Kroger Standard Meal Plan
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BUDGET RATIONALE
Why these meals: This week you get five different dinners built around what's on sale at Kroger, so nothing repeats and the grocery cart stays interesting. Monday's pork tenderloin with roasted butternut squash and sauteed apples is the most hands-on night, and the 2 lb bag of apples does double duty by showing up again as a crisp side with Thursday's tomato and cheese frittata. The two Sargento packages are split the same way, with one going into Tuesday's salsa-baked chicken rice bowls and the other into that frittata. Wednesday is your one splurge night, with a 2 lb bag of shrimp at $12.00 and warm Stonefire naan for scooping up the garlic butter, so you can save your energy for an easy Friday of Kroger Dinner Sausage over Idahoan mashed potatoes with Del Monte vegetables.
5-DAY MEAL PLAN
Monday
Meal: Pan-Seared and Oven-Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Roasted Butternut Squash and Sauteed Apples
Description: Pork tenderloin is seared in a hot skillet, then finished in the oven until just done and sliced. It is served with cubed butternut squash roasted until caramelized and apples sauteed in butter with onion.
Sale items used: Boneless Pork Tenderloin or Bone-In Pork Back Ribs (pork tenderloin), Butternut, Acorn or Spaghetti Squash (butternut), Honeycrisp or Sugar Bee Apples or Bartlett Pears (apples)
Prep time: 50 minutes
Serving note: 1.5 lbs pork tenderloin, 2 lbs butternut squash, and 1 lb apples (the other 1 lb of the 2 lb apple purchase is used Thursday). Cook the pork to 145 F and rest it 5 minutes before slicing.
Recipes:
- Pork Tenderloin with Apples and Squash Recipe
- Baked Pork Tenderloin with Apples Recipe
- Pork Tenderloin with Apples and Sage (30-Minute Recipe)
Tuesday
Meal: Salsa-Baked Chicken Breast Rice Bowls with Avocado and Cheese
Description: Chicken breasts are baked under Pace salsa until cooked through, then sliced over fluffy rice. Each bowl is topped with sliced avocado and melted cheese.
Sale items used: Simple Truth Natural Boneless Chicken Breasts (Big Pack), Pace Salsa or Picante Sauce (Pace Salsa), Avocados (4 ct Bag), Sargento Cheese
Prep time: 40 minutes
Serving note: 2 lbs chicken breasts, 1 jar Pace Salsa, 1 bag of 4 avocados (1 per person), 1 package Sargento Cheese (the second package is used Thursday), and about 1.5 cups dry pantry rice. Bake at 400 F for 25 to 30 minutes until the chicken reaches 165 F.
Recipes:
- Salsa Chicken Bake
- Baked Salsa Chicken
- Baked Salsa Chicken and Rice
Wednesday
Meal: Garlic Butter Shrimp with Warm Stonefire Naan and Cucumber-Onion Salad
Description: Shrimp are sauteed quickly in garlic butter and served with warmed naan for scooping up the sauce. A crisp cucumber and red onion salad with a splash of vinegar rounds out the plate.
Sale items used: Kroger Extra Large Peeled & Deveined Shrimp (2 lb bag), Stonefire Naan, Private Selection Mini Seedless Cucumbers or Snacking Tomatoes (mini seedless cucumbers)
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: 1 bag (2 lbs) shrimp, 2 packages Stonefire Naan, and 1 package mini seedless cucumbers. This is the week's single premium night.
Recipes:
- Cucumber Tomato Salad with Grilled Naan
- Sheet Pan Shrimp Fajitas
- Grilled Shrimp Skewers
Thursday
Meal: Tomato and Cheese Frittata with Crisp Apple Side
Description: Eggs are whisked with tomatoes and cheese, cooked on the stovetop, and finished in the oven until set and golden. It is served with fresh apple slices for a crunchy contrast.
Sale items used: Simple Truth Cage-Free Brown Eggs (18 ct), Nature Sweet Seasonal Medley Tomatoes, Sargento Cheese, Honeycrisp or Sugar Bee Apples or Bartlett Pears (apples)
Prep time: 30 minutes
Serving note: 10 eggs from the 18 ct carton (the rest keep for breakfasts), 1 package Nature Sweet Seasonal Medley Tomatoes, 1 package Sargento Cheese, and 1 lb apples (the other half of the 2 lb apple purchase).
Recipes:
- Baked Tomato and Cheese Frittata
- Baked Frittata with Tomato and Goat Cheese
- ENVY™ APPLE, TOMATO, AND GOAT CHEESE FRITTATA
Friday
Meal: Pan-Browned Kroger Dinner Sausage with Idahoan Mashed Potatoes and Del Monte Vegetables
Description: Kroger Dinner Sausage is browned in a skillet until cooked through and served over creamy mashed potatoes. Warmed Del Monte vegetables finish the plate for an easy comfort-food dinner.
Sale items used: Kroger Dinner Sausage or Kroger Bacon (Kroger Dinner Sausage), Idahoan Mashed Potatoes, Del Monte Vegetables
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: 1 package Kroger Dinner Sausage, 2 packages Idahoan Mashed Potatoes (prepared with pantry butter and milk), and 2 Del Monte Vegetables.
Recipes:
- Bangers and Mashed Potatoes
- Cabbage, Sausage and Mustard Mashed
- Mustard Mashed Potatoes with Kielbasa Sausage
🛒 Shopping List
SHOPPING LIST
Buy on sale:
- Boneless Pork Tenderloin or Bone-In Pork Back Ribs (1.5 lbs): $4.49
- Simple Truth Natural Boneless Chicken Breasts (Big Pack) (2 lbs): $7.98
- Kroger Extra Large Peeled & Deveined Shrimp (2 lb bag) (x1): $12.00
- Kroger Dinner Sausage or Kroger Bacon (x1 package): $3.99
- Butternut, Acorn or Spaghetti Squash (2 lbs): $2.98
- Honeycrisp or Sugar Bee Apples or Bartlett Pears (2 lbs): $2.98
- Avocados (4 ct Bag) (x1): $3.99
- Private Selection Mini Seedless Cucumbers or Snacking Tomatoes (x1): $2.99
- Nature Sweet Seasonal Medley Tomatoes (x1): $2.99
- Sargento Cheese (x2 packages): $5.00
- Simple Truth Cage-Free Brown Eggs (18 ct) (x1): $3.99
- Stonefire Naan (x2 packages): $6.00
- Pace Salsa or Picante Sauce (x1): $1.99
- Idahoan Mashed Potatoes (x2): $1.98
- Del Monte Vegetables (x2): $1.98
Pantry staples needed:
- Butter
- Olive oil
- Salt and black pepper
- Garlic
- Onions (yellow and red)
- Long-grain white rice
- Milk
- Vinegar (red wine or white)
🏷️ 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.
$65.33
for 4 people · $16.33 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.