chipotles in adobo, $.99
10 oz can Casa Mamita diced tomatoes with green chilies, $.65

Meat

3 lbs boneless skinless chicken thighs, $5.07
12 oz SimplyNature spinach feta chicken sausage, $2.99
2 lbs 80/20 ground beef, $6.58

Produce

2 lbs green grapes, $1.78
1 lb strawberries, $1.19
16 oz baby carrots, $.99
Bunch green onions, $.79
5 oz SimplyNature organic baby spinach, $2.69
2 bags 8 oz fresh spinach, $2.78
Bag of garden salad, $1.19
3 lbs yellow onions, $2.29
3 heads garlic, $.99
3 pack multi-colored bell peppers, $3.29
Pint grape tomatoes, $1.69
2 avocados, $2.38


That comes to $60.79.

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!

Printable ALDI meal plan and grocery list

*** Download this week’s printable ALDI shopping list and meal plan 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 8/4-8/10 in Sunday ad markets, and 8/7-8/13 in Wednesday ad markets). Non-advertised prices were collected on 8/7/19 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 8/11/19.

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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:

How fun are these ALDI themed t-shirts I have for you guys?!

Lastly: You can always access your current regional ALDI ad here.

Alesha

Wednesday 21st of August 2019

I just stumbled across your blog because I need to start meal prepping again. These recipes look great! Since it's just me I'm hoping that I can probably spread these recipes across two weeks!

Derick Smith

Thursday 15th of August 2019

This plan has us saving money and eating healthy! I love it! Thanks so much, Rachel.

I just wish there was section of spices we'll need for the week. I usually have everything, but there's been a few times where it comes time to cook and I'm missing a spice. Small price to pay for the tremendous benefits! Just a suggestion.

Julie

Wednesday 14th of August 2019

I am very appreciative of the menu planning Rachael publishes every week. This takes a lot of time and effort on her part, and save me a lot of time on my part. My family has tried many of her recipes and we really enjoy them. And we are a real Midwestern family :)

Verna Hole

Wednesday 14th of August 2019

Who eats this stuff? My family would not touch any of these meals! They would rather eat bologna sandwiches. I’m really glad your family is adventurous, but most real families are not.

Julie

Wednesday 14th of August 2019

I am very appreciative of the menu planning Rachael publishes every week. This takes a lot of time and effort on her part, and save me a lot of time on my part. My family has tried many of her recipes and we really enjoy them. And we are a real Midwestern family :)

Janet

Wednesday 14th of August 2019

Dang...kind of harsh...I thought I was a real family but I guess not because bologna sandwiches are not our thing!! We weren't adventurous until we started following these plans and obviously people follow these plans or she wouldn't put them out. We didn't venture out much before this but once we tried, we have really enjoyed it. Never in my life have I used more Garlic or Onion but hey, it's worked for the last few months very well for my family!! There have only been about 4 weeks where we had issues with the majority saying "no way, not a fan" on certain nights but we eat so much healthier now that we follow her plans!

Dee

Sunday 11th of August 2019

I'm so excited about this!!! Aldi is the best. Your recipes are just like the food we eat and I love how you give us a shopping list as well!! Bless you I'm going to click around your blog and share just to give you traffic. Thank you so much!

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