Lidl Standard Meal Plan
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5-DAY MEAL PLAN
Monday
Meal: Pan-Seared Pork Loin Medallions with Buttered Rice and Tomato Salad
Description: Thick pork loin medallions are seared until golden and served over fluffy rice finished with Irish butter. A simple salad of juicy vine tomatoes and red onion adds freshness.
Sale items used: Smithfield fresh half boneless pork loin, enriched long grain rice, Lidl Preferred Selection Irish butter, tomatoes on the vine, red onions
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: Buy about 1.5 lb of pork loin and cut it into medallions: use about 6 oz (0.375 lb) tonight and freeze the rest in portions. Use 1/2 cup dry rice, 1 tbsp butter, 1 medium tomato (about 0.4 lb), and 1/4 red onion.
Recipes:
- Pork Medallions with Pan Sauce
- Recipe For Pork Medallions | Pan Sear And Butter Baste
- Pan-Seared Pork Medallions - Simply Happenings
Tuesday
Meal: Chicken Breast Quesadillas with Avocado and Cheese
Description: Seasoned chicken breast is sliced and folded into a crisp flour tortilla with melty shredded cheese. Fresh mini avocado is sliced on the side or inside for creaminess.
Sale items used: Butcher's Specialty chicken breast, medium flour tortillas, Milbona shredded cheese, mini avocados, red onions
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: Buy about 1 lb of chicken breast and use 6 oz (0.375 lb) tonight; freeze the remainder for another meal. Use 2 tortillas, 1/2 cup shredded cheese, 2 mini avocados, and 2 tbsp diced red onion.
Recipes:
- Chicken and Avocado Quesadilla Recipe
- Chicken Avocado Quesadillas
- CHICKEN AVOCADO QUESADILLAS - Butter with a Side of Bread
Wednesday
Meal: Beef Meatball Gnocchi Bake in Passata
Description: Frozen-style meatballs and soft gnocchi bake together in tangy passata under a blanket of melted cheese. It is a cozy, one-dish dinner sized for one.
Sale items used: frozen style meatballs, Lidl Preferred Selection classic gnocchi, Lidl Preferred Selection passata, Milbona shredded cheese
Prep time: 35 minutes
Serving note: Use 5 meatballs (about 5 oz), 1 cup gnocchi (about 6 oz), 3/4 cup passata, and 1/3 cup cheese. Bake at 400F for 20 minutes. Leftover meatballs, gnocchi, and passata keep for later meals.
Recipes:
- Gnocchi and Meatball Bake
- One-Pan Cheesy Meatball & Gnocchi Bake - GrownUps New Zealand
- Cheesy Gnocchi and Meatball Bake
Thursday
Meal: Garlicky Gulf Shrimp Fried Rice with Egg
Description: Large gulf shrimp are sauteed with plenty of garlic and tossed with day-old rice and scrambled egg. Quick, savory, and ready in one pan.
Sale items used: Ocean Sea frozen gulf shrimp, enriched long grain rice, Green Valley eggs, red onions, Lidl Preferred Selection Irish butter
Prep time: 20 minutes
Serving note: Use about 6 oz (roughly 1/3 of the 16 oz bag) of thawed shrimp, 1 cup cooked cold rice (cook extra Monday), 2 eggs, 3 cloves garlic, 2 tbsp diced onion, and 1 tsp butter.
Recipes:
- Garlic Shrimp Fried Rice - Garlic All Day
- Shrimp Fried Rice - Sizzlefish
- Ginger Garlic Shrimp Fried Rice - The Woks of Life
Friday
Meal: Maple Sausage and Egg Breakfast-for-Dinner Plate with Pan Potatoes-Free Toast
Description: Maple breakfast sausage links and eggs cooked to your liking sit beside buttered golden toast, with no potatoes on the plate. A sweet and savory comfort dinner for one.
Sale items used: Dulano maple breakfast sausage links, Green Valley eggs, enriched white bread, Lidl Preferred Selection Irish butter
Prep time: 15 minutes
Serving note: Use 4 sausage links (about 4 oz), 2 eggs, 2 slices of bread, and 1 tbsp butter. Freeze the remaining sausage links.
Recipes:
- Sausage & Potato Breakfast Skillet (video) - Tatyanas Everyday Food
- Maple Sausage, Egg, & Potato Hash Breakfast Recipe
- Sausage & Potato Breakfast Casserole
🛒 Shopping List
SHOPPING LIST
Buy on sale:
- Smithfield fresh half boneless pork loin (1.5 lbs): $2.69
- Butcher's Specialty chicken breast (1 lb): $1.99
- Ocean Sea frozen gulf shrimp, 16 oz (x1 pack): $7.99
- Dulano maple breakfast sausage links, 12 oz (x1 pack): $1.99
- frozen style meatballs, 26-28 oz (x1 pack): $4.99
- Lidl classic gnocchi, 17.6 oz (x1 pack): $1.49
- Lidl passata, 24.6 oz (x1 jar): $1.99
- medium flour tortillas, 10 ct (x1 pack): $1.89
- mini avocados, 6 ct (x1 pack): $1.99
- tomatoes on the vine (0.5 lb): $0.75
- Milbona shredded cheese, 32 oz (x1 bag): $4.99
- Green Valley large white eggs, 18 ct (x1 carton): $2.49
- enriched long grain rice, 48 oz (x1 bag): $2.39
- Lidl Irish butter, 8 oz (x1): $2.49
- enriched white bread, 20 oz (x1 loaf): $1.49
- red onions, 2 lb (x1 pack): $1.59
Pantry staples needed:
- Salt, black pepper, garlic cloves, cooking oil, soy sauce, taco or chili seasoning, maple-friendly seasonings if desired
🏷️ All sale items this week
SALE ITEMS FOUND
Meats on sale:
- Butcher's Specialty fresh boneless/skinless chicken breast, family size: $1.99/lb
- Butcher's Specialty fresh ground beef, 80% lean, 32 oz: $7.99 each
- Butcher's Specialty fresh beef skirt steak: $9.99/lb
- Smithfield fresh half boneless pork loin: $1.79/lb
- Fish Market fresh wild caught skinless cod fillets: $8.99/lb
- Smithfield fresh baby back ribs: $2.79/lb
- Ocean Sea frozen wild caught pacific whiting, 32 oz: $5.99 each
- Ocean Sea frozen wild caught gulf shrimp, large, 16 oz: $7.99 each
Deli and prepared on sale:
- Del Real Birria con consomme, 15 oz: $9.98
- Del Real pupusas, birria & cheese, 6 ct, 16.8 oz: $7.99
- pulled meat, choose from pork or chicken, 16 oz: $5.99
Produce on sale:
- mini avocados, 6 ct: $1.99/pk
- bartlett pear, 3 lb: $3.29/pk
- tomatoes on the vine: $1.49/lb
- red onions, 2 lb: $1.59/pk
- gold kiwis, 1 lb: $3.59/lb
- organic lettuce iceberg, 1 ct: $2.49 each
- blackberries, 12 oz: $3.59/pk
Dairy and eggs on sale:
- heavy whipping cream, 32 fl oz: $3.49
- Milbona shredded cheese, family size, 32 oz: $4.99
- sour cream, 16 oz: $1.00 each (when you buy 2)
- Lidl Preferred Selection 100% Irish butter, 8 oz: $2.49 each
- Green Valley large white eggs, grade A, 18 ct: $2.49
- blended nonfat plain yogurt, 32 oz: $2.79
Bakery and bread on sale:
- cinnamon roll: $1.49 each
- walnut bread: $2.49 each
- Lidl Preferred Selection sliced brioche loaf, 17.6 oz: $3.49
- enriched white bread, 20 oz: $1.49
- Clyde's Donuts cake donuts, 12.6 oz: $2.99
Pantry on sale:
- Lidl Preferred Selection wafer cookies, 6.1 oz: $2.99
- Lidl Preferred Selection passata, 24.6 oz: $1.99
- Lidl Preferred Selection classic gnocchi, 17.6 oz: $1.49
- pantry staples, 5 oz - 128 fl oz: $2.00 each (when you buy 5)
- Filippo Berio pure olive oil, 16.9 fl oz: $5.99
- Bellarom French roast ground coffee, 12 oz: $4.99
- 100% pure canola oil, 48 fl oz: $2.99
- Tropicana pure premium original orange juice, no pulp, 89 fl oz: $6.99
- baked fiber bars, lemon, 5.3 oz: $1.99
- Solevita tropical wonder smoothie, 25.3 fl oz: $2.79
- jumbo buttermilk biscuits, 16 oz: $1.49
- Alesto dry roasted peanuts, 16 oz: $2.00 each (when you buy 2)
- Rao's Homemade marinara, 24 oz: $6.98
- marinara pasta sauce, 24 oz: $2.29
- fall flavors pasta sauce, 24 oz: $2.49
- Combino autumn shaped vegetable pasta, 17.6 oz: $2.29
- sparkling apple juice, four 12 fl oz bottles: $3.99
- Ocean Spray cranberry cider, 60 fl oz: $3.99
- apple pie granola, 11 oz: $2.49
- drizzled mini rice crisps, 4 oz: $2.29
- mini biscotti fall flavors, 10 oz: $4.99
- Two-Bite pecan mini pies, 16.2 oz: $6.98
- Gatorade lower sugar, 12-12 fl oz: $6.97
- Florida's Natural peach mango juice drink, 59 fl oz: $2.17
- Duke's mayonnaise, 30 fl oz: $3.89
- Ocean Spray juice drink can, 16 oz: $1.50 each (when you buy 2)
- kosher dill pickle spears/chips, 32 fl oz: $2.99
- Capri Sun juice drink, variety pack, 30-6 fl oz: $9.47
- Crystal Geyser alpine spring water, 40-16.9 fl oz: $4.99
- Barilla Al Bronzo organic bucatini, 16 oz: $2.49
- enriched long grain rice, 48 oz: $2.39
- medium flour tortillas, 10 ct: $1.89
- POM 100% pomegranate juice, 48 fl oz: $7.99
- Pure Life purified water minis, 24-8 fl oz bottles: $4.79
- Filippo Berio arrabbiata sauce, 24 oz: $4.99
- Favorina classic panettone fruit cake, 33.1 oz: $9.99
- Favorina hazelnut nougat log, 3.52 oz: $2.49
- Favorina peppermint yogurt pretzel stars, 7 oz: $2.99
- Favorina cookie butter speculoos spread, 14.1 oz: $2.99
- Favorina milk chocolate hot cocoa pods, 12 ct, 6.3 oz: $3.99
- Favorina mini stollen, 7 oz: $2.49
- Favorina stollen, 17.6 oz: $4.99
- Favorina marzipan log coated in dark chocolate, 4.4 oz: $2.49
- Favorina mini holiday chocolates, 4.4 oz: $2.99
- Favorina chocolate rings with sprinkles, 7 oz: $2.49
- Favorina fruit shaped marzipan, 5.2 oz: $2.99
- Favorina lebkuchen glazed gingerbread cookies, dark chocolate coated, 7 oz: $2.99
- Favorina Nürnberger lebkuchen, glazed & dark chocolate coated gingerbread, 10.5 oz: $4.49
- Favorina chocolate coins, 5.2 oz: $2.49
- Favorina German nougat bites, 4.4 oz: $2.99
- Favorina gingerbread hearts with apricot filling & chocolate coating, 10.5 oz: $4.39
- Favorina spiced cookie assortment, 21.1 oz: $4.99
- Favorina speculoos cookies, 21.1 oz: $2.99
- Favorina Christmas cookie assortment, 17.6 oz: $6.99
- Favorina dark chocolate cookies filled with orange marzipan, 7 oz: $3.99
- Favorina shortbread cookies with dark chocolate, 5.3 oz: $2.99
- Favorina vanilla crescents, 5.29 oz: $2.99
- Favorina candied & glazed chestnuts, 8.8 oz: $5.99
- Favorina Florentine almond cookies, 4.4 oz: $3.99
- Favorina chocolate coated gingerbread cookies, 17.6 oz: $5.49
- Favorina Advent calendar, 2.64 oz: $1.99
- Favorina coffee holiday calendar, 12 ct, 4.2 oz: $7.99
- Mars candy holiday countdown calendar, 24 ct, 9.95 oz: $9.99
- The Elf on the Shelf holiday countdown calendar, 1.76 oz: $2.99
- 12 days of hot sauce Advent calendar, 8.04 fl oz: $14.99
- Dulano chicken sausage, 5 ct, 12 oz: $2.49
- Dulano maple breakfast sausage links, 12 oz: $1.99
- Dulano deli meat, 9 oz: $3.00 each (when you buy 2)
- Dulano oven roasted chicken breast, 9 oz: $3.00 each
Frozen on sale:
- frozen cream cheese stuffed jalapeño, 8.8 oz: $1.99
- Boston Market frozen chicken pot pie, 16 oz: $2.99
- frozen style meatballs, 26-28 oz: $4.99
- Trattoria Alfredo frozen pepperoni pizza rolls, 42.86 oz: $4.79
- Just Bare frozen oven roasted chicken breast bites, 19.2 oz: $10.56
- Tyson Any'tizers frozen hot wings, 22 oz: $6.99
- Tyson frozen chicken patties, 23 oz: $4.99
- Checkers frozen famous fries, 48 oz: $7.64
- Uno Chicago style deep dish cheese pizza, 14.1 oz: $4.99
- Red Baron frozen deep dish pizza singles, 11.2 oz: $2.99
- Bibigo frozen sweet & spicy crunchy chicken, 18 oz: $6.99
- Norpaco panini mozzarella sticks, 4 oz: $3.99
- Tyson frozen chicken breast sliders, original, 8 ct, 20.8 oz: $7.99
- Ocean Sea frozen spicy shrimp fried rice, 16 oz: $3.49
- Impossible frozen sausage, savory, 14 oz: $4.99
- Popfully microwave popcorn, white cheddar, 6 ct, 19.8 oz: $3.49
- Popfully cinnamon toast popcorn, 5 oz: $2.99
🛒 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.
$43.20
for 1 person · $43.20 per person
📍 Disclaimer: Prices and availability are based on the Lidl 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 Lidl.