Kroger Kid-Friendly Meal Plan
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BUDGET RATIONALE
Why these meals: This week's plan keeps dinner mild and familiar for the kids while giving you a different protein every night: pork tenderloin on Monday, ground beef on Tuesday, chicken on Wednesday, shrimp on Thursday, and eggs on Friday. Honeycrisp apples show up twice, roasted with the pork on Monday and sliced beside the French toast on Friday, so one 2 lb buy at $2.98 covers both nights. The shrimp bag at $12.00 is the one special-occasion protein, so Thursday is your treat night, while the 1 lb of chicken at $3.99 keeps Wednesday's naan flatbreads easy. Sargento Cheese (Tuesday and Wednesday) and Del Monte Vegetables (Tuesday and Thursday) each stretch across two dinners, which keeps the shopping list short and the cooking familiar.
5-DAY MEAL PLAN
Monday
Meal: Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Butternut Squash and Apples
Description: Sliced pork tenderloin is roasted in the oven alongside cubes of butternut squash and apple wedges tossed in butter and a little cinnamon. The sweet, mild flavors are very kid-friendly, and everything cooks on one pan.
Sale items used: Boneless Pork Tenderloin or Bone-In Pork Back Ribs (boneless pork tenderloin), Butternut, Acorn or Spaghetti Squash (butternut), Honeycrisp or Sugar Bee Apples or Bartlett Pears (Honeycrisp apples)
Prep time: 45 minutes
Serving note: 1.5 lb boneless pork tenderloin, 2 lb butternut squash (peeled and cubed), 1 lb Honeycrisp apples (cut into wedges). Roast at 425F for about 25 minutes for the pork and 30 minutes for the squash, adding the apples for the last 15 minutes. Rest the pork 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 is mixed with Campbell's Gravy and Del Monte Vegetables, then topped with prepared Idahoan Mashed Potatoes and Sargento Cheese and baked until bubbly. It is a comforting, familiar casserole that kids can help spread and sprinkle.
Sale items used: Kroger 93% Lean Ground Beef (3 lb package), Campbell's Gravy, Del Monte Vegetables, Idahoan Mashed Potatoes, Sargento Cheese
Prep time: 45 minutes
Serving note: 1 lb Kroger 93% Lean Ground Beef, 1 Campbell's Gravy, 1 Del Monte Vegetables, 2 Idahoan Mashed Potatoes (prepared per package), 1 Sargento Cheese package. Bake at 400F for about 20 minutes after assembling.
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: Diced chicken breast is browned in a skillet, then piled onto garlic-butter-brushed Stonefire Naan with Sargento Cheese and baked until melty. Crunchy mini cucumber slices on the side keep it fresh and easy for little hands.
Sale items used: Simple Truth Natural Boneless Chicken Breasts (Big Pack), Stonefire Naan, Sargento Cheese, Private Selection Mini Seedless Cucumbers or Snacking Tomatoes (mini seedless cucumbers)
Prep time: 30 minutes
Serving note: 1 lb Simple Truth Natural Boneless Chicken Breasts (diced), 2 packages Stonefire Naan (enough naan from both for 1 flatbread per person, extra saved for lunches), 1 Sargento Cheese package, 1 package Private Selection Mini Seedless Cucumbers (sliced). Bake the topped naan at 400F for about 8 to 10 minutes.
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: Extra large shrimp are sauteed in butter and a little garlic until pink, then spooned over Minute Rice with Del Monte Vegetables on the side. It is a quick, mild skillet dinner that is the week's one special-occasion protein.
Sale items used: Kroger Extra Large Peeled & Deveined Shrimp (2 lb bag), Minute Rice Microwave Cups, Del Monte Vegetables
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: 1 bag (2 lb) Kroger Extra Large Peeled & Deveined Shrimp, 4 Minute Rice Microwave Cups (1 per person), 1 Del Monte Vegetables. Pat the shrimp dry and cook 2 to 3 minutes per side so they stay tender.
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: Pepperidge Farm Swirl Bread is dipped in an egg and milk batter and pan-fried in butter until golden, then served with fluffy scrambled eggs and fresh apple slices. Breakfast for dinner is an easy, fun end to the week.
Sale items used: Pepperidge Farm Swirl Bread, Simple Truth Cage-Free Brown Eggs (18 ct), Kroger Milk (Half Gallon), Honeycrisp or Sugar Bee Apples or Bartlett Pears (Honeycrisp apples)
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: 1 loaf Pepperidge Farm Swirl Bread (about 3 slices per person), 10 eggs from 1 carton (6 for the batter, 4 scrambled), about 1 cup Kroger Milk from the 1 half gallon, 1 lb Honeycrisp apples (sliced). 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 or Bone-In Pork Back Ribs (1.5 lbs, boneless pork tenderloin): $4.49
- Kroger 93% Lean Ground Beef (3 lb package) (1 lb): $7.49
- Simple Truth Natural Boneless Chicken Breasts (Big Pack) (1 lb): $3.99
- Kroger Extra Large Peeled & Deveined Shrimp (2 lb bag) (x1 bag): $12.00
- Simple Truth Cage-Free Brown Eggs (18 ct) (x1 carton): $3.99
- Butternut, Acorn or Spaghetti Squash (2 lbs, butternut): $2.98
- Honeycrisp or Sugar Bee Apples or Bartlett Pears (2 lbs, Honeycrisp apples): $2.98
- Private Selection Mini Seedless Cucumbers or Snacking Tomatoes (x1, cucumbers): $2.99
- Sargento Cheese (x2 packages, 2 for $5.00): $5.00
- Stonefire Naan (x2 packages, 2 for $6.00): $6.00
- Pepperidge Farm Swirl Bread (x1 loaf): $2.49
- Kroger Milk (Half Gallon) (x1): $1.59
- Idahoan Mashed Potatoes (x2): $1.98
- Campbell's Gravy (x1): $0.99
- Del Monte Vegetables (x2): $1.98
- Minute Rice Microwave Cups (x4): $3.96
Pantry staples needed:
- Butter
- Olive oil
- Salt and black pepper
- Garlic powder
- Cinnamon
- Brown sugar
- Maple syrup
🏷️ 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.
$64.90
for 4 people · $16.23 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.