Kroger Standard Meal Plan
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5-DAY MEAL PLAN
Monday
Meal: Skillet Chicken Breast with Asparagus
Description: Two boneless chicken breasts are seared in a hot skillet until golden, then finished with garlic and butter. Asparagus is sauteed in the same pan so it picks up the browned bits.
Sale items used: Fresh Heritage Farm Boneless Chicken Breasts, Asparagus
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: Use about 1 lb chicken breasts (2 breasts) and about 1 lb asparagus. Assumed total weight of chicken is 1 lb and asparagus is 1 lb. You will have about half the asparagus left over, which is used on Thursday.
Recipes:
- Chicken and Asparagus Skillet Dinner
- Garlic Butter Chicken and Asparagus Recipe (One-Pan)
- Garlic Butter Chicken and Asparagus Skillet
Tuesday
Meal: Smoked Sausage Ropes with Mini Sweet Pepper Saute
Description: Sliced smoked sausage is browned in a skillet with sweet peppers and onion until caramelized and tender. Serve it straight from the pan for an easy weeknight dinner for two.
Sale items used: Hillshire Farm Smoked Sausage Ropes, Kroger Mini Sweet Peppers
Prep time: 20 minutes
Serving note: Use 1 package of sausage ropes and about 8 to 10 mini sweet peppers (1 bag), plus half an onion. The second bag of peppers in the 2-for deal is not needed, so buy just one bag at the sale price per bag.
Recipes:
- Sweet and Spicy Sausage and Mini Rainbow Peppers Recipe
- Smoked Sausage, Sauerkraut & Sweet Peppers Sauté
- Smoked Sausage with peppers and onions
Wednesday
Meal: Pan-Seared Ground Beef Burgers with Avocado
Description: Two hand-formed quarter-pound-plus burgers are pan-seared for a crusty exterior and juicy center. Each is topped with sliced fresh avocado and served on a toasted bun.
Sale items used: Kroger 85% Lean Ground Beef, Medium Avocados, Nature's Own Perfectly Crafted Buns
Prep time: 20 minutes
Serving note: Use 1 lb ground beef formed into 2 large patties (or save a few for leftovers), 1 avocado per person (2 total), and 2 buns from the pack. Season with salt and pepper.
Recipes:
- Avocado Burger Recipe
- Avocado Burger
- California Avocado Burger
Thursday
Meal: Oven-Roasted Butterball Turkey with Asparagus
Description: A Butterball turkey roast is oven-roasted until juicy with a golden exterior, then sliced and served alongside roasted asparagus. Leftover turkey makes great sandwiches for the next day.
Sale items used: Butterball Turkey Roast, Asparagus
Prep time: 90 minutes
Serving note: Use 1 turkey roast (about 2 to 3 lbs; plan on leftovers) and the remaining asparagus from Monday (about 0.5 lb). Total time is over 60 minutes, so season the roast the night before and let it rest 10 minutes after roasting while the asparagus roasts for the last 15 minutes.
Recipes:
- Pan-Roasted Turkey with Asparagus
- Mom's Roasted Turkey with Butternut Squash and Asparagus
- Smoked Turkey Wrapped Asparagus Recipe
Friday
Meal: Pan-Seared Lobster Tails with Salad Kit
Description: Two lobster tails are butterflied and pan-seared in butter until sweet and opaque. They are served with a crisp salad kit tossed with its included dressing.
Sale items used: Wild-Caught Lobster Tails, Dole Salad Kits
Prep time: 20 minutes
Serving note: Use 2 lobster tails (1 per person) and 1 salad kit. The lobster tails are sold as a 2-for-$12.00 pair, so buy exactly 1 pair. Sear 4 to 5 minutes per side with butter and garlic.
Recipes:
- The Best Lobster Salad
- Pan-Seared Lobster Tail with Tropical Fruit Salsa
- Pan-seared Lobster Tail
🛒 Shopping List
SHOPPING LIST
Buy on sale:
- Fresh Heritage Farm Boneless Chicken Breasts (1 lb): $1.99
- Asparagus (1.5 lbs): $5.99
- Hillshire Farm Smoked Sausage Ropes (1 pack): $2.99
- Kroger Mini Sweet Peppers (1 bag, priced at half the 2-for-$6.00 deal): $3.00
- Kroger 85% Lean Ground Beef (1 pack, 1 lb): $5.99
- Medium Avocados (2): $1.54
- Nature's Own Perfectly Crafted Buns (1 pack): $3.49
- Butterball Turkey Roast (1): $10.00
- Wild-Caught Lobster Tails (1 pair): $12.00
- Dole Salad Kit (1, priced at one third of the 3-for-$11.00 deal): $3.67
Pantry staples needed:
- Olive oil, butter, salt, black pepper, garlic, onion, lemon, dried herbs (thyme or rosemary), paprika
🏷️ 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.
$50.66
for 2 people · $25.33 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.