Kroger Kid-Friendly Meal Plan
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5-DAY MEAL PLAN
Monday
Meal: Baked Chicken Breast Strips with Ready Rice and Mini Sweet Peppers
Description: Chicken breast is cut into finger-sized strips, coated in breadcrumbs, and baked until golden for two. Served with a pouch of fluffy rice and crunchy, sweet mini peppers for dipping.
Sale items used: Boneless Chicken Breasts, Ben's Original Ready Rice, Kroger Mini Sweet Peppers
Prep time: 30 minutes
Serving note: Use 1 lb chicken breast (assumed total weight 1 lb, about 1/2 lb per person), 1 pouch ready rice, and about half the bag of mini peppers (save the rest for snacking). Bake at 425F for 15-18 minutes, flipping once.
Recipes:
- My kids can't get enough of these crispy baked chicken fingers!
- Homemade Baked Chicken Tenders {Super Crispy & Easy to Make}
- Easy Oven Baked Chicken Strips for the Whole Family - Toddler Dietitian Tiff
Tuesday
Meal: Sausage and Mac and Cheese Skillet
Description: Sliced smoked sausage is browned in a skillet and stirred into creamy mac and cheese for two. It is a one-pan, cheesy dinner kids love.
Sale items used: Eckrich Smoked Sausage, Goodles Mac & Cheese
Prep time: 20 minutes
Serving note: Use 1/2 package of sausage (about 7 oz) sliced into coins, 1 box Goodles mac and cheese prepared per the box. Save the rest of the sausage for Friday or a snack.
Recipes:
- This One-Pot Sausage Mac and Cheese Is My Go-To Busy Night Dinner
- Easy One-Pot Italian Sausage Mac & Cheese
- Sausage Mac And Cheese - Plowing Through Life
Wednesday
Meal: Slow-Roasted Pork Half Loin Sandwiches with Barbecue Sauce
Description: A small pork loin roast is slow-roasted until tender, shredded, and tossed in mild barbecue sauce for two. Piled onto soft buns for a fun, hands-on dinner.
Sale items used: Pork Half Loin, Ball Park Buns
Prep time: 15 minutes active, plus 2.5 hours roasting
Serving note: Buy a 1.5 lb pork half loin piece (assumed total weight 1.5 lb), which gives 2 sandwiches plus leftovers for lunch. Roast covered at 300F with a splash of water for about 2 to 2.5 hours, so start by 4 pm for a 6:30 dinner. Use 4 buns total (2 per person is generous; the pack has extras). Barbecue sauce comes from the pantry.
Recipes:
- Slow Cooker BBQ Pork Loin - Plain Chicken
- Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Sandwiches (Pork Loin Recipe)
- BBQ Pulled Pork Loin - Slow Cooker Recipe
Thursday
Meal: Cheeseburger Beef Pasta Bake
Description: Ground beef and pasta are mixed with mild tomato sauce, topped with melty cheese, and baked for two. It tastes like a cheeseburger in pasta form.
Sale items used: Kroger 85% Lean Ground Beef, Barilla Pasta, Prego Pasta Sauce, Kroger Cheese
Prep time: 35 minutes
Serving note: Use 1 lb ground beef, 1/2 box pasta (about 8 oz), 1/2 jar sauce, and 1 cup shredded cheese. Bake at 375F for 15 minutes until bubbly. Leftovers make a good lunch.
Recipes:
- Cheeseburger Pasta Bake
- Cheeseburger Pasta
- No Boil Baked Cheeseburger Pasta -- almost no time to prep!
Friday
Meal: Turkey Pita-Free Egg Scramble Supper with Toast
Description: Soft scrambled eggs are mixed with chopped deli turkey and cheese for two, with no pita needed. Served with buttery toast for dipping.
Sale items used: Simple Truth Cage Free Eggs, Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Lunch Meat, Kroger Cheese, Nature's Own Bread
Prep time: 15 minutes
Serving note: Use 6 eggs, about 4 oz chopped deli turkey, 1/4 cup shredded cheese, and 4 slices of toast (from the loaf). Cook the eggs low and slow for a soft scramble.
Recipes:
- Ground Turkey Eggs Breakfast Scramble (Brunch) - Life's Little Sweets
- High-Protein Turkey Egg Scramble: A Delicious and Easy Breakfast Option
- Turkey Salsa Scramble
🛒 Shopping List
SHOPPING LIST
Buy on sale:
- Boneless Chicken Breasts (1 lb): $1.99
- Kroger Mini Sweet Peppers (x1 pack, sold 2 for $6.00 so buy the pair): $6.00
- Ben's Original Ready Rice (x1): $1.49
- Eckrich Smoked Sausage (x1): $5.00
- Goodles Mac & Cheese (x1): $2.49
- Pork Half Loin (1.5 lbs): $2.99
- Ball Park Buns (x1): $3.49
- Kroger 85% Lean Ground Beef (x1 lb): $5.99
- Barilla Pasta (x1): $1.79
- Prego Pasta Sauce (x1): $1.49
- Kroger Cheese (x1): $2.99
- Simple Truth Cage Free Eggs, 24 ct (x1): $5.49
- Nature's Own Bread (x1): $2.99
- Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Lunch Meat (x1): $6.49
Pantry staples needed:
- Breadcrumbs, salt, pepper, butter, milk, cooking oil, barbecue sauce, olive oil
🏷️ All sale items this week
SALE ITEMS FOUND
Meats on sale:
- Fresh Heritage Farm Boneless Chicken Breasts or Wings: $1.99/lb with card
- Boneless New York Strip Steaks: $11.99/lb with card
- Kroger 85% Lean Ground Beef (1 lb package): $5.99 each with card
- St. Louis Style Pork Ribs Bone-In: $2.99/lb with card
- Deli Kitchen St. Louis Style Ribs, Fully Cooked: $14.99 each with card
- Kroger Chicken Party Wings or Kroger 80% Lean Beef Burgers: $9.99 each with card
- Tyson Frozen Chicken: $6.99 each with card
- Pork Butt Bone-In or Boneless Pork Half Loin: $1.99/lb with card
- Wild-Caught Lobster Tails: 2 for $12.00 with card
- Wild-Caught Snow Crab Clusters: $11.99/lb with digital coupon
- Simple Truth Organic Grass-Fed 85% Lean Ground Beef: $20.00 each with card
- Butterball Turkey Roast (3-day sale): $10.00 each with card
- Butterball Turkey, Frozen: $1.28/lb with card
- Simple Truth Natural Turkey Burgers: $9.99 each with card
- Eckrich Smoked Sausage or Smithfield Lunch Meat: $5.00 each with card
- Hillshire Farm Smoked Sausage Ropes or Cocktail Smokies: $2.99 each with digital coupon
Deli and prepared on sale:
- Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Lunch Meat, Family Pack: $6.49 each with card
- La Terra Fina Dip: $3.99 each with card
- Fresh Baked Cookies: $3.00 each with card
- Private Selection Fresh Baked Butter Croissants or Bakery Fresh Glazed Donuts: $5.00 each with card
- Private Selection Detroit Style Pizza: $12.00 each with card
- Guillermo's Salsa: $3.99 each with card
- Armour Lunchmakers: 5 for $5.00 with card
Produce on sale:
- Medium Avocados: $0.77 each with card
- Strawberries or Blackberries: 2 for $5.00 with card
- Private Selection Snacking Tomatoes or Mini Seedless Cucumbers or Kroger Mini Sweet Peppers: 2 for $6.00 with card
- Kroger Seedless Grapes or Simple Truth Organic Grapes: $4.99 each with digital coupon
- Kroger Honeycrisp or Envy Apples: $5.99 each with card
- Asparagus: $3.99/lb with card
- Dole Salad Kits: 3 for $11.00 with card
- Jumbo Blueberries: $5.99 each with card
- Fresh-Cut Fruit Bowls: $5.00 each with card
- Adorbs Seedless Mandarins (3-day sale): $4.99 each with card
Dairy and eggs on sale:
- Simple Truth Cage Free Eggs, 24 ct: $5.49 each with card
- Kroger Milk (3-day sale): $2.49 each with card
- Noosa Yoghurt: $1.99 each with card
- Fage Greek Yogurt: $6.49 each with card
- Fairlife Core Power Protein Shake: $3.99 each with card
- Natural Bliss Creamer or Starbucks Creamer: $3.49 each with digital coupon
- Tillamook Ice Cream: $3.99 each with digital coupon
- Kroger Cheese: $2.99 each with card
Bakery and bread on sale:
- Sara Lee Bread: $2.99 each with digital coupon
- Private Selection Wide Pan Bread or Buns: $3.49 each with card
- Ball Park Buns or Nature's Own Perfectly Crafted Buns: $3.49 each with card
- Dave's Killer Bread Organic Bread or Starbucks Iced Coffee: $4.99 each with card
- Nature's Own Bread or Hormel Spam: $2.99 each with card
- Pillsbury Grands Biscuits, Crescents or Cinnamon Rolls: $1.99 each with card
Pantry on sale:
- Post Cereal: $1.49 each with digital coupon
- Swanson Broth: $1.79 each with digital coupon
- Ken's Salad Dressing or Goodles Mac & Cheese: $2.49 each with card
- Pepperidge Farm Cookies: $3.99 each with card
- General Mills Cereal or Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks: $1.99 each with card
- Nabisco Family Size Oreo or Chips Ahoy Cookies: $3.99 each with card
- Progresso Soup or Barilla Pasta: $1.79 each with card
- Bertolli Pasta Sauce or Rao's Pasta: $1.99 each with card
- Prego Pasta Sauce or Sweet Baby Ray's Barbecue Sauce: $1.49 each with card
- Ben's Original Ready Rice or Campbell's Cooking Sauce: $1.49 each with card
- Keebler Cookies or Hostess Multipack: $2.99 each with card
- Pop-Tarts or Kroger Cranberry Juice Cocktail: $1.99 each with card
- Kroger Coffee: $12.99 each with card
- Gold Medal Flour or Kroger Canola Oil: $3.99 each with card
- Kroger Brown or Powdered Sugar: $2.00 each with card
- Nabisco Party Size Oreo or Chips Ahoy Cookies: $5.99 each with card
- Nestlé Toll House Morsels: $4.99 each with card
- Kettle Brand Potato Chips: $1.99 each with digital coupon
- Clif Bars or Kroger Breakfast Sandwiches: $5.49 each with card
- Lipton Tea or Kind Bars: $6.99 each with card
- Lay's Potato Chips or Fritos: 4 for $10.00 with card
- José Olé Taquitos or Impossible Entrée: $5.99 each with card
- Clif Builders Protein Bars or Built Puff Protein Bars: $9.99 each with card
- Starbucks Coffee: $7.99 each with card
- Snyder's of Hanover Pretzels or Stubb's Sauce: 2 for $7.00 with card
- Totino's Pizza Rolls: $11.99 each with card
Frozen on sale:
- Freschetta Pizza: $3.99 each with digital coupon
- Jimmy Dean Breakfast Sandwiches: $4.99 each with digital coupon
- Screamin' Sicilian Pizza: $5.99 each with card
- Stouffer's or Lean Cuisine Entrée: 4 for $10.00 with card
- Bob Evans Family Size Sides: $4.99 each 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.
$50.68
for 2 people · $25.34 per person
📍 Disclaimer: Prices and availability are based on the Kroger weekly sales flyer for the week of October 14, 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.