Giant Dairy-Free Meal Plan
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BUDGET RATIONALE
Why these meals: This week's dairy-free plan is built around Giant's fresh sale proteins, so you get real variety without extra effort. Monday's Chicken and Bell Pepper Stir-Fry and Wednesday's Ground Chicken and Bell Pepper Patties both put those Giant Rainbow Bell Peppers to work in totally different ways, while Nature's Promise Organic Green Beans show up on Tuesday alongside ground beef and again Thursday with the oven-baked BBQ pork ribs. Tuesday's Skillet Ground Beef and Green Bean Bowl and Thursday's rib dinner give you two satisfying, low-fuss options for busier weeknights, and Friday's Garlic Shrimp over Pasta wraps things up with a lighter, fresher finish. Nature's Promise Organic Salad Blend rounds out both Wednesday and Friday, so you're not buying greens twice for no reason. Everything here is planned to minimize waste and keep prep simple, so you can shop once and cook all week with confidence.
5-DAY MEAL PLAN
Monday
Meal: Chicken and Bell Pepper Stir-Fry
Description: Boneless chicken breast strips are stir-fried with onions and bell peppers in a hot skillet, then served over rice. It's a quick weeknight dinner with a savory, garlicky finish.
Sale items used: Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts, Giant Rainbow Bell Peppers, Giant Yellow Onions, Ben's Original Ready Rice
Prep time: 30 minutes
Serving note: 2 lb chicken breast, 1 bell pepper, half an onion, 2 packages Ben's Original Ready Rice for 4 people.
Recipes:
- Black Pepper Chicken Stir Fry
- Chicken and Bell Pepper Stir Fry
Tuesday
Meal: Skillet Ground Beef and Green Bean Bowl
Description: Browned ground beef is simmered with onions and tender green beans in a savory pan sauce, served over rice or on its own. A simple, hearty one-skillet dinner.
Sale items used: 85% Lean Ground Beef, Family Size, Giant Yellow Onions, Nature's Promise Organic Green Beans
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: 2 lb ground beef, half an onion, 1 bag green beans for 4 people.
Recipes:
- Beef and Green Bean Stir Fry
- Green Bean and Ground Beef Stir fry
- Easy Savory Ground Beef and Green Bean Skillet Delight
Wednesday
Meal: Ground Chicken and Bell Pepper Patties
Description: Seasoned ground chicken patties are pan-seared until golden and served alongside a fresh organic salad blend and roasted bell peppers. A lighter, herb-forward dinner.
Sale items used: Perdue Ground Chicken, Giant Rainbow Bell Peppers, Nature's Promise Organic Salad Blend
Prep time: 30 minutes
Serving note: 1 package Perdue Ground Chicken formed into 4 patties, 1 bell pepper, 1 bag salad blend for 4 people.
Recipes:
- Savory Gluten Free Chicken Patties
- Easy Chicken Patties {Healthy, Gluten-free, Dairy-free}
- Southwest Chicken Stuffed Peppers (DF, GF)
Thursday
Meal: Oven-Baked BBQ Pork Ribs with Sweet Potatoes and Green Beans
Description: St. Louis-style pork ribs are oven-baked and brushed with a tangy barbecue sauce, served with roasted sweet potatoes and green beans. A comforting, low-effort oven dinner.
Sale items used: St. Louis-Style Pork Ribs, Stubb's Bar-B-Q Sauce, Sweet Potatoes, Nature's Promise Organic Green Beans
Prep time: 75 minutes total (mostly hands-off oven time; ribs can be seasoned the night before to save morning-of time)
Serving note: 2 lb pork ribs, 2 lb sweet potatoes, 1 bag green beans for 4 people.
Recipes:
- Hubby's Favorite Oven-Baked BBQ Ribs
- Oven Baked Ribs (fall-off-the-bone!)
- Oven Baked BBQ Ribs
Friday
Meal: Garlic Shrimp over Pasta
Description: Extra large shrimp are quickly sauteed in oil and garlic, then tossed with cooked pasta and a bright, fresh salad on the side. A light but satisfying finish to the week.
Sale items used: Extra Large Raw EZ Peel Shrimp, Barilla Pasta, Nature's Promise Organic Salad Blend
Prep time: 30 minutes
Serving note: 1.5 lb shrimp, 1 box Barilla Pasta, 1 bag salad blend for 4 people.
Recipes:
- Lemon Garlic Shrimp Pasta
- Easy Lemon Garlic Shrimp Pasta (Dairy-Free)
- Creamy Tuscan Shrimp Pasta (Dairy-Free)
🛒 Shopping List
SHOPPING LIST
Buy on sale:
- Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts (2 lb): $3.54
- 85% Lean Ground Beef, Family Size (2 lb): $9.98
- Perdue Ground Chicken (1 each): $3.99
- St. Louis-Style Pork Ribs (2 lb): $7.98
- Extra Large Raw EZ Peel Shrimp (1.5 lb): $10.49
- Giant Rainbow Bell Peppers (x2): $6.98
- Giant Yellow Onions (x1): $2.49
- Nature's Promise Organic Green Beans (x2): $7.98
- Nature's Promise Organic Salad Blend (x2): $9.98
- Sweet Potatoes (2 lb): $1.98
- Ben's Original Ready Rice (x2): $5.00
- Barilla Pasta (3 for $4.00 pack): $4.00
- Stubb's Bar-B-Q Sauce (x1): $3.99
Pantry staples needed:
- Cooking oil
- Garlic
- Salt and pepper
- General seasoning/spices
🏷️ All sale items this week
SALE ITEMS FOUND
Meats on sale:
- 85% Lean Ground Beef, Family Size: $4.99/lb
- Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts: $1.77/lb
- Extra Large Raw EZ Peel Shrimp: $6.99/lb
- Snow Crab Clusters: $9.99/lb (with digital coupon)
- Giant Rotisserie Chicken: $4.99 each (with digital coupon)
- Perdue Ground Chicken: $3.99 each
- Eckrich Smoked Sausage: $2.49 each (buy any 3)
- Nathan's Beef Franks: $3.99 each (buy any 3)
- Smithfield Marinated Pork Tenderloin or Filet: $4.99 each (buy any 3)
- Carando Meatballs: $4.99 each (buy any 3)
- Prime Fresh Lunchmeat: $2.99 each (buy any 3)
- Smithfield Anytime Favorites Ham Cubed, Diced or Steak: $1.99 each (buy any 3)
- Smithfield Sliced Bacon: $3.99 each
- St. Louis-Style Pork Ribs: $3.99/lb
- Tilapia Fillets: $7.99/lb
- Extra Jumbo Cooked Cocktail Shrimp: $9.99/lb
- Tyson Frozen Cooked Chicken: $6.99 each
- Nature's Promise Kobe Ground Beef or Sliders: $8.99 each
- Johnsonville Fresh Dinner Sausage: 2 for $10.00
- Perdue Short Cuts: 3 for $10.00
- Hormel Pepperoni: 2 for $8.00
- Giant Frozen Beef Patties: $11.99 each
- Oscar Mayer Fun Pack or Snackable Lunchables: 2 for $5.00
Deli and prepared on sale:
- Giant Rotisserie Chicken Salad: $7.99/lb
- Boar's Head Maple Glazed Honey Coat Turkey Breast: $13.49/lb
- Cracker Barrel Bites: 10 for $10.00
- Little Sesame Hummus: $3.99 each
- Rich's Parfait: 2 for $7.00
Produce on sale:
- Large Pumpkin: 2 for $10.00
- Giant Yellow Onions: $2.49 each
- Giant Bagged Apples: $6.99 each
- Nature's Promise Organic Green Beans: $3.99 each
- Giant Steam Easy Potatoes: 2 for $5.00
- Taste of Inspirations Salad Kit: 2 for $7.00
- Sweet Potatoes: $0.99/lb
- Nature's Promise Organic Mandarins: $4.79 each
- Nature's Promise Organic Salad Blend: $4.99 each
- Giant Rainbow Bell Peppers: $3.49 each
- Fresh Store-Cut Fruit: $5.99/lb
- Strawberries: $2.99 each
- Hass Avocados: 4 for $5.00
- Navel Orange or Mango: $1.00 each
- Green Pepper: $1.00 each
Dairy and eggs on sale:
- Giant Grade A Large White Eggs: $1.79 each
- Eggland's Best Grade A Cage Free Brown Eggs: $4.49 each
- Jell-O Refrigerated Snacks: 2 for $7.00
Bakery and bread on sale:
- Jessica's Brick Oven Bread: $4.49 each
- Artesano Bread or Rolls: $2.99 each
- Giant Round Top White Bread: $1.00 each
- Old Tyme Bread or Rolls or Artisan's Choice Baked Goods: $1.99 each
- Nature's Own Protein or Keto Bread or Rolls: $4.99 each
- Pepperidge Farm Hot Dog or Hamburger Buns: 2 for $7.00
Pantry on sale:
- Barilla Pasta: 3 for $4.00
- Prego Pasta Sauce: $1.77 each
- Hunt's Canned Tomatoes or Sauce, RO-TEL Diced Tomatoes, Chicken of the Sea or Bumble Bee Chunk Light Tuna: 10 for $10.00
- Giant Canned Vegetables: $1.00 each
- Chef Boyardee Canned Pasta or Micro Cup: $1.00 each
- Goya Canned Beans: $1.00 each
- Old El Paso Seasoning: $1.00 each
- Swanson Canned Broth: 10 for $10.00
- Old El Paso Taco Shells or Refried Beans: 2 for $4.00
- Irresistible Pro-Gut Pasta: 2 for $6.00
- Hellmann's Mayonnaise: $4.49 each (with digital coupon)
- Goya Yellow Rice: 2 for $7.00
- Lance Sandwich Crackers: 2 for $9.00
- Planters Peanuts: 2 for $6.00
- Ghirardelli Chocolate Bar: 2 for $11.00
- Werther's Original Candy: 2 for $6.00
- McCormick Grill Mates Bottle Blends: $0.99 each
- Impossible Ground Beef Brick: $6.49 each
- Frito-Lay Simply: $2.79 each
- Main St Bistro Signature Side Dishes: $2.99 each
- Hershey's Snack Size: $5.09 each
- Kind Bars: $4.99 each
- Stubb's Bar-B-Q Sauce: $3.99 each
- Ocean Spray Powdered Drink Mix: $1.49 each
- Utz Party Size Chips: $4.49 each
- Barilla Al Bronzo Organic Pasta: $0.99 each
- Oikos PRO Protein Dairy Drinks: $4.69 each
- Boston Market Entrées: $2.29 each
- Russel Stover Sugar Free Chocolate Candy: $1.00 each
- Frank's RedHot Sauce: $2.49 each
- Crunchmaster Rice Crackers: $3.29 each
- Local Hive Organic Honey: $6.99 each
- Ben's Original Ready Rice: 2 for $5.00
- Asian Best Broken Jasmine Rice: $6.99 each
- PAM Cooking Spray: $4.39 each
- Mt. Olive Pickles: 2 for $5.00
- Gunter's Clover Honey: $4.69 each
- Nabisco Small Snack Crackers or Ritz Toasted Chips: 2 for $6.00 (when you buy 2)
- Lavazza, Green Mountain, Keurig Coffee Collective or Swiss Miss K-Cups: $6.99 each
- Nabisco Snak-Saks: 2 for $7.00
- Boulder Canyon Chips: $4.29 each
- Tia Lupita Foods Hot Sauce: $6.99 each
- Tapatío Hot Sauce: $4.29 each
- Mission Zero Net Carbs Tortillas: $5.49 each
- Rio Grande Plantain Chips: 5 for $5.00
- Lizano Salsa Sauce: $4.39 each
- Kellogg's Cereal: $3.49 each
- Quaker Oatmeal Squares Cereal or Chewy Granola Bars or Pearl Milling Company Pancake Syrup: 2 for $6.00
- Nutri-Grain or Rice Krispies Treats Bars Value Pack: $5.49 each
- Tim Hortons Coffee: $7.99 each
- Giant Potato Chips: $3.09 each
- Giant Saltines: $2.59 each
- Keebler Cracker Packs: $5.99 each
- Keebler Sandwich Crackers: 2 for $5.00
- Family Size Kellogg's Town House or Keebler Club Crackers: $5.99 each
- Pringles: 2 for $4.00
- Pringles Grab N' Go: $1.00 each
- Post Cereal Cup: $1.00 each
- Fanta or Seagram's: $1.00 each
- Sparkling ICE: $1.00 each
Frozen on sale:
- Marie Callender's Bowl or Healthy Choice Café Steamers or Entrées: 4 for $10.00
- Banquet Pot Pie: $1.00 each
- Giant Pudding: $1.00 each
- Di Fara Pizza: $5.99 each
- Kanzen Meal: $4.99 each
- Saffron Road Entrées: $4.99 each
- Mrs. Paul's Medium Entrées: $3.99 each
- Jimmy Dean Breakfast Bowl: 2 for $6.00
- Bomb Pop Novelties: 2 for $6.00
- Dole Fruit Bowls: 2 for $6.00
- Pulmuone Potstickers: 2 for $8.00
- Simply Breakfast Potatoes: 2 for $6.00
- Giant Bagel Snackers: $2.39 each
- Giant French Fried Potatoes or Tater Bites: $3.39 each
- Phillips Appetizers: $8.99 each
- Freschetta Pizza: $5.99 each
- TGI Fridays Appetizers: 2 for $11.00
- Dole Crafted Smoothie Kit: $6.99 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.
$78.38
for 4 people · $19.59 per person
📍 Disclaimer: Prices and availability are based on the Giant weekly sales flyer for the week of September 16, 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 Giant.