Giant Kid-Friendly Meal Plan
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5-DAY MEAL PLAN
Monday
Meal: Baked Fresh Chicken Thighs with Steamed Carrots and 90 Second Rice
Description: Two juicy chicken thighs are seasoned simply with salt, pepper, and a little garlic powder, then baked until golden and tender - a classic kid-approved dinner. Served alongside sweet steamed baby-cut carrots and a quick pouch of 90 Second Rice for a complete, colorful plate.
Sale items used: Fresh Chicken Thighs Giant Grade A ($3.99/lb), Giant Peeled Baby-Cut Carrots ($0.99 each), Giant 90 Second Rice ($0.99 each)
Prep time: 40 minutes
Serving note: Use approximately 0.5 lb of chicken thighs (about 2 small thighs) for 1 person; estimated protein cost is $2.00 for 0.5 lb. Use half a bag of baby-cut carrots (1 bag purchased, leftovers for snacking). Use 1 pouch of 90 Second Rice.
Recipes:
- One Pot Baked Chicken Thighs and Rice - Sugar & Snap Peas
Tuesday
Meal: Skillet Fresh Dinner Sausage with Rao's Pasta Sauce over San Giorgio Pasta
Description: Sliced dinner sausage is browned in a skillet and simmered in rich Rao's pasta sauce, then spooned over a small portion of cooked San Giorgio pasta for a hearty, familiar meal kids love. The simple red sauce and savory sausage combo is comforting and easy to eat.
Sale items used: Fresh Dinner Sausage Giant ($2.99/lb), Rao's Alfredo or Pasta Sauce ($2.99), San Giorgio Pasta ($2.10)
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: Use approximately 0.5 lb of dinner sausage for 1 person; estimated protein cost is $1.50 for 0.5 lb. Cook about 2 oz of dry pasta (roughly one-quarter of a standard box). Use about one-quarter of the jar of Rao's sauce; refrigerate the rest for later in the week or freeze it.
Recipes:
- Simple Skillet Sausage Pasta
Wednesday
Meal: Scrambled Egg and Sargento Sliced Cheese Breakfast-for-Dinner with Giant Roundtop White Bread Toast
Description: Fluffy scrambled eggs are folded with a slice of melty Sargento cheese and served with two golden slices of toasted Giant Roundtop White Bread - a fun, easy breakfast-for-dinner that kids always get excited about. It is quick, filling, and totally customizable with ketchup or butter on the side.
Sale items used: Giant Grade A Large White Eggs ($1.99 each), Sargento Sliced Cheese ($3.99), Giant Roundtop White Bread ($1.49)
Prep time: 10 minutes
Serving note: Use 2 to 3 eggs for 1 person (1 carton purchased, plenty left for the week). Use 1 to 2 slices of Sargento cheese. Toast 2 slices of bread. Leftover eggs, cheese, and bread carry over for breakfasts or snacks.
Recipes:
- Cheesy Scrambled Eggs - Savor the Best
Thursday
Meal: Oven-Baked Baby Back-Style Pork Ribs with Hanover Gold Line Vegetables
Description: Rather than a full rack, a small portion of baby back-style pork ribs is seasoned with a simple sweet and smoky rub and baked low and slow until fall-off-the-bone tender - a fun, hands-on meal kids enjoy eating. Paired with a bag of Hanover Gold Line vegetables for an easy, colorful side.
Sale items used: Baby Back-Style Pork Ribs ($2.99/lb), Hanover Gold Line Vegetables ($0.99 each)
Prep time: 20 minutes active, about 2 hours total baking time
Serving note: Purchase approximately 0.75 lb of ribs for 1 person (a small partial rack or ask the butcher to cut a portion); estimated cost is $2.24 for 0.75 lb. Use 1 bag of Hanover Gold Line vegetables. Make-ahead tip: start the ribs early in the afternoon since total oven time is about 2 hours at 300 degrees F; the vegetables steam in minutes right before serving.
Friday
Meal: Pan-Seared Tilapia Fillets with Birds Eye Steamfresh Vegetables and Giant 90 Second Rice
Description: A mild, flaky tilapia fillet is lightly seasoned with salt, pepper, and a squeeze of lemon, then pan-seared until golden - a gentle fish that even picky kids tend to enjoy. Served with a bag of Birds Eye Steamfresh vegetables and a warm pouch of 90 Second Rice for a fast, balanced finish to the week.
Sale items used: Tilapia Fillets Farm Raised Fresh ($7.99/lb), Birds Eye Steamfresh Vegetables ($1.99), Giant 90 Second Rice ($0.99 each)
Prep time: 20 minutes
Serving note: Purchase approximately 0.5 lb of tilapia (about 1 medium fillet) for 1 person; estimated protein cost is $4.00 for 0.5 lb. Use 1 bag of Steamfresh vegetables and 1 pouch of 90 Second Rice.
Recipes:
- Pan Seared Tilapia Recipe (Easy & Ready in Under 30 Minutes)
🛒 Shopping List
SHOPPING LIST
Buy on sale:
- Fresh Chicken Thighs Giant Grade A (0.5 lb): $2.00
- Giant Peeled Baby-Cut Carrots (x1 bag): $0.99
- Giant 90 Second Rice (x2 pouches): $1.98
- Fresh Dinner Sausage Giant (0.5 lb): $1.50
- Rao's Pasta Sauce (x1 jar): $2.99
- San Giorgio Pasta (x1 box): $2.10
- Giant Grade A Large White Eggs (x1 carton): $1.99
- Sargento Sliced Cheese (x1 pack): $3.99
- Giant Roundtop White Bread (x1 loaf): $1.49
- Baby Back-Style Pork Ribs (0.75 lb): $2.24
- Hanover Gold Line Vegetables (x1 bag): $0.99
- Tilapia Fillets Farm Raised Fresh (0.5 lb): $4.00
- Birds Eye Steamfresh Vegetables (x1 bag): $1.99
Pantry staples needed:
- Salt and black pepper
- Garlic powder
- Cooking oil or butter
- Brown sugar and paprika (for rib rub)
- Lemon (for tilapia)
- Ketchup or hot sauce (optional, for eggs)
🏷️ All sale items this week
SALE ITEMS FOUND
Meats on sale:
- Rastelli's New York Strip or Ribeye Steak: $10.23/96
- Salmon Fillets Farm Raised, Fresh, Boneless: $11.99
- Red, Green or Black Seedless Grapes: $4.99/ea.
- Fresh Chicken Drumsticks or Thighs Giant, Grade A, Family Size: $3.99/lb.
- Fresh Dinner Sausage Giant: $2.99/lb.
- 8-Piece Dark Meat Chicken Fried or Baked: $5.99
- Giant Wings Boneless, Bone-In, Breaded and Glazed: $3.99/lb.
- Nature's Promise Fruit or Shredded Jerk Chicken: $4.99
- Hebrew National Beef Franks: $4.99
- Baby Back-Style Pork Ribs: $2.99/lb.
- Oscar Mayer Bologna: $2.49
- Applegate Lunchmeat or Bacon: $5.99
- Butterball Breakfast Turkey Sausage: $3.99
- Perdue Frozen Cooked Chicken: $4.99
- Tilapia Fillets Farm Raised, Fresh: $7.99/lb.
- Large Cooked Cocktail Shrimp: $9.99/lb.
- Scott & Jon's Bowls: $3.40
- Domestic Shrimp Fresh, Wild Caught: $7.40/lb.
- Whole Fresh Pork Tenderloin Giant, Boneless: $4.99/lb.
Deli and prepared on sale:
- Boar's Head SmokeMaster Ham Sliced to Order: $7.99/lb.
- Taste of Inspirations Baby Swiss, Extra Sharp Cheddar or Havarti Cheese Sliced to Order or Prepackaged: $5.99
- Boar's Head Hummus: $3.99
- Rana Filled Pasta: $3.99
- Snack Factory Pretzel Crisps: $2.99
- Nature's Promise Hummus Snackers: $2.99
Produce on sale:
- Blueberries: $3.99 each
- Eastern Peaches: $1.49/lb.
- Granny Smith, Cosmic Crisp, Fuji or Pink Lady Apples: $1.99/lb.
- Giant Bagged Apples: $2.99 for 4-5 lb. bag
- Giant Peeled Baby-Cut Carrots: $0.99 each
- Sweet Potatoes: $0.79/lb.
- Nature's Promise Organic Mandarins: $2.99 for 2 lb. bag
- NatureSweet or Glorys Tomatoes: $2.49
- Pecan Nation: $3.99 for 2 lb. bag
- Giant Peeled Baby-Cut Carrots: $0.99 each
Dairy and eggs on sale:
- Giant Grade A Large White Eggs: $1.99 each
- Dannon Greek or Too Good & Co. Single-Serve Yogurt: $0.99 each
- Nellie's Grade A Free Range Eggs: $4.99
- Sargento Sliced Cheese: $3.99
- Dannon Light + Fit Yogurt: $0.99 each
- Turkey Hill Drinks: $3.99
- Planet Oat Oatmilk or Creamer: $2.49
- Daisy Sour Cream: $2.49
- FAGE Greek Yogurt: $4.99
- Giant String Cheese: $2.99
Bakery and bread on sale:
- Giant Roundtop White Bread: $1.49
- Goldminer Sourdough Square Bread: $2.99
- Giant Gourmet Cookies: $1.99 each
- Sara Lee Bread or Ball Park Rolls: $1.99
- Giant Round Top White Bread: $1.49
- Kellogg's or Kashi Cereal or Bear Naked Granola: $2.99 when you buy 3
- Junkless Chewy Granola Bars: $2.49
- Cap'n Crunch or Life Cereal: $2.13
- Nature Valley or Fiber One Protein Granola Bars or Wafers: $1.99
- Hershey's Snack Size: $2.99
Pantry on sale:
- Rao's Alfredo or Pasta Sauce: $2.99
- San Giorgio Pasta: $2.10/$5.10
- Goldfish: $2.99 when you buy 2
- Nabisco Family Size Cookies or Crackers: $2.99 when you buy 2
- Lay's Potato Chips or Smartfood Popcorn: $2.99 when you buy 2
- Giant Potato Chips: $1.99
- Giant Fruit Spread: $1.99
- Giant Peanut Butter or Concord Grape Jelly: $1.99
- Giant Pudding: $0.99
- Giant Dill Pickles: $1.99
- Giant 90 Second Rice: $0.99
- Giant Mac and Cheese: $0.99
- Campbell's Chunky Soup: $1.49
- Chef Boyardee Canned Pasta or Micro Cups: $0.99
- DeCecco Pasta: $0.99
- GOGO SqueeZ Applesauce Pouches: $2.49
- Heinz Organic or Simply Ketchup: $2.49
- Bumble Bee Chunk Light Tuna or Chicken of the Sea: $0.99
- Jif Peanut Butter: $2.99
- Utz Pretzels: $2.99
- Lance Sandwich Crackers: $2.99
- Cape Cod Chips: $2.99
- On The Border Tortilla Chips: $2.99
- Utz Potato Chips: $2.99
- Boulder Canyon Potato Chips: $2.99
- Lesser Evil Popcorn: $2.99
- Mulino Bianco Cookies: $2.49
- Catalina Crunch Protein Snack Mix: $2.99
- Pretzelized Pretzel Crackers: $1.99
- Popchips: $1.99
- Real Foods Corn Thins: $1.99
- RW Garcia Organic Crackers: $2.99
- The Good Crisp Company Potato Crisps: $2.99
- Frito-Lay Variety Packs: $4.99
- Quaker Chewy Bars Value Pack: $3.99
- Starbucks Coffee: $4.99
- Folgers Coffee: $3.99
- Kikkoman Sauce: $1.99
- Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix: $0.69
- McCormick Grill Mates Bottle Blends: $2.56
- Hellmann's Mayonnaise: $3.99
- Coca-Cola de Mexico Soda: $2.99
- Coca-Cola Mini: $3.99
- Yerba Madre Organic Yerba Mate Tea: $1.99
- Starbucks Frappuccino: $2.99
- Vitaminwater: $2.99
- San Pellegrino Ciao!: $2.99
- Lipton Iced Tea Mix: $2.99
- Nature's Promise Flavored Water: $2.49
- Nature's Promise Honey: $1.99
- Coca-Cola: $4.99
- Gummi Candy: $2.99
- Mike and Ike or Hot Tamales Theater Boxes: $0.99
Frozen on sale:
- DiGiorno Hand-Tossed, Rising Crust, Wood Fired, Ultra Thin or Croissant Crust Pizza: $3.99
- Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream, Bars: $2.99
- Friendly's Ice Cream or Waffle Cones: $2.99
- Giant Frozen Chicken Nuggets: $2.99
- Giant Classic Crust Pizza: $3.99
- Giant Pancakes: $1.99
- Smucker's Uncrustables: $2.49
- Blue Bunny Mini Swirls Cones: $2.88
- Bomb Pop Popsicles: $2.57
- Troll Gummi Pop or Butterfinger, Baby Ruth 100 Grand Ice Cream Bars: $2.99
- Hanover Gold Line Vegetables: $0.99
- Birds Eye Voila! Skillet Meals: $2.99
- Birds Eye Steamfresh Vegetables: $1.99
- Jimmy Dean Red Box: $2.99
- Halo Top Ice Cream: $3.99
- Nature's Promise Fruit: $2.99 for 32 oz.
- Bob Evans Garlic Mashed Potatoes Single-Serve Cups: $1.99
- Bob Evans Macaroni & Cheese Single-Serve Cups: $1.99
- Bob Evans Mashed Potatoes Single-Serve Cups: $1.99
- Macaroni & Cheese Mashed Potatoes: $1.99
🛒 Estimated Shopping Cost
Based on sale prices for items in this plan
$28.25
for 1 person · $28.25 per person
📍 Disclaimer: Prices and availability are based on the Giant weekly sales flyer for the week of August 12, 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.