Meals:
Italian Chops served over Spaghetti Noodles
Bruschetta Chicken Bake with a Garden Salad
Amy’s French Toast with Hot Cocoa
Pan Grilled Salmon with Chicken Flavored Rice & Green Beans
Chicken Tacos with Carrot Sticks
Chicken Wings with Honey BBQ Sauce, Cheese Quesadillas, & Carrot Sticks
Snack:
Shopping List:
BAKERY
White bread 1 (Amy’s French Toast) & save a portion for Cheesy Toasts
Flour
Baking Soda
Sugar
Brown Sugar
Honey
Chicken Flavored Stuffing mix
Chicken broth canned 2 cans- 1 (Slow Cooker Taco Meat) & 1 (Green Beans)
Vegetable canned Green Beans
Tomatoes canned 1 can diced (Italian Chops) | 1 can (Bruschetta Chicken Bake)
Spaghetti sauce, any variety
Shredded mozzarella cheese 1 package (Bruschetta Chicken Bake) & save a portion for Cheesy Bread
Mexican Cheese
Vegetable oil
Olive oil
Barbecue sauce
Soy sauce
Maple syrup
Milk
1 package Butter
1 dozen eggs
Taco shells 2 packages (for Cheese Quesadillas & for Taco Night)
Salmon Fillets in Frozen Section
Bananas
MEAT
1 package center-cut pork chops
Spaghetti 1-2# box of thin spaghetti noodles
Rice- Chicken Flavored
1 bag chicken breasts (split for Brushetta Chicken Bake & Slow Cooker Taco Meat)
1 bag of chicken wings
Salt
Cinnamon
Basil
Vanilla Extract
1 Taco Seasoning Packet
Carrot 2 bags of carrot sticks or 1 bag of regular carrots cleaned and sliced
Garlic (you can substitute this ingredient with garlic powder, if you like)
1 package Romaine Hearts (for Slow Cooker Tacos & a Garden Salad)
White wine (For Italian Chops)
APPROXIMATE COST for meal planner: $60 (this will include everything you need for baking and will also leave you leftovers for lunches & such)
Wow Amy, thanks for all your hard work.
Hi Amy,
I love your site!!! I have been an Aldi’s shopper for years now and love it- it has saved my family a ton of money. The only caution I might add regarding shopping at Aldi’s is that there are alot of processed foods there and the sodium content is way too high. Is there any way you could add the sodium content to the nutrition guide on your menu? I see Aldi shoppers loading up on lots of convenience foods that are really just a heart attack waiting to happen! It is possible to eat healthy and shop at Aldi’s – and I love that your site does not use lots of prepacked items. Some of my family’s favorites are the frozen “gourmet” green beans, the frozen tilapia, the frozen chinese stir fry veggies, frosted shredded wheat cereal, and of course all the block cheeses! I literally can cut my food bill in half by shopping there. For a family of 7, I usually spend about $400 month and we eat very well ( and try to eat healthy to boot!!! ) Thanks again for the great site!
Jean,
I agree that Aldi does offer many processed foods, but we try to shy away from those in our family. I will definitely continue supplying meals that don’t use convenience food.
As for the nutritional data, my program does not supply sodium content and due to time constraints I am only going to be supplying nutritional data for items that I already had in the software. Between this, article writing for our site and other publications, the blog, and running/moderating our forum, I am going to have to eliminate something. Trying to plug everything into the program is slowing me waaaayyy down.
I will try to continue offering ideas for meals though and supplying grocery lists, totals, recipes & pictures.
I really appreciate your feedback- thank you so much!
Thank you so much for all the hard work you’ve done! I’ve just started shopping at Aldi’s and had just finished using your previously published fall/winter menu plan and was wondering what I would do next. You’ve solved that problem for me! Now I’m off to plan my next trip! Thank you again!