Kroger Kid-Friendly Meal Plan
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5-DAY MEAL PLAN
Monday
Meal: Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Butternut Squash and Apples
Description: A mild, juicy pork tenderloin is rubbed with butter and a little brown sugar, then roasted on one pan with sweet butternut squash cubes and apple chunks. The squash and apples caramelize into a naturally sweet side that kids love, and the leftover pork makes an easy sandwich the next day.
Sale items used: Boneless Pork Tenderloin, Butternut Squash, Honeycrisp or Sugar Bee Apples, Kroger Butter
Prep time: 15 minutes prep, 35 minutes roasting
Serving note: Use 1 lb pork tenderloin (assumed total weight), 1.5 lb butternut squash (peeled and cubed, about 3 cups), and 2 medium apples (about 0.75 lb, from the 1.5 lb of apples bought for the week). Use 1 tbsp butter. Roast at 425F for 25 to 30 minutes until the pork reaches 145F, then rest it for 5 minutes before slicing.
Recipes:
- Pork Tenderloin with Apples and Squash
- Roast Pork Tenderloin with Butternut Squash
- Pork, Apple & Roasted Butternut Squash Recipe
Tuesday
Meal: Cheesy Beef Cottage Pie with Mashed Potato Topping
Description: Browned ground beef and soft peas and carrots are simmered in a savory gravy, then topped with creamy mashed potatoes and melted cheese. It bakes in a small dish, which makes a cozy family-style dinner for two with a lunch portion left over.
Sale items used: Kroger 93% Lean Ground Beef, Idahoan Mashed Potatoes, Del Monte Vegetables, Campbell's Gravy, Sargento Cheese, Kroger Milk
Prep time: 20 minutes prep, 20 minutes baking
Serving note: Use 1 lb ground beef (assumed total weight), 1 can Del Monte peas and carrots (drained), and 1 can Campbell's Gravy. Prepare 1 pouch Idahoan mashed potatoes with a splash of milk and 1 tbsp butter. Top with about 1/2 cup shredded cheese from one Sargento pack. Bake in an 8x8 dish at 400F for 20 minutes. If you like, assemble it earlier in the day and refrigerate, then bake just before dinner.
Recipes:
- Cheesy Cottage Pie: A Comfort Food Favorite
- Cottage Pie with Cheesy Mashed Potatoes
- Classic Cottage Pie with Cheesy Mashed Potato Topping Recipe
Wednesday
Meal: Cheesy Garlic Chicken Naan Flatbreads with Cucumber Slices
Description: Naan is brushed with garlic butter, topped with bite-size pieces of mild chicken and plenty of melty cheese, and baked until bubbly. Crunchy cucumber slices on the side make it a fun, build-your-own style dinner.
Sale items used: Simple Truth Natural Boneless Chicken Breasts, Stonefire Naan, Sargento Cheese, Private Selection Mini Seedless Cucumbers, Kroger Butter
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: Use 0.75 lb chicken breast (assumed total weight), diced small and cooked in a skillet until no longer pink. Use 4 naan (2 per person) and about 1 cup shredded cheese from the second Sargento pack. Mix 1 tbsp melted butter with 1 minced garlic clove for brushing. Bake at 425F for 8 to 10 minutes. Serve with 4 to 6 sliced mini cucumbers.
Recipes:
- Spicy Garlic Chicken Flatbread
- Cheesy Garlic Naan
- Cheese-Filled Garlic Naan Recipe (No-Knead Skillet)
Thursday
Meal: Garlic Butter Shrimp over Rice with Vegetables
Description: Tender shrimp are sauteed in a mild garlic butter sauce and spooned over fluffy rice. Sweet corn or green beans on the side add color and keep the dinner quick and kid-friendly.
Sale items used: Kroger Extra Large Peeled & Deveined Shrimp, Minute Rice Microwave Cups, Del Monte Vegetables, Kroger Butter
Prep time: 15 minutes
Serving note: Use about 0.5 lb shrimp (roughly 12 to 14 pieces, taken from the 2 lb bag). Freeze the rest in 0.5 lb portions for two more meals. Use 2 tbsp butter and 1 minced garlic clove. Microwave 2 Minute Rice cups (1 per person). Warm 1 can Del Monte corn or green beans as the side. Cook the shrimp 2 to 3 minutes per side until pink.
Recipes:
- Garlic Shrimp and Rice Recipe
- Garlic Butter Shrimp and Rice with Lemon
- Garlic Butter Shrimp Rice Bowls With Veggies and Lime
Friday
Meal: Cinnamon Swirl French Toast with Scrambled Eggs and Apple Slices
Description: Thick slices of cinnamon swirl bread are dipped in an egg and milk mixture and griddled until golden for a breakfast-for-dinner treat. Fluffy scrambled eggs and crisp apple slices round out the plate.
Sale items used: Pepperidge Farm Swirl Bread, Simple Truth Cage-Free Brown Eggs, Kroger Milk, Kroger Butter, Honeycrisp or Sugar Bee Apples
Prep time: 20 minutes
Serving note: Use 4 slices swirl bread (2 per person). For the dip, whisk 2 eggs with 1/4 cup milk. Scramble 4 more eggs with 1 tbsp butter and a splash of milk, so you use 6 eggs in total. Slice 2 medium apples (about 0.75 lb, the rest of the 1.5 lb bought). Serve with maple syrup.
Recipes:
- Easy Cinnamon Swirl French Toast Recipe
- Cinnamon Apple French Toast Recipe
- Apple and Cinnamon French Toast
🛒 Shopping List
SHOPPING LIST
Buy on sale:
- Boneless Pork Tenderloin (1 lb): $2.99
- Butternut Squash (1.5 lbs): $2.24
- Honeycrisp or Sugar Bee Apples (1.5 lbs): $2.24
- Kroger Butter 2-Pack (x1 pack): $3.99
- Kroger 93% Lean Ground Beef (1 lb): $7.49
- Idahoan Mashed Potatoes (x1): $0.99
- Del Monte Vegetables (x2 cans): $1.98
- Campbell's Gravy (x1): $0.99
- Sargento Cheese (x2 packs): $5.00
- Simple Truth Natural Boneless Chicken Breasts (0.75 lb): $2.99
- Stonefire Naan (x2 packs): $6.00
- Private Selection Mini Seedless Cucumbers (x1): $2.99
- Kroger Extra Large Peeled & Deveined Shrimp (x1 bag, 2 lb): $12.00
- Minute Rice Microwave Cups (x2): $1.98
- Pepperidge Farm Swirl Bread (x1): $2.49
- Simple Truth Cage-Free Brown Eggs 18 ct (x1): $3.99
- Kroger Milk Half Gallon (x1): $1.59
Pantry staples needed:
- Salt and black pepper
- Garlic (fresh cloves or garlic powder)
- Onion or onion powder
- Brown sugar
- Cinnamon
- Vanilla extract
- Maple syrup
- Cooking oil or olive oil
🏷️ All sale items this week
SALE ITEMS FOUND
Meats on sale:
- Simple Truth Natural Boneless Chicken Breasts (Big Pack): $3.99/lb with card
- Boneless Chuck Roast: $7.99/lb with card
- Boneless Pork Tenderloin or Bone-In Pork Back Ribs: $2.99/lb with card
- Kroger Extra Large Peeled & Deveined Shrimp (2 lb bag): $12.00 each with card
- Wild-Caught Snow Crab Clusters: $10.99/lb with card
- Kroger Seasoned Pork Carnitas or Braised Beef Barbacoa (Meat Entrée): $6.99 each*
- Ball Park Meat Franks: $1.77 each with digital coupon
- Boneless Strip Steaks (Family Pack): $15.99/lb with card
- Kroger Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts (3 lb): $9.99 with card
- Kroger 93% Lean Ground Beef (3 lb package): $7.49/lb with card
- Simple Truth Organic 90% Lean Ground Beef (3 lb): $25.00 with card
- Kroger Dinner Sausage or Kroger Bacon: $3.99 with card
- Atlantic Salmon Fillet Portion: $12.00 with card
- Eastern Seas Sea Scallops (Frozen): $12.00 with card
- Butterball Turkey (Frozen, 10 lbs and up): $1.28/lb with card
Deli and prepared on sale:
- Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Lunch Meat or Claussen Pickles: $2.99 each with digital coupon
- Hillshire Farm Reserve Lunch Meat: $3.99 each
- Private Selection Italian Meat: $4.49 each
- GoGo Squeez Applesauce Pouches: $6.99 each*
- Deli Kitchen Fried Chicken: $5.00 with card
- In-Store Made Fruit Tray with Dip: $22.99 with card
- Private Selection Haunted Halloween Sushi Combo: $10.00 with card
Produce on sale:
- Cuties Seedless Mandarins (3 lb Bag): $3.99 with card
- Raspberries or Blackberries (6 oz): 2 for $4.00 with card
- Kroger Russet Potatoes (10 lb Bag): $5.00 with card
- Avocados (4 ct Bag): $3.99 with card
- Honeycrisp or Sugar Bee Apples or Bartlett Pears: $1.49/lb with digital coupon
- Nature Sweet Seasonal Medley Tomatoes: $2.99 with card
- Jumbo Blueberries: $5.99 with card
- Butternut, Acorn or Spaghetti Squash: $1.49/lb with card
- Private Selection Mini Seedless Cucumbers or Snacking Tomatoes: $2.99 each with digital coupon
- Private Selection Asian Pears (3 ct): $8.99 with card
- Kroger Red Onions (3 lb Bag): $4.29 with card
Dairy and eggs on sale:
- Kroger Butter (2-Pack): $3.99 with card
- Kroger Milk (Half Gallon): $1.59 each with digital coupon
- Sargento Cheese: 2 for $5.00 with card
- Simple Truth Cage-Free Brown Eggs (18 ct): $3.99 each with digital coupon
- Dannon Light + Fit Greek Yogurt (4-Pack): $2.49 each*
- International Delight Creamer: $2.49 each with digital coupon
- Simple Truth Almondmilk: 2 for $5.00 with card
- Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk: $2.99 with card
Bakery and bread on sale:
- Mini Cupcakes or Frosted Sugar Cookies: $4.00 each with digital coupon
- Glazed Donuts or Private Selection Fresh Baked Butter Croissants: $5.00 with card
- Kroger Signature Pizza: $8.00 with card
- Fresh Baked Cookies: $3.00 with card
- Stonefire Naan: 2 for $6.00 with card
- Pepperidge Farm Swirl Bread: $2.49 each*
Pantry on sale:
- Nabisco Oreo or Chips Ahoy Family Size Cookies: $3.49 each with card
- Campbell's Chunky or Protein Soup: $1.49 each with digital coupon
- Nestlé Toll House Morsels: $3.49 each with digital coupon
- Lay's Potato or Kettle Cooked Potato Chips: $1.99 each with digital coupon
- Skippy Peanut Butter or Planters Peanuts: $1.99 each with digital coupon
- Kool Aid Jammers: $1.99 each with digital coupon
- Pace Salsa or Picante Sauce: $1.99 each with digital coupon
- Goldfish Crackers or Annie's Fruit Snacks: $7.99 each
- Hellmann's Mayonnaise: $4.49 each
- Nature Valley Biscuits or Farm Rich Breakfast Entree: $4.99 each
- General Mills Cereal: $1.79 each
- Jif Peanut Butter: $4.99 each
- Dasani Water or Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks: $3.99 each
- Cheez-It or Club Family Size Crackers: $4.49 each
- Blue Diamond Almonds or Chomps Chomplings Meat Sticks: $6.99 each
- Pure Leaf Tea or Dunkin' Coffee: $12.99 each
- Green Mountain or McCafe K-Cups: $18.99 each
- Miracle Whip or Kraft Mayo: $3.99 each
- Betty Crocker Brownie Mix or Tree Top Juice: $1.99 each
- Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing or Velveeta Shells & Cheese: $5.99 each
- Kellogg's Cereal: $2.29 each
- Heinz Ketchup or Duke's Mayo: $3.49 each
- Rao's Pasta Sauce: $7.99 each
- Simple Truth Organic Broth or Kroger Saltine Crackers: $2.00 with card
- Kroger Peanuts: $2.00 with card
- Kroger Orange Juice (Gallon): $7.00 with card
- Bubly Sparkling Water or Lower Sugar Gatorade: $4.00 with card
- Gatorade Thirst Quencher (18-Pack): $9.99 with card
- Coca-Cola, Pepsi or Sun Drop (6-Pack Bottles): 3 for $10.00 with card
- Pacific Foods Organic Soup: 2 for $7.00 with card
- Boulder Canyon Potato Chips or Happy Snacks Animal Crackers: $3.99 with card
- Spindrift Sparkling Water: $6.49 with card
- Simple Truth Organic Ghee: $10.99 with card
- Patak's Simmer Sauce or Chutney: $4.99 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
- Kroger Salad Dressing or Marinades: 2 for $4.00 with card
- Powerade: 10 for $10.00 with card
- Kroger Coffee Pods: $29.99 each
- Yogi Tea: $2.49 each
- Kroger Steamable Vegetables: $0.99 each with card (mix & match 5+)
- Knorr Sides: $0.99 each with card
- Campbell's Cream of Chicken or Mushroom Soup: $0.99 each with card
- Campbell's Chicken Noodle or Tomato Soup: $0.99 each with card
- Campbell's Gravy: $0.99 each with card
- Idahoan Mashed Potatoes: $0.99 each with card
- Minute Rice Microwave Cups: $0.99 each with card
- Swanson Broth: $0.99 each with card
- Kroger Paste: $0.99 each with card
- Kind Bar: $0.99 each with card
- Del Monte Vegetables: $0.99 each with card
- Martha White Muffin Mix: $0.99 each with card
- Pillsbury Moist Supreme Cake Mix: $0.99 each with card
- Takis: $0.99 each with card
- Slim Jim: $0.99 each with card
- Sparkling Ice: $0.99 each with card
Frozen on sale:
- Red Baron Pizza: $2.99 each with digital coupon
- Farm Rich Appetizer or Impossible Entrée: $4.99 each
- Jose Ole Taquitos or Mini Tacos: $5.49 each
- Foster Farms Corn Dogs or El Monterey Quesadillas: $5.99 each*
- Saffron Road Entrée: $3.99 with card
- DiGiorno Pizza: 2 for $10.00 with card
- Kroger Ice Cream or Frozen Dairy Dessert Sandwiches: $1.99 each with digital coupon
- Private Selection Ice Cream: $5.00 with card
- Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream or Talenti Gelato: $3.49 each with digital coupon
- Tyson Frozen Chicken or Blue Diamond Almonds: $12.99 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.
$61.94
for 2 people · $30.97 per person
📍 Disclaimer: Prices and availability are based on the Kroger 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 Kroger.