Giant Vegetarian Meal Plan
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BUDGET RATIONALE
Why these meals: This week's plan leans on Giant's sale items to keep your vegetarian menu simple and satisfying, from Monday's Black Bean and Cheese Tacos to Thursday's Stuffed Acorn Squash with Black Beans and Cheese, both built around Goya Canned Beans and Giant Shredded Cheese. Tuesday's Vegetable Egg Fried Rice makes good use of Giant Grade A Large White Eggs and Goya Yellow Rice for a fast, filling skillet dinner. Wednesday brings a cozy baked pasta night with Barilla Pasta, Prego Pasta Sauce, and Nature's Promise Organic Green Beans melted under a layer of cheese. To close out the week, Friday's Loaded Sweet Potatoes with Cottage Cheese and Salad offers a lighter meal featuring Daisy Cottage Cheese and Nature's Promise Organic Salad Blend alongside baked sweet potatoes. Each meal is designed to make the most of what's on sale while keeping prep straightforward for busy weeknights.
5-DAY MEAL PLAN
Monday
Meal: Black Bean and Cheese Tacos
Description: Warmed taco shells filled with seasoned black beans, melted shredded cheese, diced green pepper, and fresh avocado. A quick stovetop dinner with bright, simple flavors.
Sale items used: Old El Paso Taco Shells, Goya Canned Beans, Giant Shredded Cheese, Hass Avocados, Giant Yellow Onions, Green Pepper
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: 8 taco shells, 2 cans Goya Canned Beans mashed and seasoned, 1/2 cup shredded cheese, 2 avocados sliced, 1/2 onion diced, 1 green pepper diced.
Recipes:
- The Best Crispy Black Bean Tacos
- Crispy Black Bean Tacos (Vegetarian, Easily Vegan)
- Sheet Pan Black Bean Tacos (Cheesy + Crispy!)
Tuesday
Meal: Vegetable Egg Fried Rice
Description: Fluffy yellow rice stir-fried with scrambled eggs, sweet bell peppers, and onion for a fast weeknight skillet dinner. Finished with a splash of soy or hot sauce from the pantry.
Sale items used: Giant Grade A Large White Eggs, Goya Yellow Rice, Giant Rainbow Bell Peppers, Giant Yellow Onions
Prep time: 30 minutes
Serving note: 1 box Goya Yellow Rice cooked per package directions, 8 eggs scrambled, 1 bell pepper diced, 1/2 onion diced.
Recipes:
- Vegetable Egg Fried Rice Recipe | Jet Tila | Food Network
- Vegetable egg fried rice - Caroline's Cooking
- Easy Vegetable Fried Rice · Easy Family Recipes
Wednesday
Meal: Baked Barilla Pasta with Green Beans and Melted Cheese
Description: Barilla pasta tossed with Prego pasta sauce and tender green beans, topped with shredded cheese and baked until bubbly. A comforting oven dinner ready in under an hour.
Sale items used: Barilla Pasta, Prego Pasta Sauce, Nature's Promise Organic Green Beans, Giant Shredded Cheese
Prep time: 45 minutes
Serving note: 1 box Barilla Pasta (cook full box), 1 jar Prego Pasta Sauce, 12 oz green beans trimmed and steamed, 1/2 cup shredded cheese for topping.
Recipes:
- Super Easy Green Bean Pasta Bake • a Veg Taste from A to Z
- Green Bean Pasta Bake
- Spaghetti with Green Beans - Mangia Bedda
Thursday
Meal: Stuffed Acorn Squash with Black Beans and Cheese
Description: Roasted acorn squash halves filled with seasoned black beans and melted shredded cheese. A hearty, oven-baked vegetarian main with natural sweetness from the squash.
Sale items used: Butternut, Acorn, Buttercup or Spaghetti Squash, Goya Canned Beans, Giant Shredded Cheese
Prep time: 55 minutes
Serving note: 2 acorn squash (about 4 lbs total) halved and roasted, 1 can Goya Canned Beans seasoned, 1/2 cup shredded cheese; roast squash ahead if short on time since it takes about 40 minutes in the oven.
Recipes:
- Southwest Stuffed Acorn Squash - Recipe Runner
- Stuffed Acorn Squash Recipe - Love and Lemons
- Southwest Stuffed Acorn Squash with Goat Cheese - Ambitious Kitchen
Friday
Meal: Loaded Sweet Potatoes with Cottage Cheese and Salad
Description: Baked sweet potatoes split and topped with creamy cottage cheese, served alongside a fresh organic salad blend. A light, simple finish to the week.
Sale items used: Sweet Potatoes, Daisy Sour Cream or Cottage Cheese, Nature's Promise Organic Salad Blend
Prep time: 50 minutes
Serving note: 4 lbs sweet potatoes (about 1 lb per person) baked whole, 1 container cottage cheese divided among 4 potatoes, 1 bag Nature's Promise Organic Salad Blend served on the side.
Recipes:
- Cottage Cheese Sweet Potato Bowls - Life Currents
- Cottage Cheese Sweet Potatoes
- Cottage Cheese Loaded Baked Sweet Potato (High Protein & Easy) - Tinhateats
🛒 Shopping List
SHOPPING LIST
Buy on sale:
- Old El Paso Taco Shells or Refried Beans (1 unit): $2.00
Check the label: refried beans are often made with lard.
- Goya Canned Beans (3 cans): $3.00
- Giant Shredded Cheese (3 units): $5.37
- Hass Avocados (1 pack of 4): $5.00
- Giant Yellow Onions (1 onion): $2.49
- Green Pepper (1 pepper): $1.00
- Giant Grade A Large White Eggs (1 carton): $1.79
- Goya Yellow Rice (1 unit): $3.50
- Giant Rainbow Bell Peppers (1 pepper): $3.49
- Barilla Pasta (1 box): $1.33
- Prego Pasta Sauce (1 jar): $1.77
- Nature's Promise Organic Green Beans (1 package): $3.99
- Butternut, Acorn, Buttercup or Spaghetti Squash (4 lbs): $5.16
- Daisy Sour Cream or Cottage Cheese (1 unit): $1.50
- Sweet Potatoes (4 lbs): $3.96
- Nature's Promise Organic Salad Blend (1 package): $4.99
Pantry staples needed:
- Salt, pepper, taco seasoning or cumin
- Cooking oil
- Soy sauce or hot sauce (optional for fried rice)
🏷️ All sale items this week
SALE ITEMS FOUND
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
Pantry on sale:
- Barilla Pasta: 3 for $4.00
- Prego Pasta Sauce: $1.77 each
- 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
- 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
- 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.
$50.34
for 4 people · $12.59 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.