Kroger Kid-Friendly Meal Plan
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5-DAY MEAL PLAN
Monday
Meal: Oven-Roasted Turkey with Mashed Potatoes
Description: A small oven-roasted turkey breast portion is seasoned simply and served with creamy mashed gourmet potatoes. Sliced apples on the side make it a familiar, friendly dinner for two.
Sale items used: Butterball Turkey, Private Selection Gourmet Potatoes, Simple Truth Organic Milk, Cosmic Crisp or Envy Apples
Prep time: 15 minutes (plus about 60 minutes roasting)
Serving note: Assumed 2.5 lbs of turkey so there are tasty leftovers for lunches. Use about 1 lb of potatoes (half of one bag) with 1/4 cup milk and 1 Tbsp butter. Slice 1 apple for the side. Total time is about 75 minutes, so mash the potatoes while the turkey rests for 10 minutes.
Recipes:
- Roast Turkey with Mashed Potatoes and Vermouth Gravy
- Pan Roasted Turkey with Mashed Potatoes, Gravy and Green Beans Recipe
- Oven Roasted Turkey Legs with Gravy and Mashed Potatoes
Tuesday
Meal: Cheesy Beef Burger Skillet Bowls
Description: Ground beef is browned with mild seasoning and topped with melted cheese, then spooned over rice or leftover potatoes. Kids can add their own toppings for a fun build-your-own bowl.
Sale items used: Kroger 80% Lean Ground Beef, Kroger Cheese (6-8 oz)
Prep time: 20 minutes
Serving note: Assumed 1 lb of ground beef (about 0.5 lb per person) with 1 package (6-8 oz) of cheese, using about 1 cup shredded. Serve over 1 cup of cooked rice per person, with ketchup and pickles as optional toppings.
Recipes:
- Viral Cheeseburger Bowls (In-N-Out Style)
- Burger Bowl recipe with cheese, drizzled in a special sauce
- Cheeseburger Bowls Recipe
Wednesday
Meal: Smoked Sausage and Broccoli Sheet-Pan Dinner
Description: Sliced smoked sausage and broccoli florets roast together on one pan until browned and tender. Leftover potatoes can join the pan for a hearty, easy cleanup dinner.
Sale items used: Wright Smoked Sausage Links, Kroger Broccoli or Vegetable Medley, Private Selection Gourmet Potatoes
Prep time: 10 minutes (plus 25 minutes roasting)
Serving note: Use 1 package of sausage (about 12-14 oz) and about 3 cups of broccoli florets. Add the remaining 1 lb of potatoes, cubed small. Toss with 1 Tbsp oil and roast at 425 F for 25 minutes.
Recipes:
- Sheet Pan Sausage and Vegetables Recipe
- Healthy Sheet Pan Sausage and Vegetables Recipe
- Sausage and Broccoli Sheet Pan Recipe
Thursday
Meal: Crispy Baked Tilapia with Roasted Potato Wedges
Description: Tilapia fillets are coated in crunchy crumbs and baked until golden, served with oven-roasted potato wedges. A squeeze of lemon and ketchup for dipping keep it kid-approved.
Sale items used: Kroger Tilapia Fillets Frozen, Private Selection Gourmet Potatoes
Prep time: 15 minutes (plus 25 minutes baking)
Serving note: Use 4 small fillets from the frozen bag (about 1 lb total, 0.5 lb per person). Thaw them overnight in the fridge. Use about 1 lb of potatoes cut into wedges, and coat the fish with 1/2 cup breadcrumbs and 1 egg. Buy 1 extra bag of potatoes for the week's meals.
Recipes:
- Crispy Baked Tilapia with Roasted Sweet Potatoes
- Crispy Baked Tilapia
- Herb-Crusted Tilapia with Lemon Potatoes Recipe
Friday
Meal: Chicken Quesadilla Night
Description: Thin-sliced chicken is cooked, chopped, and tucked into tortillas with plenty of melty cheese. Cut into wedges for easy finger food.
Sale items used: Thin-Sliced Boneless Chicken Breasts, Kroger Cheese (32 oz)
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: Use about 0.75 lb of chicken (half of the package, assumed 1.5 lb total) and 1.5 cups shredded cheese from the 32 oz block. Make 4 tortillas folded in half, 2 per person. Cook in a skillet 2 to 3 minutes per side.
Recipes:
- Ultimate Chicken Quesadilla Recipe
- Chicken Quesadillas Recipe
- Chicken Fajita Quesadillas Recipe
🛒 Shopping List
SHOPPING LIST
Buy on sale:
- Butterball Turkey (2.5 lbs): $3.20
- Kroger 80% Lean Ground Beef (1 lb): $4.99
- Kroger Cheese 6-8 oz (x1 pack): $2.00
- Wright Smoked Sausage Links (x1 pack): $4.99
- Kroger Broccoli or Vegetable Medley (x1): $6.00
- Kroger Tilapia Fillets Frozen (x1 bag): $10.00
- Private Selection Gourmet Potatoes (x3 bags, rounded up to 4 bags for 2 for $7.00 pricing: x4): $14.00
- Thin-Sliced Boneless Chicken Breasts (x1 pack): $5.00
- Kroger Cheese 32 oz (x1): $4.99
- Cosmic Crisp or Envy Apples (1 lb): $1.49
- Simple Truth Organic Milk (x1): $3.99
Pantry staples needed:
- Butter, cooking oil, salt, pepper, garlic powder, breadcrumbs, eggs, flour tortillas, rice, ketchup, lemon
🏷️ All sale items this week
SALE ITEMS FOUND
Meats on sale:
- Boneless Chuck Roast: $6.99/lb with card
- Kroger 80% Lean Ground Beef: $4.99/lb with card
- Kroger Jumbo Raw EZ Peel Shrimp: $6.99/lb with card
- Butterball Turkey: $1.28/lb with card
- Simple Truth Organic 90% Lean Ground Beef: $25.00 (3 lb) with card
- Private Selection Angus Beef Patties or Armour Meatballs: $12.00 with card
- Hormel Bacon: $5.99/ea* with card
- Farmer Focus Organic Boneless Chicken Breasts or Tenders: $6.99/lb with card
- Fresh Atlantic Salmon Fillets: $8.99/lb with card
- Wright Smoked Sausage Links: $4.99 with card
- Kroger Tilapia Fillets Frozen: $10.00 with card
- Thin-Sliced Boneless Chicken Breasts: $5.00 with card
- Simple Truth Bacon: $5.00 with card
Deli and prepared on sale:
- Deli Kitchen St. Louis Style Ribs: $14.99 with card
- Oscar Mayer Meat Wieners or Lunchables Fun Pack: $1.99 with card
- Kroger Family Size Deli Style Lunch Meat: $4.99 with card
- Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Lunch Meat: $6.49/ea*
- Deli Kitchen Fried Chicken: $5.00 with card
- Private Selection California Sushi Combo: $10.00 with card
- Kroger Veggie Trays with Dip: $9.99 with card
Produce on sale:
- Cosmic Crisp or Envy Apples: $1.49/lb with card
- Kroger Tri-Color Peppers or Private Selection Ruby Rows Cherry Tomatoes: 2 for $6.00 with card
- California Red, Green or Black Seedless Grapes: $1.69/lb with digital coupon
- Strawberries or Raspberries: $2.49/ea with digital coupon
- Fresh Guacamole: $6.99 with card
- Private Selection Gourmet Potatoes: 2 for $7.00 with card
- Kroger Broccoli or Vegetable Medley: $6.00 with card
- Dole Salad Kits: 3 for $11.00 with card
- Jumbo Blueberries: $5.99 with card
- Kroger Gala, Pink Lady or Granny Smith Apples: $5.00 with card
Dairy and eggs on sale:
- Simple Truth Organic Milk: $3.99 with card
- Kroger Eggs Large Grade A: $1.99/ea with digital coupon
- Kroger Cheese (32 oz): $4.99/ea with digital coupon
- Tropicana Orange Juice: $3.79/ea*
- Chobani Greek Yogurt Drink: 2 for $4.00 with card
- Kroger Cheese (6-8 oz): $2.00 with card
Bakery and bread on sale:
- Decorated Cupcakes: $9.99 with card
- Pillsbury Grands Biscuits, Crescents or Cinnamon Rolls: $1.99/ea
- Artesano Bread or Nature Valley Bars: $3.49/ea
- Dave's Killer Bread Organic Bread or Starbucks Iced Coffee: $4.99/ea
- Caramel Apple Crunch Cake or Other Varieties: $13.99/ea
- Pumpkin Pie 8": $6.99 with card
- Private Selection Fresh Baked Butter Croissants or Bakery Fresh Glazed Donuts: $5.00 with card
- King's Hawaiian Dinner Rolls: $5.00 with card
Pantry on sale:
- General Mills Giant Size Cereal: $3.99/ea with digital coupon
- Cheez-It Crackers or Club Crackers: $2.49/ea with digital coupon
- Lay's Potato Chips or Ball Park Buns: $1.99/ea with digital coupon
- Ore-Ida Frozen Potatoes: $3.49/ea with digital coupon
- Pop-Tarts or General Mills Cereal: $1.99/ea
- Prego Pasta Sauce or Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ Sauce: $1.49/ea
- Keebler Cookies or Hostess Multipack: $2.99/ea
- Progresso Soup or Barilla Protein Pasta: $1.79/ea
- Nabisco Oreo Family Size Cookies or Pepperidge Farm Cookies: $3.99/ea
- Capri Sun or Simple Truth Organic Juice: $2.79/ea
- Jif Peanut Butter or Kroger Cranberry Cocktail Juice: $1.99/ea
- Lipton Tea or Kellogg's Multipack: $6.99/ea
- Campbell's Cooking Sauce or Ben's Original Ready Rice: $1.49/ea
- Ken's Salad Dressing or Vlasic Pickles: $2.49/ea
- Kellogg's Frosted Mini Wheats or Frosted Flakes: $3.99/ea
- Goldfish Crackers or Nature Valley Bars: $1.99/ea
- Kroger Coffee: $12.99/ea
- Ritz Crackers or Nabisco Snack Crackers: $3.29/ea
- Nabisco Premium Saltines or Chips Ahoy Cookies: 2 for $6.00 with card
- Starbucks Coffee: $7.99 with card
- Starkist Tuna or Creations Microwavables: 4 for $5.00
- Nestlé Toll House Morsels: $4.99 with card
- Clif ZBars: $5.49 with card
- Kind Breakfast Bars: $5.49 with card
- Simple Truth Organic Broth: $2.00 with card
- Peanuts: $2.00 with card
- Green Mountain or McCafé K-Cups: $15.99/ea with digital coupon
Frozen on sale:
- Tyson Frozen Chicken: $5.99 with card
- Birds Eye Steamfresh Vegetables or Private Selection Pasta: 3 for $5.00
- Private Selection Stone Fired Pizza or Appetizers: 2 for $10.00
- Tombstone Pizza: 3 for $12.00 with card
- Nestlé Drumstick Cones: $5.99/ea with digital coupon
- California Pizza Kitchen Pizza or DiGiorno Stuffed Crust Pizza: $6.99/ea with digital coupon
- José Olé Taquitos or Jimmy Dean Heat 'n Serve Sausage: $5.99/ea*
- Just Bare Frozen Chicken: $14.99 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.
$60.65
for 2 people · $30.32 per person
📍 Disclaimer: Prices and availability are based on the Kroger weekly sales flyer for the week of October 07, 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 Kroger.