Welcome to your free ALDI meal plan for the week of 9/5/21: This week, we’re cooking up everything from a spinach ricotta quiche to garlic soy chicken & mushrooms — and so much more!
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Use this menu plan as a starting point, modifying it 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 9/5/21 – 9/11/21
Use these meal plans to help reclaim some of your precious time, and avoid the perennial question: What’s for dinner?
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But first, what’s new this week?
Fall Finds, pretzel bites, and bacon everything: What’s new this week?
Timberwick candles, ranch pickle chips, aloe plants, and more — Check out my top 25+ ALDI Finds of the week, and let me know what you’re planning on picking up!
And… some seasonal Fall Finds are already popping up in stores! Here’s what I spotted at my own ALDI this week; let me know what you Find at yours (or what you’re looking forward to this year).
Lastly, on the “almost” all ALDI note (and because we could all use a little extra right now, with even ALDI’s prices going up…): I wanted to let you all know that the Pinecone Research survey panel is now open for new applicants. Every product survey pays $3.00, and this is one of the oldest and most highly rated survey sites.
But without further ado, here’s your easy weekly ALDI meal plan for the week of 9/5/21.
ALDI Meal Planning week of 9/5/21 – 9/11/21
Pick up everything on the shopping list below, and start cooking on Sunday: As always, six complete dinners for four, $65 out the door.
- 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 you have the necessary pantry staples on hand for this week’s ALDI menu plan; see a summary in the printable grocery list below.
- Print your meal plan summary + grocery shopping list below this week’s detailed plan.
Six easy dinners from ALDI for $65
ALDI Meal Plan — start cooking 9/5/21
Sunday
- Garlic soy roasted chicken & mushrooms
- Boil up the corn on the cob on the side
Monday
- Spinach ricotta quiche
- Side spring mix salad, topped with chopped green onion & 2 chopped tomatoes
- You can also make dessert! Use the second pie crust to make cinnamon crisps (put in the oven with the quiche for the last 10 minutes of cooking), and serve these with a little cream cheese, if desired.
Tuesday
- Slow cooker Italian pulled chicken sandwiches (use 2 lbs chicken), served on potato rolls and topped with half of the mozzarella
- Half of the grapes
Wednesday
- Chicken sausage dinner salad with avocado pepperoncini dressing (use spring mix instead of romaine, and throw on some chopped green onion if desired)
- Creamy tomato hummus soup (use chicken broth), topped with Parmesan
Thursday
- Cheesy chicken & spinach skillet
- The other half of the grapes
Friday
- Smoked salmon scramble
- Peaches
- Toasted English muffins
Saturday
- Leftovers, family pizza night (ALDI sells nice big take-and-bake deli pizzas), or order in.
ALDI Shopping List — Shop through 9/4/21
Note: Ricotta used to be by the mozzarella etc. at my store, but has now moved over by the cottage cheese & yogurt — in case you have as much trouble finding its new location as I did. 😉
Dairy & refrigerated
Dozen Goldhen large eggs, $1.09
Bake House Creations pie crust, $1.69
15 oz Emporium Selection ricotta, $1.79
Priano shredded Parmesan, $1.99
8 oz block Happy Farms mozzarella, $1.99
2 packs 8 oz Happy Farms cream cheese, $2.58
Park Street Deli roasted red pepper hummus, $2.49
Grocery
L’Oven Fresh potato long rolls, $1.99
L’Oven Fresh English muffins, $1.19
16 oz Tuscan Garden pepperoncini, $1.89
32 oz Chef’s Cupboard chicken broth, $1.19
8 oz can Happy Harvest tomato sauce, $.29
14.5 oz can Happy Harvest diced tomatoes, $.69
28 oz can Happy Harvest crushed tomatoes, $.89
Can Dakota’s Pride garbanzo beans (chickpeas), $.59
Meat
4 lbs bone-in split chicken breast, $3.96
4 lbs boneless skinless chicken breast, $7.56
Never Any! apple chicken sausage 12 oz pack, $3.19
Specially Selected smoked salmon, $3.99
Produce
4 pack sweet corn, $2.49
2 lbs green grapes, $1.90
1 lb peaches, $1.39
2 packs 8 oz spinach, $2.98
16 oz spring mix, $4.49
Bunch green onions, $.79
2 packs 8 oz white mushrooms, $3.78
1 cucumber, $.59
3 lbs yellow onions, $2.19
3 heads garlic, $1.19
10 Roma tomatoes, $2.00
1 avocado, $.99
That comes to: $65.82
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 & grocery list
Print this week’s meal plan:
- *** Download this week’s printable ALDI shopping list and meal plan in Word format.
- If you don’t have Word, you can open this in Google Docs or in Wordpad.
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 8/29-9/4 in Sunday ad markets, and 9/1-9/7 in Wednesday ad markets). Non-advertised prices are from 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 9/5/21.
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Resources for meal planning & ALDI shopping
Let’s close things out with just a few resources to help you with your meal planning & ALDI shopping:
- Almost All ALDI — for more ALDI goodness, ALDI finds, reviews, and more.
- Master list of meal planning resources
- Come join us in the Almost All ALDI Facebook group for recipes, meal planning ideas, ALDI food finds, and more.
- Get cash back for ALDI shopping with cash back offers on the Ibotta app and through the Fetch Rewards app.
- Pick up a pack of meal prep containers, & pack up any dinner leftovers for easy weekday lunches!
- Cute & handy ALDI quarter keepers.
- Check out my Amazon shop for some of my favorite useful items for your own meal planning. Also useful: Two pack insulated grab bag totes, or two pack clip to cart bags.
- Almost All ALDI, the eBook.
- How fun are these ALDI themed t-shirts I have for you guys?!
Lastly: You can always access your current regional ALDI ad here.
