Food City Vegetarian Meal Plan
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5-DAY MEAL PLAN
Monday
Meal: Baked Macaroni with American Cheese Sauce
Description: Elbow-style pasta is tossed in a quick cheese sauce made from melted American slices and evaporated milk, then baked until bubbly. Makes a single hearty portion with a golden top.
Sale items used: Food Club Pasta (16 Oz.), That's Smart! American Sandwich Slices, Food Club Evaporated Milk, Food Club Butter
Prep time: 35 minutes
Serving note: Use 3 oz (about 3/4 cup) dry pasta, 3 American slices, 1/4 cup evaporated milk and 1 tbsp butter. Bake in a small dish at 375F for 15 minutes. The rest of the pasta is used Wednesday.
Recipes:
- Mac and Cheese Recipe (Stovetop & Baked)
- Baked Mac and Cheese - Vidhya's Vegetarian Kitchen
- Baked Macaroni Cheese - Jane's Patisserie
Tuesday
Meal: Creamy Tomato Soup with Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
Description: A can of tomatoes is simmered with butter and evaporated milk and blended into a silky soup. Served with one crisp grilled cheese sandwich for dunking.
Sale items used: Red Gold Tomatoes (14.5 Oz.), Nature's Own Honey Wheat Bread, That's Smart! American Sandwich Slices, Food Club Evaporated Milk, Food Club Butter
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: Use 1 can tomatoes, 1/4 cup evaporated milk, 1 tsp sugar, and 1 tbsp butter for the soup. For the sandwich use 2 bread slices, 2 American slices and 1 tbsp butter. Leftover evaporated milk is used again this week.
Recipes:
- Easy Tomato Soup With Grilled Cheese - Simply Delicious
- Easy Creamy Tomato Soup with Grilled Cheese - Erin Lives Whole
- Easy Tomato Soup Recipe - NatashasKitchen.com
Wednesday
Meal: Baked Pumpkin Cream Cheese Pasta
Description: Pasta is coated in a sauce of pumpkin, cream cheese and a splash of evaporated milk, seasoned with garlic and sage. It is baked briefly for a lightly browned top.
Sale items used: Food Club Pasta (16 Oz.), Food Club 100% Pure Pumpkin, That's Smart! Cream Cheese (8 Oz.), Food Club Evaporated Milk
Prep time: 35 minutes
Serving note: Use 3 oz dry pasta, 1/2 cup pumpkin, 2 oz (1/4 of the block) cream cheese and 2 tbsp evaporated milk. Save the leftover pumpkin for a smoothie or oatmeal, and the remaining cream cheese for Friday.
Recipes:
- Creamy Pumpkin Baked Pasta
- Easy Vegan Pumpkin Pasta - Baked Pumpkin Pasta Recipe!
- Pumpkin Pasta Bake (vegan) - Elavegan
Thursday
Meal: Baked Flatbread Pizzas with Sour Cream Dip
Description: A flatbread pizza is baked until crisp and cheesy. A cool dip of sour cream and ranch dressing mix is served alongside for dunking the crust.
Sale items used: Flatbread Pizza (Selected Varieties), Food Club Sour Cream (8 Oz.), Food Club Dressing Mix
Prep time: 20 minutes
Serving note: Choose a cheese or vegetable flatbread variety, 1 flatbread. Mix 1/3 cup sour cream with 1 tsp dressing mix. Bake at 400F for 8 to 10 minutes. Keep leftover dip for veggies.
Recipes:
- Flatbread Pizzas - Daisy Brand
- Vegetarian Flatbread Pizza recipe - Vintage Cooks
- Vegan Flatbread Pizza - I Heart Vegetables
Friday
Meal: Cheesy Taquito Night with Blueberry Cream Cheese Dessert
Description: Baked taquitos with a cheese filling are served with leftover sour cream for dipping. Dessert is a sweet blueberry cream cheese bowl.
Sale items used: El Monterey Taquitos (18-21 Ct.), Fruitist Jumbo Blueberries, That's Smart! Cream Cheese, Food Club Sour Cream
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: Choose a cheese variety and bake 5 taquitos at 425F for 15 minutes, freezing the rest. For dessert whip 2 oz cream cheese with 1 tbsp sugar and top with 1/3 of the blueberries (about 1/2 cup). Make sure the taquito variety is meatless.
Recipes:
- Vegan Cream Cheese Taquitos - Contentedness Cooking
- Blueberry Cheesecake Tacos - That Oven Feelin
- Cinnamon and Blueberry Cheesecake Tacos - House of Nash Eats
🛒 Shopping List
SHOPPING LIST
Buy on sale:
- Food Club Pasta (16 Oz.) (x1): $0.99
- That's Smart! American Sandwich Slices (10.66 Oz.) (x1): $1.59
- Nature's Own Honey Wheat Bread (20 Oz.) (x1): $0.99
- Red Gold Tomatoes (14.5 Oz.) (x1): $0.99
- Food Club Evaporated Milk (12 Oz.) (x1): $1.59
- Food Club Butter (16 Oz.) (x1): $3.49
- Food Club 100% Pure Pumpkin (15 Oz.) (x1): $1.99
- That's Smart! Cream Cheese (8 Oz.) (x1): $1.69
- Flatbread Pizza (x1): $2.00
- Food Club Sour Cream (8 Oz.) (x1): $0.99
- El Monterey Taquitos (18-21 Ct.) (x1): $5.99
- Fruitist Jumbo Blueberries (9.8 Oz.) (x1): $4.99
Pantry staples needed:
- Salt, pepper, garlic powder, sage, sugar, ranch-style seasoning or dried herbs, shredded cheese
🏷️ All sale items this week
SALE ITEMS FOUND
Produce on sale:
- Fruitist Jumbo Blueberries (9.8 Oz.): $4.99 each
- Strawberries, Raspberries or Blackberries (Basket & Bushel, 16 Oz. or 6 Oz.): $2.99 each when you buy 4 or more
- Pre-Cut Veggies (Basket & Bushel, Selected Varieties, 10-12 Oz.): $2.99 each when you buy 4 or more
- Bright Farms Crunch Salads (Selected Varieties, 4 Oz.): $2.99 each when you buy 4 or more
- Tasteful Selections Potatoes (Selected Varieties, 16 Oz.): $2.99 each when you buy 4 or more
- Whole or Sliced Mushrooms (Locally Grown in Loudon, TN, 16 Oz.): $2.99 each when you buy 4 or more
- Cantaloupe: $2.99 each when you buy 4 or more
- Organic Rainbow Carrots (2 Lb.): $2.99 each when you buy 4 or more
- Vine Cherry Tomatoes (9 Oz.): $2.99 each when you buy 4 or more
- Gourmet Colored Peppers (Basket & Bushel, 4 Pk.): $2.99 each when you buy 4 or more
- Sweet Onions (Bland Farms, 3 Lb.): $2.99 each when you buy 4 or more
- Russet Potatoes (Basket & Bushel, 5 Lb.): $2.99 each when you buy 4 or more
- Celery Sticks (Dandy, 16 Oz.): $2.99 each when you buy 4 or more
- Living Lettuce: $2.99 each when you buy 4 or more
- Garden Puree Goodness (Selected Varieties, 2 Oz.): $2.99 each when you buy 4 or more
- Navel Oranges: $2.99 each when you buy 12 in the same transaction
- Fresh Avocados: $2.99 each when you buy 12 in the same transaction
Dairy and eggs on sale:
- Fairlife Milk (52 Oz.): $4.49 with card
- Food Club Butter (16 Oz.): $3.49 with card
- Food Club Cream Cheese (Two 8 Oz. Pkgs.): $3.79 with card
- Food Club Evaporated Milk (12 Oz.): $1.59 with card
- Daisy Sour Cream (16 Oz.): $2.69 with card
- Dean's Dip (12-16 Oz.): $2.79 with card
- That's Smart! Cream Cheese (8 Oz.): $1.69 with card
- That's Smart! American Sandwich Slices (10.66 Oz.): $1.59 with card
Bakery and bread on sale:
- Nature's Own Honey Wheat Bread (20 Oz.): $0.99 with card
- Gourmet Cookies (4 Ct.) or Braided Strudel (Apple or Mixed Berry, 4 Ct.): $4.99 with card
- Bakery Fresh Brownies (Selected Varieties): $4.99 each
- Garlic Bread: $2.20 with card
- Garden Salads: $2.20 with card
- 12 Inch One Topping Pizza (In-Store Made): $20.00 each
- 1 Slice of Pizza and a 21 Oz. Drink: $2.00 each
- Pinsa Pizza (Selected Varieties): $20.00 each
- Flatbread Pizza (Selected Varieties): $2.00 each
- 2 Slice of Pizza and a 21 Oz. Drink: $20.00 each
Pantry on sale:
- Nestle Toll House Morsels (10-12 Oz.): $3.99 with card
- Coca-Cola Products (12 Pk., 12 Oz. Cans): $5.99 with card when you buy 4
- Nestle Coffee Mate (64 Oz.) or POWERADE (8 Pk., 20 Oz. Btls.): $4.99 with card
- Café Bustelo (10 Ct. or 11 Oz.) or Dunkin' Donuts Coffee (10 Ct. or 11-12 Oz.): $7.99 with card when you buy 4
- Progresso Soup (18.5-19 Oz.): $0.49 with card when you buy 4
- Toasted Chips or Nabisco Ritz Crackers (8.1-13.7 Oz.): $2.99 with card
- Frito-Lay Multipack Chips (15-20 Ct.): $4.99 with card
- Nature Valley Bars (5-6 Ct.), General Mills or Annie's Bars or Fruit Snacks (6-10 Ct.): $0.99 with card
- Sparkle Paper Towels (4 Double Rolls) or Angel Soft Bath Tissue (8 Mega Rolls): $6.99 with card
- Progresso Soup (18.5-19 Oz.): $2.99 each when lesser quantities
- Red Gold Tomatoes (14.5 Oz.) or Food Club Pasta (16 Oz.): $0.99 with card
- Food Club Dressing Mix (0.7-1.34 Oz.), Food Club Croutons (5 Oz.) or Food Club Sour Cream (8 Oz.): $0.99 with card
- Food Club Skillet Classics (5-8.25 Oz.) or Food Club Instant Potatoes (4 Oz.): $0.99 with card
- Food Club Mustard (8 Oz.), Food Club Ketchup (14 Oz.) or Castleberry's Hot Dog Chili Sauce (10 Oz.): $0.99 with card
- Table Talk Pie (4 Oz.) or Señor Rico Rice Pudding (8 Oz.): $0.99 with card
- Kind Bars (1.4-2.2 Oz.): $0.99 with card
- That's Smart! Foam Plates (30 Ct.), Cardinal Paper Towels (1 Roll), Paws or Evolve Pet Food (2.6-3.5 Oz.) or Simply Done Cutlery (48 Ct.): $0.99 with card
- White Lily Country Gravy Mix (2.25 Oz.), Cornmeal Mix (2 Lb.) or Food City Flour (2 Lb.): $0.99 with card
- Rice Krispies Treats Big Bar (1.62-2.2 Oz.), Pop•Tarts (2 Ct.) or Cheez-It Cup (1.5-3 Oz.): $0.99 with card
- Nissin Noodle Cups (2.54-3 Oz.), McCormick Taco Seasoning (1-1.25 Oz.) or Grill Mates Marinade Mix (0.71-2.25 Oz.): $0.99 with card
- Food Club Macaroni & Cheese Cup (2.05-2.39 Oz.) or Food Club Broth (14.5 Oz.): $0.99 with card
- Food Club Marshmallows (10 Oz.): $1.29 with card
- Light Brown Sugar or Food Club Powdered Sugar (2 Lb.): $2.29 with card
- Food Club Sweetened Coconut Flakes (14 Oz.): $3.49 with card
- Food Club 100% Pure Pumpkin (15 Oz.): $1.99 with card
- That's Smart! Marshmallows (16 Oz.): $1.69 with card
- That's Smart! Mixed Vegetables (15 Oz.): $0.89 with card
- That's Smart! Tomato Paste (6 Oz.): $0.89 with card
- That's Smart! Yellow Mustard (14 Oz.): $0.89 with card
- That's Smart! White Vinegar (Gallon): $0.99 with card
- That's Smart! Sugar (4 Lb.): $2.99 with card
Frozen on sale:
- Frozen DiGiorno Pizza (14.6-29.3 Oz.): $3.99 with card
- Totino's Pizza Rolls (100 Ct.) or Stouffer's Family Size Entrees (31-40 Oz.): $6.99 with card
- El Monterey Taquitos (18-21 Ct.): $5.99 with card
- Food Club Whipped Topping (8 Oz.) or Kay's Ice Cream (16 Oz.): $0.99 with card
- Crav'n Flavor Creme Pie (24-32 Oz.): $6.99 with card
- Food Club Steamin' Easy Vegetables (10 Oz.) or That's Smart! Pizza (5.2 Oz.): $0.99 with card
- Frozen Bavarian Beast Pretzel (16 Oz.): $6.99 with card
🛒 Estimated Shopping Cost
Based on sale prices for items in this plan
Some sale prices require the store's loyalty card or a clipped digital coupon. Check the flyer before you shop.
$27.29
for 1 person · $27.29 per person
📍 Disclaimer: Prices and availability are based on the Food City weekly sales flyer for the week of October 21, 2026. Flyers are sourced from store websites and weekly flyer aggregator sites. Actual prices may vary by location. Always verify prices at your local store. We are not affiliated with Food City.