Welcome to your free ALDI meal plan for the week of 3/12/23! This week we’re cooking up everything from slow cooked corned beef to salsa vegetable soup — plus, so much more.
Happy ALDI Meal Plan Day! As always, we’re here to help you get through that midweek slump and look forward to all the delicious family dinners you’ll enjoy in the week ahead. Our weekly ALDI menu plans have everything you need: All of the easy recipes and a printable shopping list (or easy add-to-Instacart) for six complete dinners for four, $70 out the door. Bring your family together around home-cooked meals, and save time & money in the process.
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Free ALDI meal plan week of 3/12/23 – 3/18/23
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Before jumping straight into this week’s menu, let’s talk briefly about new ALDI Finds & updates.
Salty Snacks, Seafood, and Plants
ALDI Finds for the week of 3/8/23 include March Madness salty snacks, more Lenten seafood, plus all things… plant.
*** All of my favorite ALDI Finds of the week, here. ***
Check out this week’s picks (and pix), and let me know what you want to Find.
Lastly, here’s what’s new on the Amazon front:
- Last week’s fun & weird Amazon finds include a snowplow charm for your Crocs, a Plague Doctor plush, and more.
- This huge list of HUNDREDS of subscribe & save filler items is updated every Thursday.
But with no further ado, here’s your ALDI meal plan for the week of 3/12/23. *** Be sure to sign up for our weekly emails, so that you never miss a new one.
ALDI Meal Planning week of 3/12/23 – 3/18/23
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 3/12/23
Sunday
- 5 ingredient slow cooker Italian chicken sandwiches, on deli rolls with provolone. (Use 2.5 lbs of the chicken, & serve each person one sandwich, reserving the last two deli rolls & some chicken for tomorrow.)
- Brown butter honey glazed carrots
- Half of the oranges
Monday
- Salsa vegetable soup with beans — substitute kidney beans for pinto beans, if your store (like mine) is out
- Serve with the baguette, and with
- Half sandwiches, using the last couple of deli rolls & leftover Italian chicken
Tuesday
- Sheet pan Parmesan chicken + green beans (thinly slice the chicken breast lengthwise, and substitute it for the chicken thighs)
- Cups of leftover soup
Wednesday
Thursday
- Beef & cabbage stir fry with giardiniera (shred about half the cabbage and one of the carrots instead of using pre-shredded coleslaw)
- The rest of the oranges
Friday
- Slow cooker corned beef & carrots
- Roasted cabbage (halve this recipe, using the other half of your cabbage and half of the seasonings & oil)
- Roasted red potatoes — if desired, toss these with a little chopped fresh parsley and any remaining Parmesan right after removing from the oven
Saturday
- Leftovers, family pizza night (ALDI sells nice big take-and-bake deli pizzas), carryout, mix it up!
ALDI Shopping List — Shop through 3/11/23
*** Check below this grocery list for Easy One-Stop Instacart Shopping, as well as an editable easy-print version.
Dairy & refrigerated
Happy Farms deli sliced provolone, $1.99
Emporium Selection shredded Parmesan, $2.49
Grocery
L’Oven Fresh deli rolls, $2.49
Specially Selected French baguette, $1.79
16 oz Specially Selected pasilla + chipotle salsa, $3.49
Tuscan Garden mild giardiniera, $3.69
48 oz box Chef’s Cupboard chicken broth, $1.89
32 oz Simply Nature organic vegetable broth, $1.89
Can Dakota’s Pride black beans, $.79
Can Dakota’s Pride kidney beans, $.79
Can Happy Harvest whole kernel corn, $.59
Can Happy Harvest cut green beans, $.49
Meat
3 lbs corned beef points, $8.97
14 oz beef shaved steak, $5.79
5.25 lb family pack boneless skinless chicken breast, $13.07
Produce
4 lb bag of navel oranges, $2.99
2 lbs carrots, $1.49
8 oz white mushrooms, $1.99
1 head of cauliflower, $2.49
16 oz green beans, $1.79
2 oz fresh parsley, $1.29
3 lbs yellow onions, $1.99
3 heads garlic, $1.49
2.5 lb green cabbage, $1.48
5 lbs red potatoes, $2.99
That comes to: $70.20
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 your 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:
- You’ll need to check your pantry for staples not included in this Instacart list. *** See needed pantry staples, below.
- 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 don’t usually show up. So: Before adding the list to your cart, change the following
- Make a note to your shopper that you want a 5.25 lb pack of chicken breast, and 3 lb pack of the corned beef.
- Make a note to your shopper that you want around a 2.5 lb cabbage.
- Hey, that’s it this week — how simple is this?
Please use the add your list to Instacart feature at your own risk, and always double checking your cart against the grocery list above. Also note that Instacart prices are higher than in store, so your total will be higher than shown in the above grocery list.
** Pantry staples to check for before shopping: Olive oil, canola oil, sesame oil, butter, soy sauce, brown sugar, honey, thyme, ground ginger, crushed red pepper, coarse ground mustard, Italian seasoning, oregano, smoked paprika, garlic powder, tarragon, seasoned salt, cayenne, cumin, black pepper, sea salt, Kosher salt
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:
- If you don’t have Word, try opening this 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 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 3/5-3/11 in Sunday ad markets, and 3/8-3/14 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 3/12/23.
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Resources for meal planning & ALDI shopping
Let’s close out our week with some additional resources on meal planning & ALDI shopping:
- 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 and through the Fetch Rewards app.
- 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 I have for you guys?!
Lastly: Access your current regional ALDI ad here.