Giant Kid-Friendly Meal Plan
Switch dietary option for this week:
BUDGET RATIONALE
Why these meals: This week's plan keeps things familiar for picky eaters while still changing up the protein every night. Chicken anchors two nights, with leg quarters on Monday at $3.00 for 3 lbs and sheet-pan nachos on Wednesday using boneless breasts at $2.99 for 1.5 lbs. Pork chops on Tuesday, smoked sausage on Thursday, and shrimp over rice on Friday fill out the rest of the week. Mild sides like mashed potatoes, cucumber slices, cinnamon apples, and buttery squash (Tuesday and Friday) keep the plates simple, and the two bags of Sargento cheese cover Wednesday's nachos and Thursday's skillet. Pick up the one Giant Butter, since it works its way into four of the dinners.
5-DAY MEAL PLAN
Monday
Meal: Oven-Baked Chicken Leg Quarters with Buttery Mashed Russet Potatoes and Cucumber Slices
Description: Chicken leg quarters bake until crisp and juicy while russet potatoes boil and get mashed with butter. Cool cucumber slices on the side keep it simple and fun for kids.
Sale items used: Fresh Chicken Leg Quarters, Giant Russet Potatoes, Hothouse Cucumbers, Giant Butter
Prep time: 55 minutes
Serving note: Use 3 lb Fresh Chicken Leg Quarters (about 4 pieces), 1 Giant Russet Potatoes, 1 Hothouse Cucumber, and about 3 tbsp of the Giant Butter. Bake at 425 F for 45 to 50 minutes. Peel and boil the potatoes while the chicken bakes.
Recipes:
- Easy Oven-Roasted Chicken Leg Quarters with Cheesy Mashed Potatoes
- Baked Chicken Leg Quarters (Crispy & Juicy)
- Savory Oven Baked Chicken Leg Quarters with Potatoes
Tuesday
Meal: Skillet Pork Chops with Cinnamon Honeycrisp Apples and Buttered Squash
Description: Center-Cut Pork Chops are pan-seared until golden, then Honeycrisp Apples cook in the same skillet with butter and cinnamon until soft and sweet. Mild sauteed squash rounds out the plate.
Sale items used: Center-Cut Pork Chops, Honeycrisp Apples, Green or Yellow Squash, Giant Butter
Prep time: 35 minutes
Serving note: Use 2 lb Center-Cut Pork Chops (about 4 chops), 1.5 lb Honeycrisp Apples (about 3 apples, sliced), 1 lb Green or Yellow Squash, and about 3 tbsp of the Giant Butter. Cook the chops 5 to 6 minutes per side. Do not overcook them, since pork chops are lean.
Recipes:
- Pork Chops with Apples and Butternut Squash
- Cinnamon-Apple Pork Chops
- Pan-Seared Pork Chops and Fried Cinnamon Apples
Wednesday
Meal: Sheet-Pan Chicken Nachos with Cheese and Diced Avocado
Description: Cubed Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts roast on a sheet pan, then get layered with Giant Tortilla Chips and Sargento Shredded Cheese and baked until melty. Kids top their own plates with diced avocado.
Sale items used: Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts, Giant Tortilla Chips, Sargento Shredded Cheese, Hass Avocados
Prep time: 30 minutes
Serving note: Use 1.5 lb Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts cut into small cubes, 2 bags Giant Tortilla Chips, 1 bag Sargento Shredded Cheese (save the second for Thursday), and 2 Hass Avocados. Roast the chicken at 425 F for 12 minutes, then add the chips and cheese and bake 5 more minutes.
Recipes:
- Easy Sheet Pan Chicken Nachos
- 30-Minute Sheet Pan Shredded Chicken Nachos for a Crowd
- Sheet Pan Chicken Nachos
Thursday
Meal: Smoked Sausage and Yellow or Red Potato Skillet with Melted Cheese
Description: Sliced smoked sausage and diced potatoes brown together in one skillet until the potatoes are tender. A handful of Sargento Shredded Cheese melts over the top for an easy one-pan dinner.
Sale items used: Logan's or Aidells Smoked Dinner Sausage, Giant Yellow or Red Potatoes, Sargento Shredded Cheese, Hothouse Cucumbers, Giant Butter
Prep time: 40 minutes
Serving note: Use 2 packages Logan's or Aidells Smoked Dinner Sausage, 1 Giant Yellow or Red Potatoes (diced small), the second bag of Sargento Shredded Cheese, and 1 Hothouse Cucumber cut into sticks for the side. Add about 1 tbsp of the Giant Butter to the skillet. Cook the potatoes covered for about 15 minutes before adding the sausage.
Recipes:
- Cheesy Smoked Sausage and Red Potato Skillet Meal
- Smoked Sausage and Potatoes Skillet
- Cheesy Smoked Sausage and Potatoes Skillet
Friday
Meal: Garlic Butter Shrimp over Rice with Sauteed Squash
Description: Extra Large Raw EZ Peel Shrimp cook quickly in a skillet with butter and a little mild garlic powder. They are served over microwaved rice with soft sauteed squash on the side.
Sale items used: Extra Large Raw EZ Peel Shrimp, Giant 90-Second Rice, Green or Yellow Squash, Giant Butter
Prep time: 20 minutes
Serving note: Use 1.5 lb Extra Large Raw EZ Peel Shrimp, 2 pouches Giant 90-Second Rice, 1 lb Green or Yellow Squash, and about 3 tbsp of the Giant Butter. Cook the shrimp 2 to 3 minutes per side until pink and opaque.
Recipes:
- Garlic Butter Shrimp and Rice
- Garlic Butter Shrimp and Rice (Instant Pot or Stovetop)
- Garlic Butter Shrimp & Rice
🛒 Shopping List
SHOPPING LIST
Buy on sale:
- Fresh Chicken Leg Quarters (3 lbs): $3.00
- Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts (1.5 lbs): $2.99
- Center-Cut Pork Chops (2 lbs): $7.98
- Logan's or Aidells Smoked Dinner Sausage (x2 packages): $9.98
- Extra Large Raw EZ Peel Shrimp (1.5 lbs): $10.49
- Giant Russet Potatoes (x1): $3.99
- Giant Yellow or Red Potatoes (x1): $2.99
- Hothouse Cucumbers (x2): $1.98
- Honeycrisp Apples (1.5 lbs): $2.99
- Green or Yellow Squash (2 lbs): $3.98
- Hass Avocados (x2): $1.98
- Giant Butter (x1): $3.49
- Sargento Shredded Cheese (x2 bags): $4.00
- Giant Tortilla Chips (x2 bags): $4.00
- Giant 90-Second Rice (x2 pouches): $4.00
Pantry staples needed:
- Salt and pepper
- Cooking oil
- Cinnamon
- Garlic powder
- Paprika
- Onion powder
- Ketchup (optional, for dipping)
🏷️ All sale items this week
SALE ITEMS FOUND
Meats on sale:
- Shady Brook Farms Grade A Frozen Turkey: $0.39/lb (with $40 purchase)
- Beef Chuck Roast: $7.99/lb
- Extra Large Raw EZ Peel Shrimp: $6.99/lb
- Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts: $1.99/lb
- Oscar Mayer Sliced Bacon: $4.99 each (with $25 purchase)
- Extra Jumbo Cooked Cocktail Shrimp: $10.99/lb
- Nature's Promise Medium Shrimp Ring: $12.99 each
- Tyson Frozen Cooked Chicken: $6.99 each
- Johnsonville or Butterball Fresh Breakfast Sausage: 2 for $8.00
- 93% Lean Ground Beef: $7.99/lb
- Nature Raised Frozen Cooked Chicken: $9.99 each
- Logan's or Aidells Smoked Dinner Sausage: $4.99 each
- Whole Chicken Fryer: $1.49/lb
- St. Louis-Style Pork Ribs: $3.99/lb
- Center-Cut Pork Chops: $3.99/lb
- Handy Seafood: 2 for $10.00
- Sea Cuisine Entrée: $9.99 each
- Beck's Dips: $3.99 each
- Fresh Chicken Leg Quarters: $1.00/lb
Deli and prepared on sale:
- Giant Baked Turkey or Provolone Cheese: $9.99/lb
- Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Lunchmeat: $6.99 each
- Giant Rotisserie Chicken: $6.99 each
- Taste of Inspirations Manchego or Gruyere: $7.99 each
- Taste of Inspirations Cheddars: $6.99 each
- Taste of Inspirations Brie or Camembert: $6.99 each
- Taste of Inspirations Charcuterie: $7.49 each
- Giant Specialty Egg Rolls: 2 for $10.00
- Panera Bread Soup: 2 for $10.00
- Giant Guacamole: $4.49 each
- Boar's Head Hummus: $4.99 each
- Rana Filled Pasta or Sauce: $4.49 each
- Alyssa's Oatmeal Bites: $6.49 each
Produce on sale:
- Jumbo Blueberries: $4.99 each
- Honeycrisp Apples: $1.99/lb
- Hass Avocados: $0.99 each
- Giant Yellow Onions: $2.49 each
- Giant Russet Potatoes: $3.99 each
- Tote Bag Apples: $1.00/lb
- Giant Bagged Apples: $6.99 each
- Cabbage: $0.59/lb
- Red or Sweet Onions: $1.49/lb
- Nature's Promise Organic Brussels Sprouts: $4.29 each
- Green or Yellow Squash: $1.99/lb
- Hothouse Cucumbers: $0.99 each
- Anjou, Bartlett, Red or Bosc Pears: $1.49/lb
- Giant Yellow or Red Potatoes: $2.99 each
- Nature's Promise Organic Sweet or Russet Potatoes: $4.49 each
- Nature's Promise Organic Navel Oranges: $5.99 each
- Hothouse Peppers: $1.49/lb
- Giant Green Beans: $6.49 each
- Giant Seedless Mandarins: $2.99 each (with $25 purchase)
- Dole Salad Kit, Taste of Inspirations Wild Wonders or Angel Sweet Tomatoes: 2 for $5.00 (with digital coupon)
- Giant Baby-Cut Carrots: $1.00
Dairy and eggs on sale:
- Sargento Shredded Cheese: 2 for $4.00
- Dannon Light + Fit Greek or Oikos Multipack Yogurt: 2 for $8.00
- Giant Butter: $3.49 each
- Stonyfield or Siggi's Yogurt: $4.89
- Cabot Chunks, Cracker Cuts or Sliced Cheese: $3.29
- FAGE Sour Cream: 2 for $4.00
- Philadelphia Cream Cheese Bars: $4.99
- Chobani Coffee Creamer or La Colombe Cold Brew: 2 for $9.00
- Almond Breeze Almondmilk: 2 for $6.00
- Eggland's Best Grade A Cage Free Eggs: $6.99
- Land O Lakes Butter Spreads: 2 for $5.00
- Giant Aerosol Whipped Topping: $3.69
- Boursin Cheese Spread: $6.99 each
- Nature's Promise Grade A Free Range Eggs: $4.79
- Giant Heavy Whipping Cream: $2.99
- Giant Chunk Cheese: $6.29
Bakery and bread on sale:
- Giant Roundtop White Bread: $1.00
- Giant Brown & Serve Rolls: $1.99
- Giant Sliced Panini Bread: $4.49 each
- Giant Crème Cakes: $5.49 each
- Taste of Inspirations Sliced Pound Cake: $7.29 each
- Taste of Inspirations Duo Bites: $5.49 each
- Taste of Inspirations Madeleines: $5.79 each
- Wonder Bread, Bagels, English Muffins or Dinner Rolls or Tastykake Bagged Donuts: 2 for $5.00
Pantry on sale:
- Heinz Gravy, Stove Top Stuffing, Swanson Broth or Giant Cranberry Sauce: 2 for $4.00
- Giant Pasta: $0.88
- Prego Pasta Sauce: 2 for $5.00
- Nabisco Oreo, Cakesters, Chips Ahoy! or belVita: 2 for $6.00
- Giant Fruit Swirls, Frosted Flakes, Cinnamon Crisps or Crispy Rice Cereal: $1.00
- Giant Potato Chips: $1.00
- Coca-Cola or Pepsi: $1.00
- Giant Condensed Soup: $1.00
- Green Giant Boxed Vegetables: $1.00
- Swanson Canned Broth: $1.00
- Giant Canned Vegetables: $1.00
- transOCEAN Seafood Snackers: $1.00
- Cracker Barrel Bites: $1.00
- Giant Marshmallows: $1.00
- Giant Cut Yams: 2 for $5.00
- Giant Cranberry Sauce: 2 for $4.00
- Giant Stuffing Mix: 2 for $3.00
- Giant Crispy Fried Onions: 2 for $5.00
- Giant Honey Bear: $3.49
- Giant Vegetables: 2 for $3.00
- Giant Canned Pineapple: 2 for $3.00
- Giant Bread Crumbs: $1.79
- Giant Canned Pumpkin: 2 for $3.00
- Giant All-Purpose Flour: $2.49
- Giant Pie Crusts: $3.69
- Giant Pie Crusts (Frozen Deep Dish): 2 for $5.00
- Giant Granulated Sugar: $3.39
- Giant Sweetened Condensed Milk: 2 for $4.00
- Giant Chocolate Morsels: $2.99
- Giant Apple Cider: $3.99 each
- Giant Parmesan Cheese: $2.99
- Giant Egg Noodles: 2 for $4.00
- Giant Concord Grape Jelly: $2.49
- Giant Fruit Spreads: $3.69
- Giant Tortilla Chips: 2 for $4.00
- Giant Classic Crackers: $2.99
- Giant Gravy: 2 for $3.00
- Giant Club Crackers: $2.99
- Giant Peanuts: $3.29
- Post Cereal: 2 for $8.00
- Quaker Instant Oatmeal: 2 for $6.00
- Nature Valley or Fiber One Bars: 2 for $5.00
- Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix: $0.69
- Idahoan Mashed Potatoes: 4 for $5.00
- Campbell's Chunky Soup: 2 for $5.00
- Ragú Pasta & Cheese Sauce: 2 for $4.00
- Wish-Bone Salad Dressing or Vlasic Pickles: 2 for $5.00
- Lavazza Coffee or Espresso or Folgers K-Cups: $9.99
- Gimme Seaweed Snack: 2 for $4.00
- Filippo Berio Olive Oil: $6.99
- Indomie Noodles Multipack: 2 for $7.00
- Hellmann's Mayonnaise: $4.49 each (with digital coupon)
- Bumble Bee or Chicken of the Sea Solid White Tuna: 4 for $5.00
- Hunt's Canned Tomatoes, Sauce or Paste: 4 for $5.00
- Dunkin' Coffee: $7.99
- Carr's Water or Keebler Toasteds Crackers: 2 for $6.00
- Tate's Bake Shop Cookies: $5.49
- Russell Stover Sugar Free Chocolate Candy: 2 for $5.00
- Ghirardelli Chocolate Squares: $7.99
- Giant Muffin Mix: $0.79
- Giant Canned Beans: $0.89
- Giant 90-Second Rice: 2 for $4.00
- Giant Broth: 2 for $3.00
- Giant Mayonnaise: $4.99
- Pepperidge Farm Cookies: 2 for $7.00
- Stacy's Pita or Bagel Chips: 2 for $8.00
- Giant Soda or Seltzer: $4.29
- Sparkling ICE: $11.99
- Poppi Soda or Olipop: 2 for $4.00
- Apple & Eve Juice: 2 for $6.00
- Coca-Cola Core: $8.99 each
- Dot's Pretzels or Snack Mix: $4.99 each (when buy any 3)
- Skinny Pop Popcorn: $2.49 each (when buy any 3)
- Skinny Pop Popcorn Party Size: $3.99 each (when buy any 3)
- Pirate's Booty: $4.49 each (when buy any 3)
- Reese's Filled Pretzels: $4.49 each (when buy any 3)
- Hershey's King Size: $1.99 each (when buy any 3)
- Hershey's Share Size: $5.39 each (when buy any 3)
- Core Power Protein Shake: 2 for $8.00
- Baker's Coconut: $1.99 each (when buy any 3)
- Kraft Heinz Easy Mac or Velveeta Cups: $3.99 each (when buy any 3)
- Jet-Puffed Mini Marshmallows: $0.99 each (when buy any 3)
Frozen on sale:
- Häagen-Dazs Ice Cream, Bars or Cones: 2 for $8.00
- Red Baron Pizza: $3.99 each (with $25 purchase)
- Häagen-Dazs Ice Cream Cup: $1.00
- Marie Callender's Bowl or Pot Pie or Healthy Choice Café Steamers or Meal: 4 for $10.00
- Giant Ice Cream: $2.99
- Pillsbury Toaster Strudel or Scrambles: $2.99
- Magnum Ice Cream Bars: $4.99
- Birds Eye Voila! Family Size Skillet Meals: $7.49
- Stouffer's Satisfying Servings or Yellowstone Entrée: $4.99
- Jimmy Dean Breakfast Bowl: 2 for $6.00
- DiGiorno Stuffed Crust or Gluten Free Pizza: $7.99
- Sandwich Bros. or Tennessee Pride Sandwiches: $7.99
- Marie Callender's Meal to Share: $5.99
- Banquet Mega Breakfast Bowl: 2 for $8.00
- Giant Spring or Egg Rolls: $5.99
- Giant Bagel Snackers: 2 for $4.00
- Giant Appetizers: $3.79
- Ore-Ida French Fries, Tater Tots or Steam 'N' Mash: $2.99 each (when buy any 3)
- Giant Side Dishes: $3.49 each
🛒 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.
$67.84
for 4 people · $16.96 per person
📍 Disclaimer: Prices and availability are based on the Giant weekly sales flyer for the week of November 04, 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.