ALDI Kosher Meal Plan

BUDGET RATIONALE

Why these meals: This week's plan keeps things kosher-friendly and effortless by leaning on ALDI's fresh proteins and produce, so you get real variety across the five nights without much fuss. You'll start with crispy baked chicken drumsticks and roasted yellow potatoes on Monday, move into a comforting ground beef rotini on Tuesday, then swing into a fast chicken and Asian vegetable stir fry on Wednesday. Thursday brings seared tuna steaks paired with a fresh roma tomato and cucumber salad, and Friday wraps things up with a simple baked salmon side alongside the rest of those roasted potatoes and cucumbers. Buying the full 24 oz bag of organic yellow potatoes and the 16 oz package of mini cucumbers lets you split them across two meals each, so nothing goes to waste and prep stays quick all week.

5-DAY MEAL PLAN

Monday
Meal: Baked Chicken Drumsticks with Roasted Yellow Potatoes
Description: Meat. Drumsticks are seasoned and baked until crisp, served alongside oven-roasted organic yellow potatoes tossed in olive oil.
Sale items used: Perdue Fresh Antibiotic Free Family Pack Chicken Drumsticks, U.S. Grade #1 Organic Yellow Potatoes
Prep time: 50 minutes
Serving note: 2 lb drumsticks, 12 oz (half the 24-oz bag) potatoes, cubed and roasted, for 4 people.
Recipes:
- Oven Baked One Pan Chicken Drumsticks and Potatoes - Haute & Healthy Living
- Herb Roasted Chicken Drumsticks & Potatoes Recipe - Rachel Cooks®
- Sheet Pan Baked Chicken and Potatoes

Tuesday
Meal: Ground Beef and Rotini with Pasta Sauce
Description: Meat. Browned ground beef is simmered in organic pasta sauce and tossed with rotini for a quick weeknight pasta night.
Sale items used: Fresh 73/27 Ground Beef, Reggano Farfalle or Rotini, Simply Nature Organic Pasta Sauce
Prep time: 30 minutes
Serving note: 1.5 lb ground beef, 1 jar (23.5-24 oz) pasta sauce, 1 box (12-16 oz) rotini for 4 people.
Recipes:
- Easy One-Pot Pasta with Meat Sauce - Meat - Kosher Recipe
- Meat Sauce with Pasta - Kosher In The Kitch!
- Rotini Pasta • Salt & Lavender

Wednesday
Meal: Chicken and Asian Vegetable Stir Fry
Description: Meat. Thin-sliced chicken breast is stir-fried with frozen Asian medley vegetables in a savory stir fry sauce, no dairy involved.
Sale items used: Kirkwood Fresh Thin-Sliced Chicken Breasts, Season's Choice Asian Medley or Broccoli Stir Fry, Burman's Asian Stir Fry Sauce
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: 1.5 lb chicken breast, 1 bag (12 oz) frozen Asian medley, 1 bottle stir fry sauce for 4 people.
Recipes:
- Chicken Stir-Fry - Kosher.com
- Quick and Easy Asian Stir Fry - Kosher.com
- Chicken Vegetable Stir Fry - Kosher.com

Thursday
Meal: Seared Tuna Steaks with Roma Tomato and Cucumber Salad
Description: Pareve (fish). Frozen tuna steaks are thawed and pan-seared, then plated with a fresh roma tomato and mini cucumber salad dressed in olive oil.
Sale items used: Specially Selected Frozen Tuna Steaks, Roma Tomatoes, Mini Cucumbers
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: 2 tuna steaks (12 oz each, 24 oz total) for 4 people, 1 lb roma tomatoes, 1 pkg (16 oz) mini cucumbers; thaw tuna steaks in the fridge the night before.
Recipes:
- Tuna Steaks with Tomato Salsa - Kosher.com
- Seared Tuna Bowl - Kosher.com
- Seared Tuna and Mushroom Salad - Kosher.com

Friday
Meal: Baked Salmon Side with Potatoes and Cucumber Salad
Description: Pareve (fish). The salmon side is baked simply with olive oil, served with the remaining roasted potatoes and a light mini cucumber salad.
Sale items used: Fresh Atlantic Salmon Side, U.S. Grade #1 Organic Yellow Potatoes, Mini Cucumbers
Prep time: 35 minutes
Serving note: 2 lb salmon side, 12 oz (remaining half of the 24-oz bag) potatoes, remaining mini cucumbers for 4 people.
Recipes:
- Oven Baked Salmon | Kosher and Jewish Recipes
- 3 Ingredient Baked Salmon for Tali (GF) - Kosher From Jerusalem
- Pan-Seared Lemon Butter Salmon Recipe with Cucumber Salad

SHOPPING LIST

Buy on sale:
- Perdue Fresh Antibiotic Free Family Pack Chicken Drumsticks (2 lb): $1.78
- Fresh 73/27 Ground Beef (1.5 lb): $6.44
- Kirkwood Fresh Thin-Sliced Chicken Breasts (1.5 lb): $5.99
- Specially Selected Frozen Tuna Steaks (x2): $9.70
- Fresh Atlantic Salmon Side (2 lb): $16.58
- U.S. Grade #1 Organic Yellow Potatoes (1 bag, 24 oz): $3.99
- Roma Tomatoes (1 lb): $0.85
- Mini Cucumbers (1 pkg, 16 oz): $1.69
- Season's Choice Asian Medley or Broccoli Stir Fry (1 bag): $1.59
- Burman's Asian Stir Fry Sauce (1 bottle): $2.29
- Reggano Farfalle or Rotini (1 box): $1.09
- Simply Nature Organic Pasta Sauce (1 jar): $2.19

Pantry staples needed:
- Olive oil
- Salt, pepper, and general seasoning/spices