Kroger Standard Meal Plan
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BUDGET RATIONALE
Why these meals: This week's plan builds around Kroger's sale items to keep things simple and satisfying, starting with a hearty smoked sausage and bell pepper skillet on Monday and rolling into a comforting roasted pork tenderloin with sauteed apples on Tuesday. Bell peppers get double duty, showing up again on Wednesday folded into ground chuck tacos with melted Sargento cheese for a quick, family-friendly dinner. Thursday eases up with pan-seared Home Chef chicken tenders alongside a Dole salad kit, and Friday closes things out with a fast garlic shrimp stir-fry, another Dole salad kit rounding out the plate. Russet potatoes anchor both Monday and Tuesday, roasted up as a filling side that pairs naturally with whatever protein is on the stove that night. Altogether, it's a mix of skillet meals, a roast, tacos, and quick stir-fry style dinners that keep prep straightforward and grocery shopping efficient.
5-DAY MEAL PLAN
Monday
Meal: Smoked Sausage and Bell Pepper Skillet with Roasted Potatoes
Description: Sliced smoked sausage is browned in a skillet with bell peppers until lightly caramelized, served alongside oven-roasted potato wedges. A simple, hearty one-pan style dinner with minimal cleanup.
Sale items used: Eckrich Smoked Sausage, Red, Orange or Yellow Bell Peppers, Kroger Russet Potatoes (10 lb bag)
Prep time: 35 minutes
Serving note: 1 package Eckrich Smoked Sausage sliced, 2 bell peppers sliced, about 1.5 lb potatoes cut into wedges and roasted.
Recipes:
- Smoked Sausage and Potato Skillet
- Smoked Sausage and Potato Skillet - Sweet Pea's Kitchen
- Sausage, Peppers, and Potatoes Skillet - Plowing Through Life
Tuesday
Meal: Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Apple and Potato Side
Description: Pork tenderloin is seasoned and oven-roasted until juicy, then sliced and served with roasted potatoes and sauteed Honeycrisp apple slices for a touch of sweetness. A comforting, well-rounded weeknight roast.
Sale items used: Boneless Pork Tenderloin, Kroger Russet Potatoes (10 lb bag), Honeycrisp Apples
Prep time: 45 minutes
Serving note: 2 lb pork tenderloin, about 1.5 lb potatoes roasted, 1.5 lb Honeycrisp apples sliced and pan-sauteed.
Recipes:
- Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Apples - The Seasoned Mom
- Baked Pork Tenderloin with Apples Recipe
- Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Apples and Shallots
Wednesday
Meal: Ground Chuck Tacos with Bell Peppers and Cheese
Description: Seasoned ground chuck is browned and folded with sauteed bell peppers, then piled into tortillas with melted cheese. A quick, flavorful taco night with a fresh vegetable crunch.
Sale items used: Private Selection Angus 80% Lean Ground Chuck, Red, Orange or Yellow Bell Peppers, Sargento Cheese Slices
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: 1 package Private Selection Angus Ground Chuck, 2 bell peppers sliced, half a package Sargento Cheese Slices; tortillas are a pantry staple.
Recipes:
- Ground Beef Tacos with Cheese Recipe | HelloFresh
- Taco Beef with Bell Peppers - Vegetable Recipes
- Easy Delicious Tacos with Peppers (Veggie-Packed Tacos!) - The Balanced Nutritionist
Thursday
Meal: Pan-Seared Chicken Tenders with Side Salad
Description: Chicken tenders are pan-seared until golden and cooked through, served with a crisp pre-mixed salad kit for a light, fast dinner. A simple contrast to the heartier meals earlier in the week.
Sale items used: Home Chef Chicken Tenders, Dole Salad Kits
Prep time: 20 minutes
Serving note: 1 package Home Chef Chicken Tenders (about 1 lb) pan-seared, 1 Dole Salad Kit prepared per package directions.
Recipes:
- My Go-To Pan Seared Chicken Tenders Recipe
- Pan Seared Chicken Tenders | Precious Core
- 10-Minute Pan-Seared Chicken Tenderloins » Contained Cuisine
Friday
Meal: Garlic Shrimp Stir-Fry with Side Salad
Description: Gulf shrimp are quickly stir-fried with garlic and a splash of soy-style seasoning until pink and tender, served over rice with a crisp salad kit on the side. A fast, flavorful way to close out the week.
Sale items used: Kroger Large Gulf Shrimp, Dole Salad Kits
Prep time: 20 minutes
Serving note: 1 package Kroger Large Gulf Shrimp stir-fried, 1 Dole Salad Kit prepared per package directions; rice is a pantry staple.
Recipes:
- Garlic Shrimp Stir Fry - Ahead of Thyme
- Garlic Shrimp Stir-Fry - The Defined Dish
- Easy Garlic Shrimp Stir Fry Recipe | Small Town Woman
🛒 Shopping List
SHOPPING LIST
Buy on sale:
- Eckrich Smoked Sausage (1 package): $5.00
- Kroger Russet Potatoes 10 lb bag (1 bag): $5.00
- Red, Orange or Yellow Bell Peppers (2 packs of 2): $6.00
- Boneless Pork Tenderloin (2 lb): $5.98
- Honeycrisp Apples (1.5 lb): $3.75
- Private Selection Angus 80% Lean Ground Chuck (1 package): $6.99
- Sargento Cheese Slices (1 pack): $5.00
- Home Chef Chicken Tenders (1 package): $5.00
- Dole Salad Kits (3 kits, 2 used this week): $11.00
- Kroger Large Gulf Shrimp (1 package): $7.00
Pantry staples needed:
- Cooking oil
- Salt and pepper
- Garlic
- Taco tortillas
- Soy sauce or similar stir-fry seasoning
- Rice
🏷️ All sale items this week
SALE ITEMS FOUND
Meats on sale:
- Boneless Chuck Roast: $6.99/lb
- Boneless Pork Tenderloin or St. Louis Style Pork Ribs: $2.99/lb
- Whole Pork Shoulder Bone-In: $2.49/lb
- Home Chef St. Louis Style Ribs (2 lb): $14.99 each
- Eckrich Smoked Sausage: $5.00 each
- Private Selection Chuck & Brisket Ground Beef (2 lb): $15.00 each
- Kroger Breakfast Sausage: $2.99 each
- Kroger Large Gulf Shrimp: $7.00 each
- Private Selection Angus 80% Lean Ground Chuck: $6.99 each
- Hillshire Farm Smoked Sausage: 2 for $7.00
- Home Chef Chicken Tenders: $5.00 each
- Hormel Seasoned Pork Carnitas: $8.99 each
- Hormel Microwave Ready Bacon or Kroger Meat Entrée: $8.99 each
- Smithfield Bacon or Oscar Mayer Beef Franks: $3.99 each with digital coupon
Deli and prepared on sale:
- Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Lunch Meat or Claussen Pickles: $2.99 each with digital coupon
- Sargento Cheese Slices: 2 for $5.00
- Sargento Cheese: 2 for $5.00
Produce on sale:
- Personal Watermelon, Cantaloupe or Honeydew Melons: 2 for $6.00
- Raspberries or Blackberries: 2 for $5.00
- Honeycrisp Apples or Bartlett Pears: $2.50/lb
- Kroger Russet Potatoes (10 lb bag): $5.00 each
- Kroger Seedless Grapes (3 lb): $6.00 each
- Kroger Adorbs Seedless Mandarins (5 lb bag): $5.00 each with digital coupon
- Red, Orange or Yellow Bell Peppers: 2 for $3.00
- Cotton Candy, Gum Drops or Moon Drops Grapes: $3.99/lb
- Private Selection Autumn Crisp or Holiday Grapes (2 lb): $5.99 each
- Simple Truth Organic Seedless Grapes (2 lb): $6.99 each
- Private Selection Cara Cara Navel Oranges (3 lb bag): $4.99 each
- Jumbo Blueberries (9.8 oz): $5.99 each
- Fresh In-Store Made Guacamole: $6.99 each
- Dole Salad Kits: 3 for $11.00
Dairy and eggs on sale:
- Kroger Eggs (18 ct, Large, Grade A): $1.99 each
- Kroger Milk (Half Gallon): $1.59 each
- Chobani Greek Yogurt: $2.99 each
- BelGioioso Fresh Mozzarella: $8.49 each
- Fairlife Core Power Protein Shake: $3.99 each
- International Delight Creamer: $2.99 each
- Stok Cold Brew Coffee: $5.49 each
Bakery and bread on sale:
- Pudding Cake or Cake Donuts: $6.99 each with digital coupon
- Mini Cupcakes: $5.00 each
- Private Selection Wide Pan Bread or Buns: $3.49 each
- Dave's Killer Bread Organic Bread: $4.99 each
- Artesano Bread or Buns: $3.49 each
- Private Selection Fresh Baked Butter Croissants or Bakery Fresh Muffins: $5.00 each
- Fresh Baked Cookies: $3.00 each
Pantry on sale:
- Progresso Soup: 6 for $9.00
- Kroger Pasta Sauce or Private Selection Pasta: 3 for $5.00
- Ragú Pasta Sauce: $1.29 each with digital coupon
- Barilla Pasta: $0.99 each with digital coupon
- General Mills Cereal: $1.79 each with digital coupon
- Sweet Baby Ray's Barbecue Sauce or Nongshim Ramen: $1.49 each
- Simply Fruit Drink or Ade or GT's Kombucha: $1.99 each
- Velveeta Shells & Cheese or Classico Pasta Sauce: $1.99 each
- Heinz Ketchup or Kraft Mayo: $3.49 each
- Simply Orange Juice or Post Large Size Cereal: $3.49 each
- Nature Valley Crunchy: $1.99 each
- Ken's Salad Dressing or Cholula Hot Sauce: $2.49 each
- Pepperidge Farm Goldfish or Nature Valley Bars: $1.99 each
- Planters Peanuts or Voortman Bakery Cookies: $2.49 each
- Kashi Cereal: $4.99 each
- Kroger Saltine Crackers: $2.00 each
- Kroger Salad Dressing or Simple Truth Organic Broth: $1.99 each
- Cheez-It Family Size Crackers: $3.99 each
- Lesser Evil Popcorn: 2 for $6.00
- Kettle Brand Potato Chips or Simple Truth Organic Bone Broth: $3.99 each
- Annie's Organic Fruit Rope: 2 for $8.00
- Kind Bars or Kind Max Protein Bars: $7.99 each
- Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing: $3.99 each
- Big K Cola (2 Liter): $1.00 each
- M&M's Candy: 2 for $3.00
- Kroger Apple Cider: $2.99 each with digital coupon
- Poppi Prebiotic Soda: $5.99 each with digital coupon
- Chick-Fil-A Sauce or Buffalo Wild Wings Sauce: $2.99 each
- Belvita Cookies or Chex Mix: $3.49 each
- Hershey's King Size Candy: $2.99 each
- Green Mountain or McCafé K-Cups: $7.99 each
- Quest Protein Bars: $8.99 each
- Premier Protein Shakes: $25.99 each
- Starbucks Coffee: $9.99 each
- Muscle Milk Protein Shakes: $7.99 each
Frozen on sale:
- Tyson Frozen Chicken: $9.99 each with digital coupon
- DiGiorno Stuffed Crust Pizza or California Pizza Kitchen Pizza: $6.99 each with digital coupon
- Amy's Entrée: $4.29 each with digital coupon
- Kroger Frozen Meatballs or Perdue Frozen Chicken: $5.99 each
- Smucker's Uncrustables: $9.49 each
- Bob Evans Breakfast Sausage: $9.99 each
- Dole Diced Peaches, Hostess Cupcakes/Multipack or Dole Fruit Bowls: 2 for $6.00
- Totino's Pizza Rolls (50 ct): $4.99 each
- Totino's Pizza Rolls (130 ct): $11.99 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.
$60.72
for 4 people · $15.18 per person
📍 Disclaimer: Prices and availability are based on the Kroger weekly sales flyer for the week of September 09, 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.