Giant Kid-Friendly Meal Plan
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5-DAY MEAL PLAN
Monday
Meal: Baked Chicken Breast Strips with Mashed Russet Potatoes and Broccoli
Description: Chicken breast cut into strips is baked until golden and served with creamy mashed potatoes and tender broccoli trees. A simple, familiar plate that is easy for kids to eat with their fingers or a fork.
Sale items used: Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts, Russet Potatoes, Broccoli Crowns, Giant Butter
Prep time: 40 minutes
Serving note: Use 0.5 lb chicken breast (assume 0.5 lb total, about $1.00), 1 medium russet potato (about 0.5 lb), and 1 small broccoli crown (about 0.3 lb). Coat the strips in breadcrumbs or crushed crackers if you have them and bake at 425F for 15 to 18 minutes. Mash the potato with a little butter and milk.
Recipes:
- Baked Chicken and Potatoes
- Baked Chicken Breasts and Potatoes
- Buttery Herb Rice with Simple Oven-Baked Salmon
Tuesday
Meal: Beef and Cheese Soft Tacos
Description: Mild seasoned ground beef is tucked into warm soft tortillas with melty shredded cheese. Kids can build their own tacos, which makes dinner fun.
Sale items used: 85% Lean Ground Beef, Mission Fajita Tortillas, Giant Shredded Cheese, Old El Paso Seasoning Mix
Prep time: 20 minutes
Serving note: Use 0.33 lb ground beef (assume 0.33 lb total), about 2 tablespoons of seasoning mix (use a mild amount), 2 to 3 tortillas, and 1/4 cup shredded cheese. The remaining tortillas and cheese are used on Friday. Cook the beef fully and keep the seasoning mild.
Recipes:
- Creamy Queso & Beef Soft Tacos
- Soft Beef Tacos Recipe
- Ground Beef Soft Tacos Recipe
Wednesday
Meal: Smoked Sausage and Sweet Potato Skillet
Description: Slices of smoked sausage and small cubes of sweet potato are browned together in one pan until caramelized and slightly sweet. It is a one-pan meal with mild, familiar flavors.
Sale items used: Stachowski Smoked Sausage, Sweet Potatoes, Giant Butter
Prep time: 30 minutes
Serving note: Use 0.33 lb smoked sausage (assume 0.33 lb total, about $2.00) and 1 medium sweet potato from the bag, cut in small cubes. Cook in a little butter, covered, for about 12 minutes, then uncovered until browned. Save the rest of the sausage for Friday and the other sweet potatoes for later use.
Recipes:
- Smoked Sausage & Sweet Potato Skillet
- Quick Smoked Sausage & Sweet Potato Skillet
- Smoked Sausage with Sweet Potato Stir-Fry
Thursday
Meal: Baked Salmon with Buttery Rice and Cucumber Sticks
Description: A mild salmon fillet is baked until flaky and served over soft buttered rice. Crisp cucumber sticks on the side add a fresh crunch.
Sale items used: Salmon Fillets, Ben's Original Ready Rice, Hothouse Cucumber, Giant Butter
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: Use 0.4 lb salmon fillet (assume 0.4 lb total, about $3.60), 1 pouch ready rice (buy the 2 for $5.00 deal, the second pouch can be saved for another meal), 1/2 cucumber cut into sticks, and 1 teaspoon butter stirred into the rice. Bake the salmon at 400F for 12 to 15 minutes.
Recipes:
- Buttery Herb Rice with Simple Oven-Baked Salmon
- Salmon Rice Bowls
- Crispy Rice Salmon Cucumber Salad with Creamy Asian Dressing
Friday
Meal: Sausage and Cheese Quesadillas
Description: A tortilla is filled with finely diced smoked sausage and gooey shredded cheese, then toasted until crisp and golden. Cut into wedges for easy kid-friendly dipping.
Sale items used: Stachowski Smoked Sausage, Mission Fajita Tortillas, Giant Shredded Cheese
Prep time: 15 minutes
Serving note: Use the remaining sausage from Wednesday (about 0.17 lb, from the 0.5 lb purchase), 2 tortillas, and 1/3 cup shredded cheese. Toast in a dry or lightly buttered pan for 2 to 3 minutes per side.
Recipes:
- Breakfast Quesadillas (with Sausage and Cheese)
- Sausage Cheese Quesadillas (Oamc)
- Breakfast Sausage Quesadillas
🛒 Shopping List
SHOPPING LIST
Buy on sale:
- Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts (0.5 lb): $1.00
- Russet Potatoes (1 lb): $0.99
- Broccoli Crowns (0.5 lb): $1.00
- 85% Lean Ground Beef (0.33 lb): $1.98
- Mission Fajita Tortillas (x1 pack): $3.49
- Giant Shredded Cheese (x1 bag): $3.99
- Stachowski Smoked Sausage (0.5 lb): $3.00
- Sweet Potatoes (x1 bag): $3.99
- Salmon Fillets (0.4 lb): $3.60
- Hothouse Cucumber (x1): $1.00
- Ben's Original Ready Rice (x2 pouches): $5.00
- Old El Paso Seasoning Mix (x1): $1.00
Pantry staples needed:
- Butter
- Milk
- Breadcrumbs or crushed crackers
- Salt and pepper
- Cooking oil
🏷️ All sale items this week
SALE ITEMS FOUND
Meats on sale:
- Extra Jumbo Raw EZ Peel Shrimp: $7.99/lb
- Salmon Fillets or Extra Large Cooked Cocktail Shrimp: $8.99/lb
- Snow Crab Clusters: $9.99/lb
- Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts: $1.99/lb
- Giant Rotisserie Chicken: $5.99 each
- Smithfield Sliced Bacon or Carando Meatballs: $4.99 each
- Baby Back-Style Pork Ribs or Boneless Center-Cut Pork Chops: $4.99/lb
- Eckrich Smoked or Hatfield Ground Sausage: 2 for $7.00
- Oscar Mayer Lunchables or Wright Brand Bacon: $10.00 each
- Philly Gourmet Shaved Steak or Stachowski Smoked Sausage: $5.99/lb
- Perdue Short Cuts: 3 for $10.00
- Cod Fillets: $12.99/lb
- 85% Lean Ground Beef: $5.99/lb
- Kevin's Chicken Entrées: $8.99 each
- Tyson Frozen Cooked Chicken: $6.49 each
- Cedar Bay By the Sea Air Fryer Meal: $8.99 each
- Pasteurized Lump Crab Meat: $16.99 each
Deli and prepared on sale:
- Giant Rotisserie Chicken Salad: $8.99/lb
- Buitoni Filled Pasta: $7.99 each
- Boar's Head Mild Swiss Cheese: $10.99/lb
- Giant Genoa or Hard Salami or Slicing Pepperoni: $7.99/lb
- Cleveland Kitchen Pickle Bites: 5 for $5.00
Produce on sale:
- Strawberries: $2.99 each
- Halos Mandarins: $2.99 each
- Honeycrisp or SugarBee Apples: $1.99/lb
- Russet Potatoes: $0.99/lb
- Jumbo Blueberries: $6.99 each
- Broccoli Crowns: $1.99/lb
- Nature's Promise Organic Salad Blend: $2.49 each
- Iceberg Lettuce: $1.99 each
- NatureSweet Cherubs Tomatoes: $2.49 each
- Tomatoes on the Vine or Sweet Onions: $1.49/lb
- Giant Bagged Apples: $6.99 each
- Nature's Promise Organic Broccoli Florets: $3.99 each
- Nature's Promise Organic Red or Green Seedless Grapes: $6.99 each
- Giant Brussels Sprouts: $5.99 each
- Sweet Potatoes: $3.99 each
- Giant Shredded Iceberg Lettuce: $1.99 each
- Large Pumpkin: 2 for $10.00
- Mango, Navel Orange or Grapefruit: $1.00
- Hothouse Pepper or Cucumber: $1.00
Dairy and eggs on sale:
- Eggland's Best Grade A Cage Free Large or Extra Large Eggs: 2 for $7.00
- Dannon Light + Fit Greek or Oikos Multipack Yogurt: 2 for $8.00
- Nature's Promise Grade A Large or Extra Large Free Range Eggs: $4.49
- Cracker Barrel Chunks, Cracker Cuts or Cubed Cheese: 2 for $6.00
- Blue Bonnet Spread: 4 for $5.00
- Tillamook Cream Cheese: $3.49
- Siggi's Single-Serve Yogurt: 3 for $5.00
- Kozy Shack Pudding: 2 for $6.00
- Planet Oat Oatmilk: 2 for $6.00
- Giant Butter: $3.29 each
- Sargento Sliced Cheese: $2.49 each
- Chobani Core or Creations Yogurt: 10 for $10.00
- Chobani Protein Yogurt: 4 for $5.00
- Chobani Less or Zero Sugar Yogurt: 10 for $10.00
- Chobani Flip Yogurt: 4 for $5.00
- Chobani Protein Flip Yogurt: 2 for $4.00
- Chobani Creamer: 2 for $9.00
- Chobani Multi-Serve Yogurt: $4.99
- La Colombe Cold Brew Coffee: 2 for $9.00
- Daisy Sour Cream: 2 for $5.00
- Giant Shredded Cheese: $3.99
Bakery and bread on sale:
- Giant Roundtop White Bread: $1.00
- Butter Croissants: $3.49 each
- Sara Lee Bread or Ball Park Rolls: $2.99
- Giant Gourmet Cookie: $1.00
- Mission Fajita Tortillas: $3.49
Pantry on sale:
- Goya Canned Beans: $1.00
- Chef Boyardee Canned Pasta or Micro Cup: $1.00
- Kraft Mac & Cheese: $1.00
- Giant Canned Vegetables: $1.00
- Progresso Soup: 2 for $4.00
- Old El Paso Seasoning Mix: $1.00
- Post Cereal: $4.99
- Post Cereal Cup: $1.00
- Clif Energy Zbars: $5.99
- Folgers Coffee: $7.49
- Campbell's Protein Soup: 2 for $5.00
- Hellmann's Mayonnaise: $1.99 each
- Ben's Original Ready Rice: 2 for $5.00
- Asian Best Jasmine Rice: $10.99
- GoGo SqueeZ SlymeZ: 2 for $9.00
- Bertolli Pasta Sauce: 2 for $5.00
- Jif Peanut Butter: 2 for $5.00
- Acadia Spring or Purified Water: 2 for $9.00
- Starbucks Coffee: $7.99
- Tropicana Premium Orange Juice or Starbucks Creamer: 2 for $8.00
- Nabisco Party Size or Variety Packs: 2 for $10.00
- Gatorade: 3 for $5.00
- Cheez-It Small Size or Keebler Sandwich Crackers: 2 for $6.00
- Nerds Cherry Lemonade Gummy Clusters: $4.99
- Ghirardelli Chocolate Squares: $7.99
- Giant Taco Sauce: 2 for $3.00
- Old El Paso Dinner Kit: 2 for $7.00
- Hunt's Canned Tomatoes or Sauce or Manwich or Ro-Tel Diced Tomatoes: 4 for $5.00
- Duncan Hines Classic Brownie or Signature Cake Mix or Frosting: 2 for $4.00
- Kikkoman Sauce: 2 for $8.00
- McCormick Assorted Spices or Rubs: $1.00 off
- Bubly: $4.99
- Pure Leaf Iced Tea: $7.49
- Monster Energy Drink: 2 for $5.00
- Welch's Juice: $3.99
- BelVita or Fig Newtons: $2.99 each
- Sparkling ICE: $1.00
- Snyder's Pretzels or Cape Cod Chips: $1.99 each
- Brach's Candy Corn: $2.99 each
- Mars Fun Size: $5.79 each
- Turkey Hill Drinks: $2.99
- Coffee mate Creamer: $6.49
- Fanta or Seagram's: $1.00
- Pringles Grab N' Go: $1.00
- Giant Pudding: $1.00
Frozen on sale:
- DiGiorno Rising Crust, Hand-Tossed, Wood Fired or Thin Crust Pizza: 2 for $10.00
- Marie Callender's Large Pot Pie or Entrée or Healthy Choice Simply Café Steamers or Protein Bowls: 2 for $7.00
- Ben & Jerry's Dairy or Non-Dairy Ice Cream: 2 for $7.00
- Tillamook Ice Cream: $4.99 each
- Nestlé Drumstick, Toll House Cookie Sandwiches or Oreo Novelties: $6.99
- Klondike Bars or Sandwiches: $3.99
- Eggo Waffles, Pancakes, French Toaster Sticks or Thick & Fluffy: 2 for $6.00
- Jimmy Dean Red Box: $7.49
- Frollies Ice Pops: 2 for $8.00
- Seviroli Stuffed Shells or Cheese Ravioli: $4.99
- Hot Pockets Sandwiches: $13.99
- White Castle Sliders: 2 for $10.00
- Zatarain's Entrée: $3.99
- P.F. Chang's Bowls: 2 for $8.00
- Banquet Pot Pie: $1.00
- Häagen-Dazs Ice Cream Cup: $1.00
- Bob Evans Side Dishes: 2 for $8.00
🛒 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.
$30.04
for 1 person · $30.04 per person
📍 Disclaimer: Prices and availability are based on the Giant weekly sales flyer for the week of September 30, 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 Giant.