Welcome to your free ALDI meal plan for the week of 4/23/23! This week we’re cooking up everything from chicken tikka masala grilled cheese wraps to a summery spinach dinner salad — plus, so much more.
Feast on a week of home cooked dinners, when you ALDI meal plan along with us! Read on for all of the easy recipes, printable shopping list, and easy add-to-Instacart list.
Our meal plans always feature six complete dinners for four, $70 out the door. So, why not bring your family together around delicious dinners this week — and, of course, save time & money in the process.
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Free ALDI meal plan week of 4/23/23 – 4/29/23
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Before jumping straight into this week’s menu, though, let’s talk briefly about new ALDI Finds & updates.
Gluten free foods & gardening
ALDI Finds for the week of 4/19/23 include gluten free foods, gardening Finds, seasonal items (like the hummus quartet!), & more.
*** 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.
Next, here’s what’s new on the Amazon front lately:
- Last week’s fun & weird Amazon finds include a cat shark plushie, a dad joke onesie, & more.
- This huge list of HUNDREDS of subscribe & save filler items is updated every Thursday.
But here, with no further ado, it’s your ALDI meal plan for the week of 4/23/23.
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ALDI Meal Planning week of 4/23/23 – 4/29/23
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 4/23/23
Sunday
- Arrabbiata white bean & vegetable soup (use chicken broth, for budget reasons), topped with shredded Parmesan
- Mix the garden salad with about 4 oz of spinach & top with poppyseed dressing & a little cut up carrot
Monday
- Naan pesto pizza with roasted tomatoes, mushrooms, & spinach (shred & use regular mozzarella & use the artisan flatbread, cutting each flatbread in half so that you have four individual pizzas)
- Cups of leftover soup from Sunday
Tuesday
- Skillet chicken tenders with artichoke avocado salsa
- Half of the grapes
Wednesday
- Chicken tikka masala grilled cheese wraps (use 1.25 lbs chicken)
- The other half of the grapes
Thursday
- Strawberry spinach salad with chicken & chickpeas (substitute tenderloin for thighs; it will likely need less cooking time, though, so check for doneness at 12-15 minutes instead of 20)
- Parmesan roasted carrots (use shredded Parmesan)
Friday
Saturday
- Leftovers, family pizza night (ALDI sells nice big take-and-bake deli pizzas), carryout, mix it up!
ALDI Shopping List — Shop through 4/22/23
*** Check below this grocery list for Easy One-Stop Instacart Shopping, as well as an editable easy-print version.
Dairy & refrigerated
2 blocks 8 oz Happy Farms mozzarella, $4.18
Emporium Selection shredded Parmesan, $2.49
Grocery
L’Oven Fresh original flatbread, $1.69
Specially Selected artisan flatbread, $4.19
Jar of Tuscan Garden artichoke hearts in water, $2.69
Simply Nature organic poppyseed dressing, $2.49
Jar of Burman’s tikka masala sauce, $3.55
32 oz Chef’s Cupboard chicken broth, $1.29
Priano gourmet arrabbiata sauce, $2.19
Priano Genovese pesto, $2.29
12 oz Reggano farfalle, $.95
Can Dakota’s Pride garbanzo beans (chickpeas), $.79
2 cans Dakota’s Pride great northern beans, $1.42
Can Happy Harvest whole kernel corn, $.49
Can Happy Harvest cut green beans, $.49
Meat & seafood
5.25 lbs chicken tenderloin family pack, $12.02
16 oz chub Kirkwood frozen ground turkey, $2.49
Produce
16 oz strawberries, $2.89
2 lbs red grapes, $2.38
2 bags 8 oz spinach, $2.98
Bag of garden salad, $1.79
2 packs 8 oz white mushrooms, $1.98
2 lbs carrots, $1.89
3 lbs medium yellow onions, $2.19
3 heads garlic, $1.49
16 oz zucchini, $1.29
2 avocados, $1.38
2 Roma tomatoes, $.36
Container grape tomatoes, $1.99
24 oz tomatoes on the vine, $2.59
That comes to: $70.90
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 a 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 these quantities and make the following notes.
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Quantities:
- Change the quantity of mozzarella to two.
- Change the quantity of great northern beans to two.
- Change the quantity of spinach to two.
- Change the quantity of mushrooms to two.
- Change the quantity of avocados to two.
- Change the quantity of Roma tomatoes to two.
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Notes for your shopper:
- Make a note that the meat special buy family packs of chicken tenderloin are not showing in Instacart, so ask your shopper to pick up a 5.25 lb family pack.
- Make a note that you want about 2 lbs of grapes.
- Make a note that you want about 1 lb of zucchini.
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Quantities:
Please use the add your list to Instacart feature at your own risk, and always double check your cart against the grocery list above. 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, butter, chili powder, oregano, Italian seasoning, cumin, garlic powder, smoked paprika, crushed red pepper, basil, garlic salt, sea salt, black pepper
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, open the shopping list 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 4/16-4/22 in Sunday ad markets, and 4/19-4/25 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 4/23/23.
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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 latest regional ALDI ad here.