Piggly Wiggly Kid-Friendly Meal Plan
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BUDGET RATIONALE
Why these meals: This week you get a different protein every night, so nobody gets tired of the same dinner: catfish nuggets on Monday, ground turkey on Tuesday, smoked sausage on Wednesday, chicken breast strips on Thursday, and pork tenderloin on Friday. Familiar kid favorites like cornbread muffins, mac and cheese, and buttered noodles fill the plates, and add-ons like the Martha White Cornbread Mix at $0.89 and the Red Gold Tomato Sauce at $0.67 are easy to toss in the cart. Grab both bags of Green Giant Idaho Russet Potatoes in the $5.00 deal, since they cover Wednesday's sausage skillet and Friday's mashed potatoes. Most nights take about 30 minutes, with Friday's roast the one that needs a little longer, so you can plan that dinner for when you have more time.
5-DAY MEAL PLAN
Monday
Meal: Crispy Baked Catfish Nuggets with Cornbread and Coleslaw
Description: Catfish nuggets are baked until golden and served with warm Martha White Cornbread Mix muffins. Dole Coleslaw Mix is tossed with a mild creamy dressing for a crunchy side.
Sale items used: Fresh Frozen Catfish Nuggets, Martha White Cornbread Mix, Dole Coleslaw Mix
Prep time: 30 minutes
Serving note: 1.5 lbs catfish nuggets, 1 box cornbread mix, 1 bag coleslaw mix.
Recipes:
- Baked Catfish Nuggets
- Crispy Baked Catfish Nuggets
- Oven Fried Catfish Nuggets Recipe
Tuesday
Meal: Turkey Taco-Free Sloppy Joe Skillet over Mac and Cheese
Description: Ground turkey simmers in a mild tomato and BBQ sauce, then is spooned over creamy Kraft Blue Box Macaroni & Cheese or Spirals. Kids love the sweet, familiar flavor.
Sale items used: Butterball 85% Lean Ground Turkey Chub, Red Gold Tomato Sauce, Kraft Blue Box Macaroni & Cheese or Spirals
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: 1 turkey chub (about 1 lb), 1 can tomato sauce, 1 box mac and cheese.
Recipes:
- Sloppy Joe Mac and Cheese
- Sloppy Joe Mac & Cheese Skillet
- Sloppy Joe Mac 'N Cheese
Wednesday
Meal: Smoked Sausage and Potato Skillet
Description: Sliced Lil Butcher Shoppe Smoked Sausage is pan-browned with diced Green Giant Idaho Russet Potatoes until crisp at the edges. Serve with Best Choice Frozen Vegetables.
Sale items used: Lil Butcher Shoppe Smoked Sausage, Green Giant Idaho Russet Potatoes, Best Choice Frozen Vegetables
Prep time: 35 minutes
Serving note: 1 package sausage, 1 pair of potatoes (2 bags from the 2 for $5.00 deal), 1 bag frozen vegetables.
Recipes:
- Smoked Sausage and Potatoes
- Easy Sausage and Potato Skillet
- Easy Skillet Smoked Sausage and Potatoes
Thursday
Meal: Pan-Seared Chicken Breast Strips with Buttered Noodles
Description: Boneless chicken breast strips are seared until golden and tossed lightly in Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ Sauce. They are served over Barilla Better for You Pasta with butter and cheese.
Sale items used: Sanderson Farms Fresh Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast, Barilla Better for You Pasta, Best Choice Cheese Shreds or Chunks
Prep time: 30 minutes
Serving note: 1.5 lbs chicken breast, 1 box pasta (from the 2 for $4.00 deal, buy 2), 1 bag cheese shreds.
Recipes:
- One-Pan Chicken with Buttered Noodles
- Pan Seared Chicken Strips Recipe
- One Pan Chicken with Buttered Noodles
Friday
Meal: Oven-Roasted Smithfield Pork Tenderloin with Applesauce-Style Pears
Description: Smithfield Marinated Fresh Pork Tenderloins, Picnics or Loin Fillets are roasted until just cooked through and sliced. Sliced Bartlett, Bosc or Anjou Washington Pears are baked alongside for a sweet side.
Sale items used: Smithfield Marinated Fresh Pork Tenderloins, Picnics or Loin Fillets, Bartlett, Bosc or Anjou Washington Pears, Green Giant Idaho Russet Potatoes
Prep time: 50 minutes
Serving note: 1 pork tenderloin (about 1.25 lbs, form as packaged), 1.5 lbs pears, mashed potatoes made from 1 bag... use the potato bag left from Wednesday's purchase.
Recipes:
- Applesauce Pork Tenderloin Recipe
- Easy Apple Pork Tenderloin Dinner
- Pork Tenderloin with Pears
🛒 Shopping List
SHOPPING LIST
Buy on sale:
- Fresh Frozen Catfish Nuggets (1.5 lbs): $2.99
- Martha White Cornbread Mix (x1): $0.89
- Dole Coleslaw Mix (x1): $1.29
- Butterball 85% Lean Ground Turkey Chub (x1): $3.99
- Red Gold Tomato Sauce (x1 can): $0.67
- Kraft Blue Box Macaroni & Cheese or Spirals (x1): $3.99
- Lil Butcher Shoppe Smoked Sausage (x1): $4.99
- Green Giant Idaho Russet Potatoes (x2 bags): $5.00
- Best Choice Frozen Vegetables (x1): $1.25
- Sanderson Farms Fresh Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast (1.5 lbs): $5.24
- Barilla Better for You Pasta (x2 boxes): $4.00
- Best Choice Cheese Shreds or Chunks (x1): $1.49
- Smithfield Marinated Fresh Pork Tenderloins, Picnics or Loin Fillets (x1): $4.99
- Bartlett, Bosc or Anjou Washington Pears (1.5 lbs): $2.24
Pantry staples needed:
- Butter or margarine, milk, egg, oil, salt, pepper, mayonnaise, sugar, vinegar, Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ Sauce or ketchup
🏷️ All sale items this week
SALE ITEMS FOUND
Meats on sale:
- Smithfield Marinated Fresh Pork Tenderloins, Picnics or Loin Fillets: $4.99 each
- USDA Choice Black Canyon Angus Boneless Beef Top Round Roast: $5.99/lb
- USDA Choice Black Canyon Angus Family Pack Boneless Beef New York Strip Steaks: $13.99/lb
- Kentucky Legend Sliced Bacon: $3.99 each
- Sanderson Farms Fresh Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast: $3.49/lb
- Fresh Whole Boston Butt Pork Roast: $1.79/lb
- Country Style Pork Ribs: $2.39/lb
- Fresh Pork Steaks: $2.19/lb
- Boneless Beef Cube Steaks: $6.99/lb
- Boneless Beef Top Round Steaks: $6.49/lb
- 85% Lean Fresh Ground Round: $5.99/lb
- Butterball 85% Lean Ground Turkey Chub: $3.99 each
- Tyson Individually Fresh Frozen Chicken Wing Sections: $4.99 each
- Oscar Mayer Family Size Deli Shaved Lunch Meats: $4.99 each
- Wampler Farms Pork Sausage Rolls, Patties, Links or Taco Meat: 2 for $7.00
- Smithfield Smoked Sliced Quarter Hams: $7.99 each
- Hormel Fresh Roast Beef or Beef Tips Entrées: $8.99 each
- Hormel Fresh Pork, Turkey or Meat Loaf Entrées: $6.99 each
- Carolina Pride Fresh Pork Sausage Rolls: $2.99 each
- Hormel Fresh Side Dishes: $3.99 each
- Lil Butcher Shoppe Smoked Sausage: $4.99 each
- Oscar Mayer Stack Pack Bologna or Cotto Salami: 2 for $5.00
- Hillshire Farm Cocktail Smokies: $3.99 each
- Sea Best Fresh Frozen Tilapia Fillets: $3.99 each
- Fresh Frozen Catfish Nuggets: $1.99/lb
- Sea Best Frozen Fully Cooked Shrimp: $4.99 each
- Gorton's Frozen Breaded Fish Fillets or Sticks: $5.99 each
- Sea Best Fresh Frozen Boneless Cod Fillets: $9.99 each
- Oscar Mayer Deli Sub Kits: BOGO, $6.99 each
- Oscar Mayer Basic Lunchables: BOGO, $6.99 each
- Delimex Taquitos: BOGO, $9.99 each
- Oscar Mayer Sliced Bacon Mega Pack: BOGO, $6.99 each
- Land O'Frost Premium Sliced Lunch Meat: $5.99 each
- Jimmy Dean Fresh Breakfast Biscuits, Burritos, Muffins, Griddlecakes, Roll Ups or Hashbrowns: $5.99 each
- Tyson Frozen Fully Cooked Chicken: $6.99 each
- Mrs. Paul's or Van de Kamp's Frozen Breaded Fish Fillets or Sticks: $4.99 each
- Kretschmar Roast Beef (sliced to order): $12.99/lb
- Kretschmar Baby Swiss Cheese (sliced to order): $7.99/lb
- Kretschmar Smoked Ham (sliced to order): $5.49/lb
- Tyson Boneless Wings: $4.99/lb
- Old Wisconsin Party Trays: $12.99 each
Deli and prepared on sale:
- Kretschmar Cheese Platters: $6.99 each
- Better Butter Gourmet Butter: 2 for $5.00
- Snack Factory Pretzel Crisps: $2.99 each
- Zumbapica Forritos: $6.49 each
- Zumbapica Zumbafiesta: $14.99 each
- Zumbapica Forritos Rim Dip: $5.99 each
Produce on sale:
- Red Seedless Grapes: $1.89/lb
- Tomatoes on the Vine: $1.49/lb
- Bartlett, Bosc or Anjou Washington Pears: $1.49/lb
- Michigan Apples: 2 for $7.00
- Medium Yellow Onions: $0.89/lb
- Taylor Farms Large Veggie Tray: $8.99 each
- Whole White Mushrooms: 2 for $3.00
- Green Giant Idaho Russet Potatoes: 2 for $5.00
- Pomegranates: $1.69 each
- Dole Coleslaw Mix: $1.29 each
Dairy and eggs on sale:
- Daisy Sour Cream or Cottage Cheese: 2 for $3.00
- Kraft Natural Slices: 2 for $5.00
- Kraft Protein Sticks: $3.59 each
- Kraft Cracker Cuts or Cubes: $2.99 each
- Florida's Natural Orange Juice: $4.49 each
- Blue Bonnet Margarine Quarters: $2.79 each
- International Delight Creamer or Cold Foam: $4.49 each
- Planet Oat Milk or Creamer: $2.99 each
- Texas Roadhouse Spreads: $3.49 each
- Lactaid Creamer or Milk: $3.99 each
- Best Choice Coffee Creamer: $3.99 each
- Best Choice Ricotta Cheese: $2.49 each
- Best Choice Cream Cheese: $1.99 each
Bakery and bread on sale:
- Wonder Cupcakes or Cinnamon Rolls: $3.99 each
- Wonder Danish Pastries: $1.99 each
- Pepperidge Farm Garlic or Cheese Bread: $3.29 each
- Mary B's Frozen Biscuits or Dumplings: $3.49 each
- James Skinner Gourmet Cinnamon Rolls: $5.99 each
- Café Valley Mini Cupcakes: $3.49 each
- Sweet P's Frosted Sugar Cookies: $3.99 each
- Reese's Peanut Butter Ice Cream Cake: $17.99 each
Pantry on sale:
- Bertolli Pasta or Alfredo Sauce: 2 for $6.00
- SpaghettiOs Pasta: 4 for $5.00
- No Yolks, Ronco, Mueller's, Creamette or Light N Fluffy Egg Noodles: 2 for $4.00
- Kraft or Velveeta Deluxe Macaroni & Cheese: 2 for $4.00
- Kraft Blue Box Macaroni & Cheese or Spirals: $3.99 each
- Maruchan Ramen: 2 for $7.00
- Maruchan Ramen Souper: $1.79 each
- Barilla Better for You Pasta: 2 for $4.00
- Pace Salsa or Picante Sauce: 2 for $5.00
- Ocean Spray Cran-Grape Juice: $2.79 each
- V8 Splash Juice: 2 for $4.00
- Swanson Broth: 2 for $3.00
- V8 Juice: $2.99 each
- Wendy's Chili with Beans: $4.49 each
- Wendy's Chili No Beans: $4.99 each
- Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ Sauce: $3.99 each
- Zatarain's Rice Dinners: $1.99 each
- Maxwell House or Gevalia K Cups: $6.99 each
- Hidden Valley Salad Dressing: $4.99 each
- Vlasic Sauerkraut: $2.99 each
- Libby's Vegetables: 5 for $5.00
- Heinz Ketchup: BOGO, $5.49 each
- Capri-Sun Pouches: BOGO, $6.99 each
- Kraft American Singles Twin Pack: BOGO, $4.49 each
- Kraft Restaurant Macaroni & Cheese: $2.99 each
- StarKist Lunch to Go, Smart Bowls or Pouches: 2 for $3.00
- Chicken of the Sea Solid White Tuna: $1.79 each
- Gevalia Ground Coffee: $7.99 each
- Ken's Salad Dressing: $4.79 each
- Red Gold Ketchup: $1.99 each
- Red Gold Tomato Sauce: 3 for $2.00
- Sunflour Flour or Sunflower Corn Meal: $3.99 each
- Slap Ya Mama Buffalo Sauce: $3.49 each
- Sunflower Quick Grits: $1.29 each
- Carbone Pasta or Alfredo Sauce: $6.99 each
- Pringles Party Stacks: $2.99 each
- Ritz Toasted Chips: $3.99 each
- McCormick Brown Gravy: $0.69 each
- Jiffy Pancake Mix: $2.49 each
- Crisco Cooking Sprays: $2.99 each
- Keebler Sandwich Crackers: $2.99 each
- McCormick Country Gravy: 4 for $5.00
- McCormick Assorted Gravy Mix: 2 for $3.00
- Betty Crocker Premium Dessert or Baking Mixes: $2.99 each
- Kraft Caramels or Caramel Bits: 2 for $5.00
- Capri-Sun Juice Pouches: $3.99 each
- Best Choice Syrup: $2.49 each
- Best Choice Flour: $2.49 each
- Best Choice Trail Mix: $6.49 each
- Best Choice Pie Shell: $2.49 each
- Best Choice Cobbler: $6.99 each
- Best Choice Aluminum Foil: $1.99 each
- Best Choice Deluxe Mixed Nuts: $4.99 each
- Best Choice Mixed Nuts or Whole Cashews: $5.49 each
- Best Choice Cooking Spray: $2.49 each
- Best Choice Potatoes: $1.69 each
- Best Choice Gelatin or Pudding: $1.99 each
- Best Choice Canned Fruit: $1.99 each
- Nabisco Family Size Chips Ahoy, Oreos or Snack Crackers: $4.99 each
- Nutri Grain, Special K or Rice Krispies Treats: $2.99 each
- Betty Crocker Fruit Snacks Value Pack: $4.49 each
- Dot's Pretzels or Reese's Filled Pretzels: 2 for $12.00
- Splash Refreshers: $2.49 each
- Crystal Baking Sugar: $2.99 each
- Zesta Crackers: $2.99 each
- Chips Ahoy Cookies: $2.99 each
- Little Debbie Family Packs: $2.69 each
- Wesson Cooking Oil: $2.99 each
- Martha White Cornbread Mix: $0.89 each
- Mott's Applesauce: $2.99 each
- Hershey's Assorted Snack Size Candy Party Bag: $13.99 each
- SunnyD Punch: $8.99 each
- Turkey Hill Tea: $1.99 each
- Best Choice Cheese Shreds or Chunks: $1.49 each
- Maxwell House Original or Decaf Coffee: $10.99 each
- General Mills Cheerios: 2 for $5.00
- Post Honey Bunch of Oats or Raisin Bran Cereal: $2.99 each
- Quaker Instant Oatmeal or Shakes & Go: $2.99 each
- Starbucks Coffee: $5.99 each
- Frutas Selectas Cranberry or Pomegranate Juice: 2 for $4.00
- Mama Socorro's Chili Seasoning: 2 for $3.00
Frozen on sale:
- Ore-Ida Frozen Potatoes, Hash Browns or Tater Tots: $3.99 each
- Ore-Ida Frozen Potatoes or Tater Tots: BOGO, $5.49 each
- DiGiorno Pizza: 2 for $9.00
- TGI Fridays Frozen Appetizers: BOGO, $4.99 each
- Pillsbury Cookies, Pizza Dough, Filled Crescents or Pull Apart Bread: $3.49 each
- Red Baron Single Serve Pizza: $3.99 each
- Tai Pei Single Serve Entrées: $2.99 each
- Marie Callender's Layered Shepherd's Pie: $3.79 each
- Super Pretzel Soft Pretzel Bites: 2 for $7.00
- Eggo Thick & Fluffy Waffles, Pancakes or French Toast Sticks: $2.99 each
- Bagel Bites Rolled Pizza: $4.99 each
- Tai Pei Potstickers: $6.49 each
- Birds Eye Premium Vegetables: 2 for $6.00
- Deliza Frozen Eclairs: $5.99 each
- Hola Churros: $3.99 each
- Best Choice Frozen Vegetables: 4 for $5.00
- Bagel Bites Pizza Bagels: $7.99 each
- Banquet Classics Dinners: $1.79 each
- Rana Pasta: $5.99 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.
$43.02
for 4 people · $10.76 per person
📍 Disclaimer: Prices and availability are based on the Piggly Wiggly weekly sales flyer for the week of October 21, 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 Piggly Wiggly.