Free ALDI Meal Plan week of 8/21/22

Welcome back to your free ALDI meal plan for the week of 8/21/22! This week we’re cooking up everything from loaded potato naan pizza to a Caprese chicken + zucchini skillet — plus, so much more.

As always: You’re getting six complete dinners for four, $70 out the door. Use these recipes and dinner ideas to help reduce stress around dinnertime, and to save time & money in the process.

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Free ALDI meal plan week of 8/21/22 – 8/27/22

loaded potato naan pizza in this week's aldi meal plan

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Before we jump right into this week’s menu, though, let’s quickly discuss some new ALDI Finds.

Gluten free donuts and student planners

ALDI Finds week of 8/17/22 include gluten free donuts and more

What’s new in ALDI Finds? Well, this week you may spy everything from gluten free donuts to oat milk ice cream to student planners — & more. Check out all of my favorite ALDI Finds of the week here, and let me know what you’re planning to pick up.

And, what’s new on the Amazon front around here?

Last week’s fun & weird Amazon finds ranged from pet rocks to fishy pencil cases.
This HUGE list of subscribe & save filler items is updated each Thursday.

But without further ado, here’s your simple ALDI meal plan for the week of 8/21/22. Do be sure to sign up for our weekly emails, so that you never miss a new one.

ALDI Meal Planning week of 8/21/22 – 8/27/22

Pick up everything on the shopping list below and 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, 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. *** The printable shopping list includes a separate section of needed basics for the week.

Six easy dinners from ALDI for $70

Caprese chicken & zucchini skillet in this week's aldi meal plan

ALDI Meal Plan — start cooking 8/21/22

Sunday

Rosemary chicken & white bean soup (substitute cut up baby carrots for whole)
Heat up the baguette

Monday

Bowties & beans pasta
Garden salad, mixed with one chopped bell pepper, chopped celery, chopped baby carrot, & chopped green onion

Tuesday

Chicken drumsticks Southwest skillet
Half of the grapes

Wednesday

Smoked sausage & veggies skillet
Cups of leftover soup from Sunday

Thursday

Loaded potato naan pizza (substitute the bag of bite-sized yellow potatoes for the three medium)
The rest of the grapes

Friday

Caprese chicken & zucchini skillet

Saturday

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

ALDI Shopping List — Shop through 8/20/22

Dairy & refrigerated

Priano shredded Parmesan, $2.29
12 oz Happy Farms shredded cheddar, $2.99
8 oz Emporium Selection fresh mozzarella ball, $3.49
Alouette garlic & herb cheese spread, $3.99

Grocery

Specially Selected naan, $4.49
Specially Selected French baguette, $1.69
32 oz box Simply Nature organic chicken broth, $1.89
12 oz Reggano farfalle (bowtie pasta), $.95
2 cans Happy Harvest diced tomatoes, $1.42
3 cans Dakota’s Pride cannellini beans, $2.37
1 can Dakota’s Pride great northern beans, $.71
1 can Dakota’s Pride black beans, $.71
1 can Happy Harvest whole kernel corn, $.59

Meat

Parkview Polska kielbasa, $3.89
1.5 lbs boneless skinless chicken thighs, $4.49
5.5 lbs family pack chicken drumsticks, $8.20
2.5 oz Tuscan Garden bacon bits, $1.49

Produce

2 lbs green grapes, $1.90
8 oz white mushrooms, $1.69
8 oz bag of spinach, $1.49
Bag of garden salad, $1.49
Bunch green onions, $.89
1 lb baby carrots, $.79
3 lbs yellow onions, $2.29
3 heads garlic, $1.49
24 oz bite sized yellow potatoes, $3.49
2.5 lbs zucchini, $2.48
3 pack multi-colored bell peppers, $2.99
Celery, $1.29
9 Roma tomatoes, $1.98

That comes to: $69.91

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 have on hand, or change regional pricing to match your own 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.

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 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 8/14-8/20 in Sunday ad markets, and 8/17-8/23 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 8/21/22.

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