Giant Vegetarian Meal Plan
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BUDGET RATIONALE
Why these meals: Because this is a vegetarian week, the plan leans on beans and eggs for staying power: Bush's Best Beans anchor Monday's chili and Thursday's stuffed sweet potatoes, while eggs carry Tuesday's fried rice and Friday's shakshuka-style dinner. Sweet potatoes and avocados each appear on both Monday and Thursday, so the 5 Hass Avocados at $5.00 cover both nights with none left over. Giant Roundtop White Bread does double duty too, making Wednesday's grilled cheese sandwiches and Friday's toast, so the 2 loaves at $2.00 get used up. The 2 packages of Giant Grade A Large White Eggs at $3.58 are split evenly between Tuesday and Friday. Wednesday's butternut squash and apple soup adds a lightly sweet change of pace from the savory dinners around it.
5-DAY MEAL PLAN
Monday
Meal: Bean and Sweet Potato Chili
Description: A hearty stovetop chili simmered with Bush's Best Beans, Hunt's Tomatoes, McCormick Chili Seasoning and cubed sweet potatoes until thick and tender. Each bowl is topped with diced avocado and a spoonful of FAGE Sour Cream.
Sale items used: Bush's Best Beans, McCormick Chili Seasoning, Del Monte Vegetables or Hunt's Tomatoes, Sauce or Paste; Sweet Potatoes or Yellow Onions; Hass Avocados; FAGE Sour Cream
Prep time: 45 minutes
Serving note: 3 Bush's Best Beans, 2 Hunt's Tomatoes, 1 McCormick Chili Seasoning, 1.5 lbs sweet potatoes, 0.5 lb yellow onions (about 1 onion), 2 Hass Avocados, and half a container of FAGE Sour Cream.
Check the label: some baked beans are cooked with bacon or pork fat.
Recipes:
- Vegetarian Chili Recipe With Sweet Potatoes and Black Beans
- Vegan Sweet Potato Black Bean Chili (High-Protein & One-Pot Recipe)
- Healthy Vegetarian Sweet Potato Black Bean Chili
Tuesday
Meal: Egg Fried Rice with Carrots and Cabbage
Description: Giant 90 Second Rice is heated in the microwave, then tossed in a hot skillet with scrambled eggs, chopped Giant Baby-Cut Carrots and shredded cabbage. Finish with soy sauce for a quick, savory skillet dinner.
Sale items used: Giant 90 Second Rice; Giant Grade A Large White Eggs; Giant Baby-Cut Carrots; Cabbage
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: 2 Giant 90 Second Rice, 6 eggs (1 package of Giant Grade A Large White Eggs), 1 Giant Baby-Cut Carrots, 1.5 lbs cabbage.
Recipes:
- Easy 20-Minute Cabbage Fried Rice (Gluten Free)
- Egg Fried Rice Recipe (Restaurant Style) - Sharmis Passions
- Egg & Veggie Fried Rice
Wednesday
Meal: Butternut Squash and Apple Soup with Pan-Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
Description: Butternut squash, Granny Smith apples and yellow onion are simmered until soft and blended into a smooth, lightly sweet soup. Sandwiches of Giant Roundtop White Bread and Kraft Shredded Cheese are griddled in butter until golden for dunking.
Sale items used: Butternut, Acorn, Buttercup or Spaghetti Squash; Granny Smith, Cosmic Crisp, Red Delicious, Eastern Gold or Pink Lady Apples; Sweet Potatoes or Yellow Onions; Kraft Shredded Cheese; Giant Roundtop White Bread
Prep time: 50 minutes
Serving note: 3 lbs butternut squash, 1 lb Granny Smith apples, 0.5 lb yellow onions (about 1 onion), 1 bag Kraft Shredded Cheese, 1 loaf Giant Roundtop White Bread (8 slices). Use pantry butter and vegetable broth or water for the soup.
Check the label: broth is often made from chicken or beef. Vegetable broth is the safe choice.
Recipes:
- Butternut Squash Soup with Apple Grilled Cheese Sandwiches
- Butternut Squash Soup with Brie Grilled Cheese Recipe
- Mary Berg's Butternut Squash & Apple Soup
Thursday
Meal: Stuffed Baked Sweet Potatoes with Beans, Cheese and Avocado
Description: Whole sweet potatoes are baked until soft, split open and loaded with warmed Bush's Best Beans and melted Kraft Shredded Cheese. Sliced avocado and a spoonful of FAGE Sour Cream finish each potato.
Sale items used: Sweet Potatoes or Yellow Onions; Bush's Best Beans, McCormick Chili Seasoning, Del Monte Vegetables or Hunt's Tomatoes, Sauce or Paste; Kraft Shredded Cheese; Hass Avocados; FAGE Sour Cream
Prep time: 60 minutes
Serving note: 3 lbs sweet potatoes (4 medium, 1 per person), 2 Bush's Best Beans, 1 bag Kraft Shredded Cheese, 3 Hass Avocados, and the other half of the FAGE Sour Cream. Timing note: microwave the sweet potatoes for 5 minutes before baking, or bake them earlier in the day and reheat, to keep the evening under an hour.
Check the label: some baked beans are cooked with bacon or pork fat.
Recipes:
- Black Bean Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
- Healthy Stuffed Baked Sweet Potato with Black Beans
- Black Bean and Avocado Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
Friday
Meal: Shakshuka-Style Eggs Simmered in Tomato and Pepper Sauce with Toasted Bread
Description: Hothouse Peppers are softened in a skillet, then simmered with Hunt's Tomatoes and smoked paprika into a thick sauce. Eggs are cracked into the sauce and cooked covered until just set, then served with toasted Giant Roundtop White Bread.
Sale items used: Giant Grade A Large White Eggs; Del Monte Vegetables or Hunt's Tomatoes, Sauce or Paste (from the Bush's Best Beans, McCormick Chili Seasoning, Del Monte Vegetables or Hunt's Tomatoes, Sauce or Paste deal); Hothouse Peppers; Giant Roundtop White Bread
Prep time: 30 minutes
Serving note: 6 eggs (1 package of Giant Grade A Large White Eggs), 2 Hunt's Tomatoes, 2 Hothouse Peppers, 1 loaf Giant Roundtop White Bread (about 8 slices, toasted).
Check the label: some baked beans are cooked with bacon or pork fat.
Recipes:
- Shakshuka - Baked Eggs in Tomato Sauce
- Best Shakshuka Recipe - Love and Lemons
- Shakshuka with Toasted Bread (Middle Eastern Eggs in Spicy Tomato Sauce, 30 Min)
🛒 Shopping List
SHOPPING LIST
Buy on sale:
- Bush's Best Beans, McCormick Chili Seasoning, Del Monte Vegetables or Hunt's Tomatoes, Sauce or Paste (10 items: 5 Bush's Best Beans, 4 Hunt's Tomatoes, 1 McCormick Chili Seasoning): $10.00
Check the label: some baked beans are cooked with bacon or pork fat.
- Sweet Potatoes or Yellow Onions (5.5 lbs: 4.5 lbs sweet potatoes, 1 lb yellow onions): $5.45
- Hass Avocados (5): $5.00
- FAGE Sour Cream (x1): $2.00
- Kraft Shredded Cheese (x2 bags): $4.00
- Giant 90 Second Rice (x2): $4.00
- Giant Grade A Large White Eggs (x2 packages): $3.58
- Giant Baby-Cut Carrots (x1): $1.00
- Cabbage (1.5 lbs): $1.19
- Butternut, Acorn, Buttercup or Spaghetti Squash (3 lbs butternut): $2.97
- Granny Smith, Cosmic Crisp, Red Delicious, Eastern Gold or Pink Lady Apples (1 lb Granny Smith): $1.29
- Giant Roundtop White Bread (x2 loaves): $2.00
- Hothouse Peppers (x2): $2.98
Pantry staples needed:
- Olive oil or cooking oil
- Salt and black pepper
- Garlic
- Ground cumin and smoked paprika
- Soy sauce
- Butter
- Vegetable broth (or use water)
🏷️ All sale items this week
SALE ITEMS FOUND
Produce on sale:
- Hass Avocados: 5 for $5.00 (with digital coupon)
- Granny Smith, Cosmic Crisp, Red Delicious, Eastern Gold or Pink Lady Apples: $1.29/lb (with digital coupon)
- Raspberries or Blackberries: 2 for $6.00
- Giant Seedless or Halos Mandarins: $2.99 each (with digital coupon)
- Mangoes, Navel Oranges or Grapefruit: $1.00 each
- Giant Baby-Cut Carrots: $1.00 each
- Giant Cooking Carrots: $2.00 each
- Sweet Potatoes: $4.00 each
- Jumbo or Mini Avocados: $4.00 each
- Seedless Cucumbers: $4.00 each
- Ocean Spray Cranberries or Wonderful Seedless Lemons: 2 for $5.00
- Cabbage: $0.79/lb
- Green or Yellow Squash: $1.99/lb
- Tote Bag Apples: $0.99/lb
- Butternut, Acorn, Buttercup or Spaghetti Squash: $0.99/lb
- Hothouse Peppers: $1.49 each
- Giant Salad Bowls: $3.49 each
- Honeycrisp Apples: $1.99/lb
- Beefsteak Tomatoes: $1.49/lb
- Sweet Potatoes or Yellow Onions: $0.99/lb
- White Mushrooms or Green Peppers: $0.99 each
- Red or Yellow Mini Potatoes: $5.99 each
- Anjou, Bartlett, Red or Bosc Pears: $1.49/lb
- Giant Russet Potatoes: $3.99 each
- Giant Yellow Onions or Nature's Promise Organic Cooking Onions/Carrots: $2.49 each
- Dole Cole Slaw: $2.00 each
- Dole Salad Blend: $3.00 each
- NatureSweet Cherubs: $3.00 each
- Taste of Inspirations Campari Tomatoes: $3.00 each
- Nature's Promise Greenhouse Grown Salad: $2.99 each
Dairy and eggs on sale:
- Giant Grade A Large White Eggs: $1.79 each
- Chobani Multipack Yogurt: 2 for $8.00
- Giant Orange Juice or Lactose-Free Milk: 2 for $7.00
- FAGE Sour Cream: $2.00 each
- Noosa Yoghurt: $2.00 each
- Stōk Cold Brew Coffee: 2 for $9.00
- International Delight Creamer: $5.99 each
- Chobani Protein Flip: 2 for $4.00
- FAGE Greek Yogurt: $6.49 each
- Nellie's Grade A Free Range Eggs: $3.99 each
- Kerrygold Chunk Cheese: $3.99 each
- Simply Orange Juice: $7.49 each
- Heluva Good! Dip: 2 for $4.00
- Land O Lakes Butter: $3.99 each (with purchase)
- Philadelphia Whipped Cream Cheese Spread: $2.99 each (buy any 3)
- Kraft Singles: $2.49 each (buy any 3)
- Jell-O Refrigerated Snacks: $4.99 each (buy any 3)
Bakery and bread on sale:
- Thomas' Bagels, Swirl Bread or Muffin Tops or The Rustik Oven Bread or Bagels: $3.99 each
- Giant Roundtop White Bread: $1.00 each
- SuperPretzel Soft Pretzels: $3.00 each
- Martin's Potato Sandwich Rolls: $3.00 each
- Giant Hoagie Rolls: $3.99 each
- Pepperidge Farm Farmhouse Bread, Rolls, Sandwich Rolls or Swirl Bread: 2 for $7.00
- Lofthouse Frosted Cookies: $5.49 each
- Giant Mini Cupcakes: $5.49 each
- Lofthouse Frosted Cookie Tray: $11.99 each
- Giant Cupcakes: $5.99 each
- Sweet Loren's Ready-to-Bake Cookie Dough: $5.99 each
- Giant Gourmet Cookies: $4.99 each
- Fall Favorites Donuts: $4.00 each
Pantry on sale:
- Bush's Best Beans, McCormick Chili Seasoning, Del Monte Vegetables or Hunt's Tomatoes, Sauce or Paste: 5 for $5.00
- Kraft Shredded Cheese: 2 for $4.00
- Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix: $0.59 each
- Giant Condensed Soup: $1.00 each
- Campbell's Chunky Soup: 2 for $4.00
- Giant Fruit Swirls, Frosted Flakes, Cinnamon Crisps or Crispy Rice Cereal: $1.00 each
- Giant Potato Chips: $1.00 each
- Green Giant Boxed Vegetables: $1.00 each
- Goya Coconut Water: $1.00 each
- Cracker Barrel Bites: $1.00 each
- Giant Canned Vegetables: $1.00 each
- Betty Crocker Cake Mix Delights: $2.00 each
- Betty Crocker Frosting: $2.00 each
- Giant 90 Second Rice: $2.00 each
- Giant Instant Oatmeal: $2.00 each
- Smart Ones Entrées: $2.00 each
- Giant Pie Crusts (10-12 oz): $2.00 each
- RXBAR Singles: $2.00 each
- Furmano's Canned Tomatoes: $2.00 each
- Mezzetta Roasted Peppers: $2.00 each
- Olipop: $2.00 each
- Giant Egg Noodles: $2.00 each
- Nutri-Grain or Special K Bars: $3.00 each
- Phillips Sauce: $3.00 each
- McCormick Tartar or Cocktail Sauce: $3.00 each
- 4C Panko Bread Crumbs: $3.00 each
- 4C Bread Crumbs: $3.00 each
- Cholula Cooking Sauce or Salsa: $3.00 each
- Phillips Soup For One: $4.00 each
- Prego Pasta or Pesto Sauce: $4.00 each
- Campbell's Homestyle Microwavable Soup: $4.00 each
- Quaker Organic or Fiber & Protein Oatmeal or Gluten Free Oats: $4.00 each
- Giant Salsa: $3.99 each
- Taste of Inspirations Dip or Giant Tortilla Chips: 2 for $9.00
- Giant Guacamole: $4.49 each
- Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing: 2 for $7.00
- Sweet Baby Ray's Barbecue Sauce or Marinades: 2 for $5.00
- General Mills Cereal: 2 for $6.00
- Kodiak Oatmeal, Granola Bars or Flapjack & Waffle Mix: $5.29 each
- Folgers Coffee: $11.99 each
- Swanson Broth: $1.99 each
- Old El Paso Protein Advantage Taco Shells: $4.99 each
- Lipton Recipe Secrets: 2 for $3.00
- Nate's 100% Pure Raw & Unfiltered Honey: $7.99 each
- Bertolli Olive Oil: $11.99 each
- Mission Carb Balance Tortillas: $4.99 each
- Nestlé Chocolate Morsels: 2 for $9.00
- Hanover Beans: 4 for $5.00
- Hellmann's Mayonnaise: $4.49 each (with digital coupon)
- GoGo squeeZ Applesauce Variety Pack: $10.99 each
- Giant Soda or Seltzer: $3.79 each
- Gatorade: 3 for $5.00
- V8 Multipacks: 2 for $8.00
- Family Size Nabisco Oreo, Chips Ahoy!, Ritz or Large Snack Crackers: 2 for $8.00
- Protein Doritos: $4.49 each
- Frito-Lay Minis: 2 for $4.00
- Werther's Caramel Candy: 2 for $6.00
- Milk Duds or Hershey's Theater Box: 4 for $5.00
- Kraft Mac & Cheese Family Size: 2 for $3.00
- LU Biscuits: $3.99 each
- Wendy's Chili: 2 for $9.00
- Chef Boyardee Canned Pasta or Micro Cup: 4 for $5.00
- Kraft Mac & Cheese (5 pack): $2.49 each (buy any 3)
- Taco Bell Taco Shells: $1.99 each (buy any 3)
- Claussen Pickles: $3.49 each (buy any 3)
- Heinz Tomato Ketchup: $4.49 each (buy any 3)
- Campbell's SpaghettiOs: 4 for $5.00
- Giant Stuffing Mix: 2 for $3.00
- Giant Gravy: 2 for $3.00
- Giant Chocolate Morsels: $2.99 each
- Giant Graham Crackers: $2.99 each
- Samyang Buldak Ramen Bowl: 2 for $5.00
- Samyang Buldak Ramen Cup: 2 for $3.00
- Frito-Lay Party Size! Snack: $4.99 each (with digital coupon)
- Kellogg's Town House or Keebler Family Size Club Crackers: $5.99 each
- Brach's Candy Corn: $2.79 each
- Hershey's Share Size: $1.00 off
- Ferrara XL Bag: $15.99 each
- Mars Fun Size: $5.79 each
- Mars XL Bag: $10.49 each
- Florida's Natural Lemonade: 2 for $5.00
- Cracker Barrel Cracker Cuts or Cubed Cheese: 2 for $6.00
- Jif Peanut Butter: 2 for $5.00
- Utz Chips or Snacks or Zapp's Chips: $2.99 each (when you buy 3)
- Hershey's XL Bagged Candy: $3.00 off
- Hershey's Jumbo Bag: $2.00 off
- Soupergirl Soup: 2 for $10.00
- Firehook Crackers or Ithaca Hummus: $1.00 off
Frozen on sale:
- Breyers Ice Cream: 2 for $6.00 (with digital coupon)
- Marie Callender's Large Pot Pie or Entrée or Healthy Choice Simply Café Steamers, Protein Bowls or Max Entrée: 2 for $7.00
- Häagen-Dazs Ice Cream Cup: $1.00 each
- Klondike Bars or Sandwiches: $3.99 each
- Häagen-Dazs Mini Bars: 2 for $10.00
- Kemps Frozen Yogurt: 2 for $8.00
- Sara Lee Cobbler: $4.99 each
- MorningStar Farms Breakfast, Burgers or Entrée: 2 for $9.00
- Jimmy Dean Red Box: $7.49 each
- Jimmy Dean Waffles: $4.99 each
- SeaPak Core Seafood: $7.49 each
- Totino's Pizza Rolls: 2 for $10.00
- California Pizza Kitchen or DiGiorno Detroit Style Pizza: $6.99 each
- Banquet Pot Pie: 10 for $10.00
- Stouffer's Family Size Meal or Mac & Cheese: $7.99 each
- Zatarain's Entrée: $3.99 each
- Hot Pockets Sandwiches: $13.99 each
- Giant Ready to Bake Cookie Dough: $3.29 each
- Giant Ice Cream Bars: $4.29 each
- Giant Pie Crusts (15 oz): $3.69 each
- Giant Appetizers (Jalapeño Bites/Mac & Cheese Bites): $3.79 each
- Nature's Promise Organic Vegetables: $2.29 each
- Pierre Signatures Sandwiches: $4.00 each
- Rice Krispies, Eggo or Pop-Tarts Ice Cream: $4.00 each
- Breyers Carb Smart Bars: $4.00 each
- José Olé Tacos or Taquitos: $7.49 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.
$45.46
for 4 people · $11.37 per person
📍 Disclaimer: Prices and availability are based on the Giant weekly sales flyer for the week of October 28, 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.