Kroger Kid-Friendly Meal Plan
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5-DAY MEAL PLAN
Monday
Meal: Baked Chicken Thighs with Butter Noodles
Description: Juicy oven-baked chicken thighs with mild seasoning are served next to buttery egg-free-style pasta noodles that kids love. Two thighs per person keeps it filling, with a simple and familiar flavor.
Sale items used: Fresh Perdue Chicken Thighs, Barilla Pasta, Challenge Butter
Prep time: 10 minutes (about 40 minutes baking)
Serving note: Use about 1.5 lbs bone-in chicken thighs (4 thighs) and 1/2 box (8 oz) Barilla pasta tossed with 2 tbsp butter. Bake at 425F for 35-40 minutes while you boil the noodles. Salt, pepper and garlic powder are the only seasonings.
Recipes:
- Buttery Herb Rice with Simple Oven-Baked Salmon
- 30-Minute Oven Baked Salmon with Herbed Rice
- One Tray Honey Soy Salmon + Rice
Tuesday
Meal: Cheeseburger Skillet Sliders
Description: Seasoned ground beef is browned in a skillet, topped with melty cheese, and served on small buns as sliders. It is quick, fun to build, and made for two.
Sale items used: Kroger 80% Lean Ground Beef, Kroger Cheese (Colby Jack), Kroger Hot Dog Buns
Prep time: 20 minutes
Serving note: Use 1 lb ground beef (assumed 1 lb total) formed into 4 small patties, 4 slices or a handful of shredded cheese from 1 block of Colby Jack, and 4 hot dog buns split as slider buns (the remaining buns are used Thursday). Cook patties in a skillet about 4 minutes per side, then melt the cheese on top.
Recipes:
- Cheeseburger Sliders (Easy Weeknight or Party Favorite)
- Easy Baked Cheeseburger Sliders Recipe
- Cheeseburger Sliders
Wednesday
Meal: Baked Salmon with Rice and Grapes
Description: Mild baked salmon fillets are served over fluffy basmati rice with sweet fresh grapes on the side. The flavors are gentle and simple for kids.
Sale items used: Fresh Atlantic Salmon Fillets, Kroger Basmati Rice, Red Seedless Grapes, Challenge Butter
Prep time: 10 minutes (about 25 minutes cooking)
Serving note: Use 1 lb salmon (assumed 1 lb total, two fillets) baked at 400F for 12-15 minutes with a little butter and salt. Cook 1 cup of dry rice from the bag for leftovers too, and serve with about 1/2 lb of grapes.
Thursday
Meal: Hot Dog Bar with Crescent Rolls
Description: Each person builds their own hot dogs with favorite toppings, with warm crescent rolls on the side. Kids can also wrap a few franks in crescent dough for pigs in a blanket.
Sale items used: Bar-S Meat Franks, Kroger Hot Dog Buns, Pillsbury Crescent Rolls
Prep time: 15 minutes (about 15 minutes baking)
Serving note: Use 4 franks (the pack has 10 franks per $1 each) with 4 hot dog buns, and 1 can of crescent rolls (8 rolls) baked at 375F for 11-13 minutes. Set out ketchup and mustard from home.
Recipes:
- Crescent Roll Hot Dogs
- Crescent Roll Hot Dog Recipe
- Crescent Dogs
Friday
Meal: Turkey Sausage and Egg Breakfast Scramble Night
Description: Smoked sausage slices are browned and folded into soft scrambled eggs with melty cheese. It makes a fast breakfast-for-dinner for two.
Sale items used: Johnsonville Smoked Sausage, Kroger Eggs, Kroger Cheese (Colby Jack), Challenge Butter
Prep time: 15 minutes
Serving note: Use 1 package smoked sausage (about 12-14 oz), sliced, with 6 eggs and about 1/2 cup shredded Colby Jack cheese. Scramble in 1 tbsp butter over medium-low heat, and serve with any leftover grapes.
Recipes:
- Scrambled Eggs With Turkey Sausage, Spinach, and Mushrooms Quick Breakfast Scramble
- Scrambled Eggs with Turkey Sausage
- Egg White and Turkey Sausage Breakfast Scramble Recipe
🛒 Shopping List
SHOPPING LIST
Buy on sale:
- Fresh Perdue Chicken Thighs (1.5 lbs): $1.49
- Barilla Pasta (x1 box): $0.99
- Challenge Butter (x1): $2.99
- Kroger 80% Lean Ground Beef (1 lb): $5.99
- Kroger Cheese Colby Jack (x1): $1.49
- Kroger Hot Dog Buns (x1 pack): $0.99
- Fresh Atlantic Salmon Fillets (1 lb): $8.99
- Red Seedless Grapes (1 lb): $1.99
- Bar-S Meat Franks (10 for $10.00, x1 pack): $10.00
- Pillsbury Crescent Rolls (x1): $1.99
- Kroger Eggs, 12 ct (x1): $1.39
- Johnsonville Smoked Sausage (x1): $3.99
Pantry staples needed:
- Basmati or other long-grain rice (1 cup)
- Salt, pepper, garlic powder
- Ketchup and mustard
🏷️ All sale items this week
SALE ITEMS FOUND
Meats on sale:
- Kroger 80% Lean Ground Beef: $5.99/lb with card
- Boneless Chuck Roast: $7.99/lb with card
- Fresh Perdue Chicken Drumsticks or Thighs: $0.99/lb with card
- Kroger Beef Shaved Steak: 2 for $10.00 with card
- Oscar Mayer Bacon: $3.99 each with digital coupon
- Butterball 93% Lean Ground Turkey or Johnsonville Smoked Sausage: $3.99 each with digital coupon
- Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Lunch Meat: $6.49 each
- Impossible Entrée or Jimmy Dean Heat 'n Serve Sausages: $5.99 each
- Kroger Breaded Chicken Breast Tenders or Chunks: $12.99 each
- American BBQ 73% Lean Ground Beef Patties: $7.00 each with card
- Hillshire Farm Smokies: 2 for $7.00 with card
- Tyson Frozen Chicken: $12.99 with card
- Hormel Chili: 2 for $5.00 with card
- Butterball Turkey: $1.28/lb with card
- Johnsonville Dinner Sausage or Ground Sausage: $3.99 each with card
- Fresh Atlantic Salmon Fillets or Kroger Extra-Large Cooked Shrimp: $8.99/lb with card
- St. Louis Style Pork Ribs: $2.99/lb with card
- Bar-S Meat Franks or Meat Bologna: 10 for $10.00 with card
- Deli Kitchen St. Louis Style Ribs: $14.99 with card
- Smart Way Chicken Drumsticks: $5.00 each with card
- Kroger Shrimp Bowl: $5.00 each with card
- Deli Kitchen Fried Chicken: $5.00 each with card
- Just Bare Frozen Chicken: $14.99 with card
Deli and prepared on sale:
- Smucker's Uncrustables: 3 for $10.00 with card
- Private Selection Soup: $7.00 with card
Produce on sale:
- Cosmic Crisp, Pink Lady or Envy Apples: $1.49/lb with card
- Red, Green or Black Seedless Grapes: $1.99/lb with card
- Avocados: $4.99 each with digital coupon
- Cuties Seedless Mandarins or Dracula Blood Oranges: $4.99 each with card
- Butternut, Spaghetti or Acorn Squash: $1.49/lb with card
- Strawberries or Blackberries: $2.99 with card
- In-Store Made Fruit Snacks to Go: $6.00 with card
- Private Selection Seedless Mini Sweet Peppers: 2 for $7.00 with card
- Kroger Red Onions: $4.29 with card
- Private Selection Asian Pears: $7.99 with card
- Fresh-Cut Fruit Bowls: $5.00 each with card
- Jumbo Blueberries: $4.99 each with digital coupon
Dairy and eggs on sale:
- Kroger Eggs, Large Grade A, 12 ct: $1.39 with card
- Kroger Cheese (Mexican Style/Colby Jack): $1.49 each with digital coupon
- Challenge Butter: $2.99 with card
- Fage Greek Yogurt: 4 for $5.00 with card
- Simple Truth Organic Milk: $3.99 with card
- Fairlife Core Power Protein Shake: $5.49 with card
- Breyers Ice Cream or Magnum Ice Cream Bars: $2.99 each with digital coupon
- Yasso Frozen Greek Yogurt Bars or Sandwiches: $3.99 each with digital coupon
Bakery and bread on sale:
- Dave's Killer Bread Organic Bread or Starbucks Iced Coffee: $4.99 each
- Kroger Hot Dog Buns or Tortillas: $0.99 each with card
- Pillsbury Crescent Rolls or Amy's Organic Soup: $1.99 each
- Hostess Multipack or Nature's Own Bread: $2.99 each
- Private Selection Buns: $3.49 with card
- Private Selection Pumpkin Cake Roll or Classic Cake: $6.00 with card
- Caramel Apple Crunch Cake, Boston Crème Cake or Pineapple Upside Down Cake: $13.99 each
- Stonefire Naan: 2 for $6.00 with card
- Private Selection Fresh Baked Butter Croissants: $5.00 each with card
- Fresh Baked Cookies: $3.00 with card
Pantry on sale:
- Smart Way Sugar: $2.59 with card
- Folgers or Cafe Bustelo Coffee: $9.99 with card
- Pepperidge Farm Cookies or Kellogg's Large Size Cereal: $3.99 each
- Heinz Gravy or Bertolli Pasta Sauce: $1.99 each
- Pop-Tarts or Goldfish Crackers: $1.99 each
- Pringles or Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks: $1.49 each
- Tropicana Orange Juice or Lance Sandwich Crackers: $3.79 each
- Keebler Cookies or Blue Diamond Nut Thins: $2.99 each
- Progresso Soup or Barilla Protein Plus Pasta: $1.79 each
- Prego Pasta Sauce or Ben's Original Ready Rice: $1.49 each
- General Mills Cereal or Nature Valley Bars: $1.99 each
- Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ Sauce or Campbell's Cooking Sauce: $1.49 each
- Nabisco Oreo Family Size Cookies: $3.99 each
- Kroger Coffee: $12.99 each
- Gold Medal Flour or Kroger Canola Oil: $3.99 with card
- Campbell's Chunky Soup or Swanson Broth: 2 for $5.00 with card
- Siete Tortilla Chips or Potato Chips: $2.49 each with digital coupon
- Barilla Pasta: $0.99 each with digital coupon
- Rao's Pasta Sauce: $6.49 each with digital coupon
- Frito-Lay Multipack: $7.99 each with digital coupon
- Mars Candy: $0.99 each with digital coupon
- Tostitos Dip or Mission Carb Balance Tortillas: $4.99 with card
- Kroger Potato Chips: $1.79 with card
- Kettle Brand Potato Chips: $3.99 with card
- Simple Truth Organic Peanut Butter: $3.99 with card
- Kroger Whole Cashews: $4.99 with card
- Kroger Basmati Rice: $8.49 with card
- Simple Truth Organic Coconut Flakes or Chips: 2 for $3.00 with card
- Patak's Simmer Sauce or Chutney: $4.99 with card
- Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk: $2.99 with card
- Simple Truth Organic Ghee: $10.99 with card
Frozen on sale:
- Stouffer's or Lean Cuisine Entree: 4 for $10.00 with card
- El Monterey Burritos: $4.49 each with digital coupon
- Outshine Fruit Bars or Kroger Chocolate-Covered Frozen Fruit: $4.99 each
- Jose Ole Taquitos or Mini Tacos: $5.99 each
- Screamin' Sicilian Pizza: $5.99 with card
- DiGiorno Pizza or Deer Park Natural Spring Water: $3.99 each with digital coupon
🛒 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.
$42.29
for 2 people · $21.14 per person
📍 Disclaimer: Prices and availability are based on the Kroger weekly sales flyer for the week of October 21, 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.