Giant Kid-Friendly Meal Plan
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5-DAY MEAL PLAN
Monday
Meal: Classic Beef Spaghetti with Marinara
Description: A kid-friendly classic with tender ground beef simmered in marinara sauce over spaghetti noodles. Simple flavors that both kids and adults love, ready in under 30 minutes.
Sale items used: 85% Lean Ground Beef, Barilla Pasta, Prego Pasta Sauce
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: Use 0.5 lb ground beef, 1 box (about half used) Barilla spaghetti, and 1 jar Prego sauce for 2 servings.
Recipes:
- Simple Spaghetti Meat Sauce Recipe (with jarred marinara)
- Easy Spaghetti Recipe - I Heart Naptime
- Easy Ground Beef Pasta - Yummy Toddler Food
Tuesday
Meal: Baked Chicken Breast Strips with Sweet Potato Wedges
Description: Crispy oven-baked chicken strips paired with roasted sweet potato wedges make a wholesome, familiar dinner. A fun finger-food style meal that kids enjoy dipping in ketchup.
Sale items used: Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts, Sweet Potatoes
Prep time: 35 minutes
Serving note: Use 0.75 lb chicken breast (cut into strips) and 1 lb sweet potatoes, cut into wedges, for 2 servings.
Recipes:
- Baked Crispy Chicken Tenders with Sweet Potato Wedges | Fitness Blender
- Cheesy Chicken with Sweet Potato Wedges - Today's Parent
- Sheet Pan Chicken and Sweet Potatoes (Quick & Easy) - Averie Cooks
Wednesday
Meal: Sausage and Pepper Skillet with Buns
Description: Sliced smoked sausage and sweet bell peppers cooked together in a skillet, served warm on soft buns. A simple, hearty, hands-on meal kids can help assemble themselves.
Sale items used: Eckrich Smoked Sausage, Giant Rainbow Bell Peppers, Pepperidge Farm Hot Dog or Hamburger Buns
Prep time: 20 minutes
Serving note: Use 1 package Eckrich sausage, 1 bell pepper sliced, and 2 buns for 2 servings.
Recipes:
- Italian Sausage Sandwiches with Peppers & Onions - Pepperidge Farm
- Sheet Pan Sausage and Peppers on a Bun - Killing Thyme
- Sausage, Pepper and Onion Hoagies Recipe
Thursday
Meal: Oven-Baked BBQ Pork Ribs with Green Beans
Description: Tender pork ribs baked low and slow with a mild barbecue glaze, served alongside buttered green beans. A comforting, saucy dinner that's easy for small hands to eat.
Sale items used: St. Louis-Style Pork Ribs, Nature's Promise Organic Green Beans, Stubb's Bar-B-Q Sauce
Prep time: 70 minutes (make-ahead note: season ribs in the morning or the night before and refrigerate, so oven time is all that's needed after work)
Serving note: Use 1 lb pork ribs and 1 package green beans for 2 servings.
Recipes:
- Oven Pork Ribs with Barbecue Sauce - RecipeTin Eats
- Baked Ribs and Potatoes with Green Beans
- BBQ-glazed ribs with warm potato and green bean salad | Sunbasket
Friday
Meal: Shrimp and Pepper Fried Rice
Description: A mild, kid-friendly fried rice loaded with tender shrimp, sweet bell peppers, and fluffy rice. Quick to prepare and a fun way to introduce shrimp to kids in a familiar format.
Sale items used: Extra Large Raw EZ Peel Shrimp, Giant Rainbow Bell Peppers, Ben's Original Ready Rice
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: Use 0.75 lb shrimp, 1 bell pepper diced, and 1 pack Ben's Ready Rice for 2 servings.
Recipes:
- Shrimp Fried Rice Recipe
- Shrimp Fried Rice (Easy 20-Min Recipe) - Downshiftology
- Shrimp Fried Rice (虾仁炒饭) - Red House Spice
🛒 Shopping List
SHOPPING LIST
Buy on sale:
- Ground Beef (0.5 lb): $2.50
- Barilla Pasta (1 box): $1.34
- Prego Pasta Sauce (1 jar): $1.77
- Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts (0.75 lb): $1.33
- Sweet Potatoes (1 lb): $0.99
- Eckrich Smoked Sausage (1 pack): $2.49
- Giant Rainbow Bell Peppers (2 each): $6.98
- Pepperidge Farm Hot Dog or Hamburger Buns (1 pack): $3.50
- St. Louis-Style Pork Ribs (1 lb): $3.99
- Nature's Promise Organic Green Beans (1 each): $3.99
- Stubb's Bar-B-Q Sauce (1 each): $3.99
- Extra Large Raw EZ Peel Shrimp (0.75 lb): $5.24
- Ben's Original Ready Rice (1 pack): $2.50
Pantry staples needed:
- Cooking oil or butter
- Salt and pepper
- Ketchup (for dipping)
- Garlic powder or Italian seasoning (optional, for spaghetti)
🏷️ 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
- Bob Evans or Butterball Breakfast Sausage: 2 for $9.00
- 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
- Boar's Head Muenster Cheese: $9.49/lb
- Cracker Barrel Bites: 10 for $10.00
- Little Sesame Hummus: $3.99 each
- Rich's Parfait: 2 for $7.00
- New Bridge Cheese Spread: $4.99 each
- BelGioioso Hispanic Selection Cheese: $2.99 each
- Kryssos Feta Chunk: $6.99 each
- BelGioioso Parmesan Cup: $7.99 each
- Sartori Cheddar or Parmesan Cheese: $5.99 each
- Wood River Cheddar Gruyere: $7.49 each
- Giant Deli Style Cheese Slices: 2 for $5.00
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
- Butternut, Acorn, Buttercup or Spaghetti Squash: $1.29/lb
- 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
- Giant Shredded Cheese: $1.79 each
- Giant Lactose Free Milk or Orange Juice: $2.99 each
- Daisy Sour Cream or Cottage Cheese: 2 for $3.00
- Eggland's Best Grade A Cage Free Brown Eggs: $4.49 each
- Kerrygold Pure Irish Butter: $4.99 each
- Almond Breeze Almondmilk or Planet Oat Oatmilk: $4.49 each
- Chobani Flip or High Protein Yogurt: 4 for $5.00
- Chobani Single-Serve Yogurt: 10 for $10.00
- Coffee mate Creamer: 2 for $8.00
- Jell-O Refrigerated Snacks: 2 for $7.00
- Président Butter: $1.99 each
- Lactaid Creamer or Blue Diamond Simple Almondmilk: $1.99 each
- Tillamook Cheese: $2.99 each
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
- Kraft Mac & Cheese: $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
- 4C Grated Cheese: $3.99 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
- Turkey Hill Ice Cream: 2 for $6.00 (with digital coupon)
- Screamin' Sicilian Pizza or Loaded Breadstix: $4.99 each (with digital coupon)
- Häagen-Dazs Ice Cream Cup: $1.00 each
- 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
- Stouffer's Family Size Meal or Mac & Cheese: $12.99 each
- Jimmy Dean Breakfast Bowl: 2 for $6.00
- Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Bars: $4.99 each
- Bomb Pop Novelties: 2 for $6.00
- Halo Top Ice Cream: 2 for $8.00
- Häagen-Dazs Ice Cream or Bars: $6.99 each
- 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
- Dove Ice Cream Bars: $2.99 each
- Tillamook Ice Cream: $4.99 each
- 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.
$40.61
for 2 people · $20.30 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.