Kroger Gluten-Free Meal Plan
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5-DAY MEAL PLAN
Monday
Meal: Slow-Cooked Pulled Pork with Peach Salsa over Rice
Description: Tender slow-cooked pork butt shredded and topped with a fresh peach salsa, served over fluffy rice. A simple gluten-free comfort meal with sweet-savory balance.
Sale items used: Pork Butt ($1.99/lb), California Yellow Peaches ($1.99/lb)
Prep time: 20 minutes active, plus 6-8 hours slow cooking
Serving note: 0.5 lb pork butt, 1 peach diced for salsa, 3/4 cup cooked rice. Make-ahead note: start pork in slow cooker in the morning or cook the night before and reheat portion.
Recipes:
- Slow Cooker Salsa Pork -- An easy Crock-Pot recipe
Tuesday
Meal: Kroger Dinner Sausage Links with Roasted Potatoes and Avocado
Description: Savory gluten-free dinner sausage links paired with crispy roasted potatoes and creamy avocado slices. A hearty, quick weeknight plate.
Sale items used: Kroger Dinner Sausage Links ($3.99 each), Large Avocados ($1.49 each)
Prep time: 35 minutes
Serving note: 2 sausage links (about 1/3 of package, freeze remainder), 1 medium potato roasted, 1/2 avocado sliced.
Recipes:
- Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Sausage, and Broccoli Sheet Pan Meal
- Sheet Pan Sausage and Potatoes (Only 5 Ingredients!)
- Easy Oven-Roasted Sausage and Potatoes Recipe
Wednesday
Meal: Grilled Chicken Breasts with Tomato Bowl Salad over Rice
Description: Juicy grilled chicken breast served alongside a fresh tomato bowl salad, all plated over warm rice. Light, protein-packed, and naturally gluten-free.
Sale items used: Springer Mountain Boneless Chicken Breasts ($3.99/lb), Private Selection Tomato Bowls ($5.00 each)
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: 0.5 lb chicken breast grilled, 1/3 of tomato bowl (save rest for Thursday), 3/4 cup cooked rice.
Recipes:
- Grilled Chicken and Tomato Salad
- The easy chicken rice salad bowl you'll want on repeat this summer
Thursday
Meal: Ground Sirloin Skillet with Tomato Bowls over Rice
Description: A quick skillet of seasoned ground sirloin tossed with remaining tomato bowl mix, served over rice for a satisfying one-pan dinner. Simple, gluten-free, and budget-friendly.
Sale items used: Private Selection Angus 90% Lean Ground Sirloin ($8.99 each), Private Selection Tomato Bowls (remainder from Wednesday)
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: Use about 1/3 of the ground sirloin package (freeze remainder in portions for future meals), remaining 2/3 of tomato bowl, 3/4 cup cooked rice.
Recipes:
- Easy Ground Beef and Rice Skillet (Kid-Friendly)
Friday
Meal: Garlic Butter Shrimp with Avocado over Rice
Description: Succulent shrimp sauteed in garlic butter, served with creamy avocado over rice for a light and flavorful finish to the week. Fast to prepare and completely gluten-free.
Sale items used: Extra Large Cooked Shrimp ($6.99/lb), Large Avocados ($1.49 each), Challenge Butter ($2.99 each)
Prep time: 15 minutes
Serving note: 0.4 lb shrimp, 1/2 avocado sliced, 3/4 cup cooked rice, 1 tbsp butter used from tub.
Recipes:
- Garlic Butter Shrimp Recipe {in 15 minutes!}
- Easy Garlic Butter Shrimp
- Garlic Butter Shrimp over Rice (15 Minutes, Easy, High-Protein)
🛒 Shopping List
SHOPPING LIST
Buy on sale:
- Pork Butt (0.5 lb): $1.00
- California Yellow Peaches (1 lb): $1.99
- Kroger Dinner Sausage Links (1 pack): $3.99
- Large Avocados (2 each): $2.98
- Springer Mountain Chicken Breasts (0.5 lb): $2.00
- Private Selection Tomato Bowls (1 each): $5.00
- Private Selection Angus Ground Sirloin (1 each): $8.99
- Extra Large Cooked Shrimp (0.4 lb): $2.80
- Challenge Butter (1 each): $2.99
- Potatoes (1 lb, staple item not listed on sale but needed): not included, see pantry staples
Pantry staples needed:
- Rice
- Potatoes (for roasting)
- Cooking oil
- Garlic
- Salt, pepper, and general seasonings
- Lime or vinegar for peach salsa
🏷️ All sale items this week
SALE ITEMS FOUND
Meats on sale:
- Pork Butt, Bone-In or Boneless Pork Loin: $1.99/lb with card
- Boneless Strip Steaks, Family Pack: $11.99/lb with card
- Springer Mountain Boneless Chicken Breasts or Tenders: $3.99/lb with card
- Extra Large Cooked Shrimp: $6.99/lb with digital coupon
- Johnsonville Dinner Sausage: $4.49 each with digital coupon
- Kroger Dinner Sausage Links: $3.99 each with card
- Home Chef St. Louis Style Ribs: $14.99 each with card
- Ball Park Beef Hot Dogs: $5.99 each with card
- Private Selection Angus Beef Patties: $8.00 each with card
- Private Selection Chuck & Brisket Ground Beef: $15.00 each with card
- Kroger Breakfast Sausage or Kroger Pepperoni: $2.99 each with card
- Atlantic Salmon Portion: $12.00 each with card
- Private Selection Angus 90% Lean Ground Sirloin: $8.99 each with card
- Ground Beef and Pork Blend, 2 lb: $8.00 each with card
- Simple Truth Bacon or Eckrich Smoked Sausage: $5.00 each with card
- Home Chef Fried or Baked Chicken: $8.99 each with card
- Amylu Chicken Sausage or Meatballs: $5.00 each with card
- Simple Truth Natural Turkey Burgers: $8.99 each with card
- Tyson Frozen Chicken: $5.99 each with card
Deli and prepared on sale:
- Kroger Veggie Chip Tray with Buffalo Blue Cheese Dip: $5.00 with card
- Reser's Potato Salad, Macaroni Salad or Cole Slaw: $3.99 with card
- Oscar Mayer Lunchables Fun Pack: $2.49 each
Produce on sale:
- Large Avocados: $1.49 each with card
- Honeycrisp Apples: $2.49/lb with card
- California Yellow Peaches or Plums: $1.99/lb with digital coupon
- Kroger Bartlett or Bosc Pears: $3.99 each with card
- Raspberries or Blackberries: $2.99 each with card
- Fresh-Cut Fruit Bowls: $5.00 each with card
- Private Selection Tomato Bowls: $5.00 each with card
- Carving Pumpkins: $5.00 each with card
Dairy and eggs on sale:
- Velveeta Shells & Cheese: $1.99 each
- Chobani Greek Yogurt: $2.99 each
- Fage Greek Yogurt: 4 for $5.00 with card
- Coffee-mate Creamer: $2.99 each
- International Delight Creamer: $2.99 each
- Dannon Oikos Protein Shake: $1.99 each with digital coupon
- Kroger Cheese: $2.99 each with card
- Challenge Butter: $2.99 each with digital coupon
Bakery and bread on sale:
- Pumpkin or Apple Pie: $4.99 each with digital coupon
- Pillsbury Grands Biscuits, Crescents or Cinnamon Rolls: $1.79 each with digital coupon
- Thomas' English Muffins or Bagels: $3.49 each
- Artesano Bread: $3.49 each
- Private Selection Widepan Bread: $3.49 each with card
- Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Muffins: $5.00 each with card
- Private Selection Pumpkin Spice Bundt Cake: $6.00 each with card
- Private Selection Fall Variety Cheesecake: $19.99 each with card
- Pumpkin Spice Cake: $6.00 each with card
- Fresh Baked Cookies: $3.00 each with card
- Kroger Caramel Apples: $1.79 each with card
- Ball Park Buns: $3.49 each with card
Pantry on sale:
- Goldfish Crackers or Simply Fruit Drink/Ade: $1.99 each
- Cheez-It Family Size Crackers or Town House Crackers: $3.99 each
- Simply Orange Juice or Nature's Path Cereal: $3.49 each
- Pepperidge Farm Cookies or Kind Granola: $3.99 each
- Kellogg's Cereal: $1.79 each with digital coupon
- Quaker Chewy Bars: $1.49 each
- Party Size Lay's Potato Chips, Smartfood Popcorn or Sunchips: $3.49 each with digital coupon
- Jif Peanut Butter: $4.99 each with digital coupon
- Ken's Salad Dressing or Cholula Hot Sauce: $2.49 each
- Planet Oat Oatmilk or Planters Peanuts: $2.49 each
- Sweet Baby Ray's Barbecue Sauce or French's Yellow Mustard: $1.49 each
- Pringles: $1.49 each
- Smucker's Uncrustables: $9.49 each
- Malt-O-Meal Cereal or Kashi Cereal: $4.99 each
- Progresso Soup: 6 for $9.00 with card
- Starkist Tuna or Nissin Ramen: 4 for $5.00 with card
- Nestlé Toll House Cookie Dough: $4.49 with card
- Swanson Broth: 2 for $5.00 with card
- Hormel Chili: 2 for $5.00 with card
- Bigelow Tea: $2.99 with card
- Chips Ahoy Cookies: 2 for $6.00 with card
- 42 ct Frito-Lay Multipack: $20.00 with card
- M&M's Sharing Size Candy: $4.99 with card
- Little Debbie Snacks: 2 for $6.00 with card
- Barebells Pumpkin Spice Protein Bars: $9.49 with card
- Built Puff Protein Bars or Clif Builders Protein Bars: $9.99 with card
- Lesser Evil Popcorn: 2 for $6.00 with card
Frozen on sale:
- Red Baron Pizza: $3.49 each with digital coupon
- Jimmy Dean Chicken Biscuit Breakfast Sandwiches: $4.99 each with digital coupon
- Jimmy Dean Breakfast Sandwiches: $4.99 each with digital coupon
- Screamin' Sicilian Pizza or Kroger Frozen Meatballs: $5.99 each
- Outshine Fruit Bars or Totino's Pizza Rolls: $4.99 each
- Totino's Pizza Rolls, 130 ct: $11.99 with card
- Private Selection Ice Cream: 2 for $6.00 with card
- Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream: $2.99 each with digital coupon
- Kroger Family Size Appetizers: $8.99 each with card
🛒 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.
$31.74
for 1 person · $31.74 per person
📍 Disclaimer: Prices and availability are based on the Kroger 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 Kroger.