Kroger Kid-Friendly Meal Plan
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5-DAY MEAL PLAN
Monday
Meal: Pan-Seared Dinner Sausage with Mashed Potatoes and Steamed Vegetables
Description: Sliced dinner sausage is browned until golden and served beside creamy mashed potatoes and soft steamed vegetables. It is a simple, familiar plate that kids can build and dip however they like.
Sale items used: Kroger Dinner Sausage, Idahoan Mashed Potatoes, Kroger Steamable Vegetables
Prep time: 20 minutes
Serving note: Use the whole 12-16 oz sausage package, cut into coins, which is about 6-8 oz per person. Prepare 1 pouch of Idahoan potatoes (4.1 oz) with milk and butter, and steam 1 bag (12 oz) of vegetables in the microwave. Use about 1 cup of potatoes and 1 cup of vegetables per person.
Recipes:
- Sheet Pan Sausage and Smashed Potatoes
- Bangers and Mash (Sausage with Onion Gravy)
- Sheet Pan Sausage and Vegetables
Tuesday
Meal: Ground Turkey Mac and Cheese Skillet
Description: Browned ground turkey is stirred into tender pasta and a creamy cheese sauce, all in one skillet. It is mild, cheesy, and comforting for young eaters.
Sale items used: Kroger 85% Lean Ground Turkey, Kroger Pasta, Kraft Cheese
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: Use 8 oz of the ground turkey (half the package) and 8 oz of pasta (about half the box). Stir in about 4 oz of the Kraft Cheese plus a splash of milk. Freeze the remaining 8 oz of turkey for another meal. Save the remaining cheese for Thursday's burgers. Store the leftover pasta for another night.
Recipes:
- Turkey Chili Mac and Cheese (One Pot Meal)
- One Pot Turkey Chili Mac and Cheese
- Turkey Cheeseburger Mac & Cheese
Wednesday
Meal: Baked Pork Chops in Cream of Chicken Sauce with Warm Buns
Description: Two boneless pork chops bake in a creamy, mild chicken sauce until tender. They are served with warm buns for soaking up every bit of sauce.
Sale items used: Kroger Boneless Pork Chops, Campbell's Cream of Chicken Soup, Kroger Buns
Prep time: 45 minutes
Serving note: Use 2 chops from the 5-count package (about 6 oz each) and freeze the other 3. Mix 1 can of cream of chicken soup with 1/4 cup of milk and pour it over the chops. Bake covered at 375F for 30-35 minutes until the chops reach 145F. Warm 2 buns, one per person, and save the other 6 for Thursday and extras.
Recipes:
- Baked Creamy Garlic Pork Chops
- Juicy Creamy Baked Pork Chops Recipe for Busy Nights
- Creamy Baked Pork Chops with Potatoes
Thursday
Meal: Pan-Seared Wagyu Cheeseburgers with Sweet Pepper Sticks
Description: Juicy wagyu patties are pan-seared and topped with melty cheese on soft buns. Crunchy, sweet mini peppers on the side make a fun, colorful dipping snack.
Sale items used: First Light Farms Wagyu Burger, Kroger Buns, Kraft Cheese, Kroger Mini Sweet Peppers
Prep time: 20 minutes
Serving note: Divide the 1 lb of wagyu into four 4-oz patties. Cook 2 patties, one per person, and freeze the other 2 raw for another meal. Serve each on a bun with leftover Kraft Cheese, about 1 oz per burger. Slice about 8 mini sweet peppers (half the bag) into sticks, about 4 per person, and serve with ketchup or ranch for dipping.
Friday
Meal: Simmered Meatballs and Gravy over Rice
Description: Fully cooked meatballs are simmered in warm, savory gravy until hot and saucy. They are spooned over fluffy rice for an easy, cozy dinner.
Sale items used: Carando Meatballs, Campbell's Gravy, Minute Rice Microwave Cups
Prep time: 15 minutes
Serving note: Use about 10-12 meatballs (roughly 10-12 oz, 5-6 per person) and simmer them in 1 can of gravy with a splash of water for 8-10 minutes. Microwave 2 rice cups, one per person. Refrigerate the remaining meatballs for a lunch.
Recipes:
- EASY Old Fashioned Meatballs and Gravy Recipe
- MeatBalls With Rice & Gravy (Classic)
- Meatballs and Gravy Over Rice Recipe
🛒 Shopping List
SHOPPING LIST
Buy on sale:
- Kroger Dinner Sausage (x1 package): $2.99
- Idahoan Mashed Potatoes (x1 pouch): $0.99
- Kroger Steamable Vegetables (x1 bag): $0.99
- Kroger 85% Lean Ground Turkey (x1 package, 16 oz): $3.99
- Kroger Pasta (x1 box): $0.99
- Kraft Cheese (x1 package): $1.99
- Kroger Boneless Pork Chops (x1 package, 5 ct): $5.00
- Campbell's Cream of Chicken Soup (x1 can): $0.99
- Kroger Buns (x1 package, 8 ct): $1.99
- First Light Farms Wagyu Burger (x1 package, 1 lb): $10.00
- Kroger Mini Sweet Peppers (x1 bag, 1 lb): $2.99
- Carando Meatballs (x1 package, 16 oz): $5.00
- Campbell's Gravy (x1 can): $0.99
- Minute Rice Microwave Cups (x1 package, 2 ct): $0.99
Pantry staples needed:
- Milk
- Butter
- Cooking oil
- Salt and pepper
- Ketchup or ranch dressing for dipping
🏷️ All sale items this week
SALE ITEMS FOUND
Meats on sale:
- Kroger 85% Lean Ground Turkey (16 oz): $3.99 each
- Boneless Strip Steaks (USDA Choice, Family Pack): $11.99/lb
- Smithfield Bacon (12-16 oz): $3.99 each
- Kroger Dinner Sausage (12-16 oz): $2.99 each
- Tyson Frozen Chicken (16-25 oz): $5.99 each
- Kroger Fully Cooked Bacon (6.3 oz): $7.99 each
- Kroger Entrée (16 oz): $6.99 each
- Private Selection Italian Meat (3-4 oz): $4.49 each
- Butterball Turkey (Frozen, Grade A, 10 lbs and up): $1.28/lb
- Carando Meatballs (16 oz): $5.00 each
- Kroger Boneless Pork Chops (5 ct): $5.00 each
- Kroger 80% Lean Beef Patties (8 ct, 1.9 lb): $12.00 each
- First Light Farms Wagyu Burger (1 lb): $10.00 each
- Kroger Breakfast Sausage (12-16 oz) / Oscar Mayer Meat Wieners (16 oz) / Fun Pack Lunchables (8.8-10.7 oz): $2.99 each
- Private Selection Angus 80% Lean Ground Chuck (16 oz): $6.49 each
- Atlantic Salmon Fillets (Farm-Raised): $9.99/lb
- Private Selection Fresh Roasted Chicken (Fully Cooked, 2 lb): $7.99 each
- José Olé Taquitos or Mini Tacos (15-20 ct): $5.49 each
- Double L Ranch Boneless Turkey (serves 4-6): $95.00
- Double L Ranch Boneless Ham (serves 4-6): $80.00
- Butterball Bone-In Turkey (serves 6-8): $95.00
- Private Selection Bone-In Ham (serves 6-8): $85.00
Deli and prepared on sale:
- Hillshire Farm Lunch Meat (7-9 oz): $2.99 each
- Brownie Bites (10.6-11.9 oz) / Mini Muffins (12 ct): $5.00 each
Produce on sale:
- Private Selection Campari Tomatoes (1 lb) / Kroger Tri-Color Peppers (3 ct): 2 for $6.00
- Medium Avocados: $0.88 each
- Red or Black Seedless Grapes: $1.99/lb
- Raspberries or Blackberries (6 oz): $2.99 each
- Kroger Cosmic Crisp or Envy Apples (3 lb Bag): $5.99 each
- Kroger Bartlett, Bosc or Anjou Pears (4 ct): $5.00 each
- Fresh Cut Fruit Bowls (18 oz): $5.00 each
- Mini Cucumbers (2 lb Bag): $5.00 each
- Kroger Mini Sweet Peppers (1 lb Bag): $2.99 each
- Kroger Red Onions (3 lb Bag): $4.29 each
- Private Selection Asian Pears (3 ct Package): $8.99 each
Dairy and eggs on sale:
- Kraft Cheese (7-8 oz): $1.99 each
- Simple Truth Organic Milk (64 fl oz) / Kerrygold Butter (8 oz): $3.99 each
- Chobani Greek Yogurt (5.3 oz): 10 for $10.00
- Kroger Eggs (Large, Grade A, 18 ct): $1.99 each
- Dannon Oikos Greek Yogurt (4 ct): $3.19 each
- Dannon Light & Fit Greek Yogurt (4-Pack): $2.49 each
- Kroger Cheese (32 oz): $4.99 each
- Simple Truth Almondmilk (59-64 fl oz): 2 for $5.00
- Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk (14 oz): $2.99 each
- Cool Whip (8 oz): $2.00 each
Bakery and bread on sale:
- Mini Cupcakes (12 ct): $5.00 each
- Glazed Donuts (12 ct): $5.00 each
- Fresh Baked Cookies (12 ct): $3.00 each
- Blueberry Muffins (4 ct): $5.00 each
- Pumpkin or Apple Pie (8"): $5.00 each
- Kroger Buns (8 ct): $1.99 each
- Stonefire Naan (2-4 Pack): 2 for $6.00
- Kroger Pie Crusts (2 ct): 2 for $5.00
- Private Selection Detroit Style Pizza (34 oz): $12.00 each
Pantry on sale:
- Progresso Soup (18-19 oz): 8 for $10.00
- Miracle Whip (30 fl oz) / Kraft Mayo (22 fl oz): $3.99 each
- Nature Valley Bars (5-24 ct): $4.99 each
- Cheez-It Family Size Crackers (17-21 oz) / Club Family Size Crackers (18.8 oz): $4.49 each
- Post Cereal (10-16.6 oz): $1.79 each
- Jif Peanut Butter (40 oz): $4.99 each
- Rao's Pasta Sauce (32 oz): $7.99 each
- Goldfish Crackers (26.7-27.3 oz) / Starbucks Refreshers Concentrate (32 fl oz): $7.99 each
- Blue Diamond Almonds (16 oz) / Chomps Chomplings Meat Sticks (6 ct): $6.99 each
- General Mills Chex Cereal (12-14 oz) / Tree Top Juice (64 fl oz): $1.99 each
- Kroger Coffee Pods (120 ct): $29.99 each
- Betty Crocker Brownie Mix (15-19.1 oz): $1.99 each
- Heinz Ketchup (32 oz) / Duke's Mayonnaise (30 fl oz): $3.49 each
- GoGo Squeez Applesauce Pouches (12 ct): $6.99 each
- Kellogg's Cereal (8.9-16.1 oz): $2.29 each
- Peet's Coffee (18 oz Bag) / Stumptown Coffee (12 oz Bag): $13.99 each
- Dasani Water (24-Pack, 16.9 fl oz): $3.99 each
- Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing (36 fl oz) / Velveeta Shells & Cheese (3 ct): $5.99 each
- Green Mountain or McCafé K-Cups (32 ct): $18.99 each
- Nestlé Toll House Morsels (9-12 oz) / King Arthur Flour (5 lb): $5.00 each
- Jell-O Family Size Gelatin or Pudding Mix (0.6-6 oz) / Jet-Puffed Mini Marshmallows (10 oz): 3 for $5.00
- Pyrex Bakeware: $6.99 and up each
- Nature Valley Bars (5-12 ct) / Mott's Applesauce (6 ct): 2 for $5.00
- Nabisco Family Size Oreo or Chips Ahoy Cookies (8-20 oz): $3.49 each
- Campbell's Soup (10.5 oz) / Private Selection Pasta (16 oz): 3 for $5.00
- Swanson Broth (32 oz) / Ocean Spray Cranberry Sauce (14 oz): 2 for $5.00
- Quaker Instant Oatmeal (6-10 ct): $1.49 each
- Fritos (9.25-10 oz) / Miss Vickie's Potato Chips (6-8 oz) / Smartfood Popcorn (5.5-7.75 oz): $2.99 each
- Lindt Lindor Truffles (5.1 oz): $5.99 each
- Annie's Mac & Cheese (5.5-6 oz) / Simple Truth Organic Vegetables (14.5-15.25 oz): 2 for $3.00
- King Arthur Organic Flour (5 lb) / Bob's Red Mill Almond Flour (16 oz): $7.99 each
- Pacific Organic Soup (32 oz) / Simple Truth Protein Soup (24 oz): 2 for $7.00
- Kevin's Side Dish (16 oz) / Kevin's Chicken Entrée (16 oz): $5.00 each
- Patak's Simmer Sauce (14.5-15 oz) / Chutney (12 oz): $4.99 each
- Kroger Whole Cashews (8.5 oz): $4.99 each
- Kroger Basmati Rice (5 lb): $8.49 each
- Simple Truth Organic Coconut Flakes or Chips (8 oz): 2 for $3.00
- Simple Truth Organic Ghee (14 oz): $10.99 each
- Kroger Family Size Appetizers (16-33 oz): $9.49 each
- Big K (2 Liter): $1.00 each
- Kroger Salad Dressing (16 fl oz): 2 for $4.00
- Maxwell House Coffee (23.17-30.6 oz Can): $10.99 each
- 40-Pack Kroger Purified Water (16.9 fl oz) / General Mills Giant Size Cereal (20-29 oz): $3.99 each
- Party Size Ruffles (12.5-13 oz): $5.99 each
- Kroger Steamable Vegetables (12 oz): $0.99 each
- Knorr Sides (4-5.7 oz): $0.99 each
- Campbell's Cream of Chicken or Mushroom Soup (10.5 oz): $0.99 each
- Campbell's Chicken Noodle or Tomato Soup (10.75 oz): $0.99 each
- Campbell's Gravy (10.5 oz): $0.99 each
- Idahoan Mashed Potatoes (4.1 oz): $0.99 each
- Minute Rice Microwave Cups (2 ct): $0.99 each
- Kroger Pasta (12-16 oz): $0.99 each
- Kind Bar (1.4 oz): $0.99 each
- Del Monte Vegetables (14.5-15.25 oz): $0.99 each
- Martha White Muffin Mix (7-7.6 oz): $0.99 each
- Pillsbury Moist Supreme Cake Mix (15.25 oz): $0.99 each
- Takis (2.5-4 oz): $0.99 each
- Slim Jim (.97 oz): $0.99 each
- Sparkling Ice (17 fl oz): $0.99 each
- Swanson Broth (14.5 oz): $0.99 each
Frozen on sale:
- Private Selection Ice Cream (48 fl oz): $5.00 each
- Häagen-Dazs Ice Cream (14 fl oz) / Edy's (48 fl oz): $2.99 each
- Lean Cuisine Entrée (5.25-11.5 oz): $1.99 each
- Outshine Fruit Bars (5-6 ct): $2.99 each
- Farm Rich French Toast Sticks (18.4 oz): $4.99 each
- Totino's Pizza Rolls (50 ct): $4.99 each
- Pillsbury Cookie Dough (14-16 oz) / Pie Crusts (2 ct): $2.99 each
- Farm Rich Appetizers (12-22 oz) / Impossible Entree (7.2-14 oz): $4.99 each
🛒 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.
$39.89
for 2 people · $19.95 per person
📍 Disclaimer: Prices and availability are based on the Kroger weekly sales flyer for the week of November 04, 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.