Lidl Kid-Friendly Meal Plan
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5-DAY MEAL PLAN
Monday
Meal: Baked Chicken Wings with Crinkle Cut French Fries
Description: Crispy oven-baked chicken wings seasoned with simple salt and pepper are a total crowd-pleaser for kids who love finger food. Served alongside golden crinkle cut fries, this is a fun and satisfying dinner that feels like a treat night.
Sale items used: Butcher's Specialty fresh whole chicken wings (family pack, $1.99/lb), Frozen crinkle cut French fried potatoes (32 oz., $1.99)
Prep time: 55 minutes
Serving note: Use approximately 0.75 lb of wings for 1 person (about 4-5 wings), costing roughly $1.49. Serve with about 1.5 cups of crinkle cut fries from the 32 oz. bag (the rest freezes well for later in the week). Bake wings at 400 degrees F for 40-45 minutes, flipping halfway, and add fries to the oven for the last 20 minutes.
Recipes:
- Crinkle Cut Fries - Easy Peasy Meals
Tuesday
Meal: Ground Turkey Pasta with Lidl Preferred Selection Pasta Sauce
Description: Lean ground turkey is browned and simmered in a rich tomato pasta sauce, then tossed with bronze cut pasta for a hearty and familiar spaghetti-style dinner kids absolutely love. It is simple, mild, and comforting - a weeknight win that comes together in under 30 minutes.
Sale items used: Butterball fresh all natural ground turkey 93% lean (16 oz., $2.99), Lidl Preferred Selection bronze cut pasta (16 oz., $1.49), Lidl Preferred Selection pasta sauce (24.7 oz., $2.99)
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: Use half the 16 oz. turkey package (about 8 oz.) for one serving; store the remaining half in the fridge for another use within 2 days. Cook about 2 oz. (roughly 1 cup dry) of pasta. Use approximately one-third of the pasta sauce jar and refrigerate the rest.
Wednesday
Meal: Johnsonville Smoked Sausage and Cauliflower Sheet Pan Dinner
Description: Sliced smoked sausage and tender roasted cauliflower florets are tossed with a little olive oil and baked together on one pan for an easy, kid-friendly dinner with minimal cleanup. The sausage adds savory flavor that makes even picky eaters happy to eat their veggies.
Sale items used: Johnsonville smoked sausages (14 oz., $3.99), Cauliflower (1 ct., $2.49)
Prep time: 35 minutes
Serving note: Use 2-3 links (about one-third of the 14 oz. package) for one serving; refrigerate remaining links for future meals. Cut roughly one-quarter of the cauliflower head into florets for one portion. Roast everything at 400 degrees F for 25-30 minutes until the sausage is browned and cauliflower is tender.
Recipes:
- Sheet Pan Sausage and Veggies (Easy Dinner) - Stephie Cooks
- Sausage Sheet Pan Dinner with Cauliflower and Broccoli - What Should I Make For
Thursday
Meal: Frozen Meatball Subs with Pesto Genovese Sauce and Mozzarella String Cheese
Description: Warm Italian-style frozen meatballs are nestled into a soft roll, drizzled with bright pesto sauce, and topped with pulled mozzarella string cheese for a gooey, kid-approved sub. It is quick to assemble and bake, making it a perfect low-effort dinner that kids find fun to eat.
Sale items used: Frozen meatballs Italian style or homestyle (26-28 oz., $4.99), Lidl Preferred Selection pesto Genovese sauce (6.7 oz., $1.49), Mozzarella string cheese (12 oz., $2.49)
Prep time: 20 minutes
Serving note: Use 4-5 meatballs for one sub (roughly 5-6 oz. from the bag); freeze the rest for future meals. Pull apart 1 string cheese stick and layer it over the meatballs before a quick broil to melt. Use about 1 tablespoon of pesto as a spread or drizzle. A hoagie roll or plain NY bagel from the bakery section works well as the base.
Recipes:
- How to Make Frozen Meatball Subs (That Aren't Soggy!) - Grace Like Rain Blog
Friday
Meal: Pan-Sauteed Fresh Jumbo Shrimp with Buttered Bronze Cut Pasta
Description: Plump fresh jumbo shrimp are quickly sauteed in butter until pink and tender, then served over a simple buttered bronze cut pasta for a mild and delicious dinner that kids find fun and fancy at the same time. The light buttery flavor keeps it totally kid-friendly without any bold or spicy seasonings.
Sale items used: Fish Market fresh jumbo shrimp peeled and deveined ($7.49/lb), Lidl Preferred Selection bronze cut pasta (16 oz., $1.49)
Prep time: 20 minutes
Serving note: Purchase approximately 0.5 lb of fresh shrimp for one person, costing about $3.75. Cook about 2 oz. of pasta (roughly 1 cup dry) and toss with butter from your pantry. Saute shrimp in butter over medium-high heat for 2-3 minutes per side until pink and cooked through. If you already purchased pasta on Tuesday, this is the same bag - no second purchase needed.
Recipes:
- Garlic Butter Shrimp Pasta - Craving Tasty
- Garlic Butter Shrimp Pasta - Damn Delicious
🛒 Shopping List
SHOPPING LIST
Buy on sale:
- Butcher's Specialty fresh whole chicken wings (0.75 lb): $1.49
- Frozen crinkle cut French fried potatoes (1 bag, 32 oz.): $1.99
- Butterball fresh all natural ground turkey 93% lean (1 pack, 16 oz.): $2.99
- Lidl Preferred Selection bronze cut pasta (1 bag, 16 oz.): $1.49
- Lidl Preferred Selection pasta sauce (1 jar, 24.7 oz.): $2.99
- Johnsonville smoked sausages (1 pack, 14 oz.): $3.99
- Cauliflower (1 head): $2.49
- Frozen meatballs Italian style or homestyle (1 bag, 26-28 oz.): $4.99
- Lidl Preferred Selection pesto Genovese sauce (1 jar, 6.7 oz.): $1.49
- Mozzarella string cheese (1 pack, 12 oz.): $2.49
- Fish Market fresh jumbo shrimp peeled and deveined (0.5 lb): $3.75
Pantry staples needed:
- Butter (for pasta and shrimp saute)
- Salt and pepper
- Garlic powder (optional, for wings)
- Olive oil (for sheet pan dinner)
- Hoagie roll or sub roll (for meatball sub - pick up in bakery if not on hand)
🏷️ All sale items this week
SALE ITEMS FOUND
Meats on sale:
- Butcher's Specialty fresh ground beef, 80% lean (32 oz., sold in 2 lb. packs): $4.99/lb
- Butcher's Specialty fresh boneless/skinless chicken tenderloins: $3.49/lb
- Butcher's Specialty fresh boneless pork loin center cut chop: $3.49/lb
- Butterball fresh all natural ground turkey, 93% lean (16 oz.): $2.99 each
- Fish Market fresh jumbo shrimp, peeled & deveined: $7.49/lb
- Butcher's Specialty fresh whole chicken wings, family pack: $1.99/lb
- Ocean Sea jumbo cooked shrimp, 26-30 (12 oz.): $6.49 each
- Sabrett skinless beef franks (32 oz.): $10.99 each
- Ocean Sea frozen seafood boil (3 lb.): $28.99 each
Deli and prepared on sale:
- Dulano original bite size salami, mild (8 oz.): $4.49 each
- Pulled meat, chicken or pork (16 oz.): $5.79 each
- Dulano fully cooked bacon (12 ct., 2.1 oz.): $2.99 each
Produce on sale:
- Mandarins (3 lb.): $2.89/pk
- Green seedless grapes: $1.29/lb
- Cauliflower (1 ct.): $2.49 each
- Avocados (4 ct.): $3.49/pk
- Gold kiwis (1 lb.): $3.59/pk
- Organic blueberries (1 pt.): $4.39 each
- Blackberries (6 oz.): $1.45/pk
Dairy and eggs on sale:
- Daisy cottage cheese, assorted varieties (24 oz.): $3.49 each
- Almond milk, assorted varieties (64 fl. oz.): $1.79 each
- Half & half (32 fl. oz.): $1.99 each
- Milbona sharp white cheddar cheese (8 oz.): $1.87 each
- Milbona cheese sticks, assorted varieties (12 ct., 9 oz.): $1.99 each
- Mozzarella string cheese (12 oz.): $2.49 each
- Lidl Preferred Selection Swiss cheese, assorted varieties (6-7 oz.): $4.99 each
Bakery and bread on sale:
- Blueberry scone: $0.89 each
- Brownie pop: $1.19 each
- Plain NY bagel: $0.79 each
- Mini biscotti fall flavors, assorted varieties (10 oz.): $4.99 each
- Pizzelle fall flavors, assorted varieties (6 oz.): $3.99 each
- Clyde's Donuts apple cider cake donuts (12.6 oz.): $3.29 each
Pantry on sale:
- Lidl Preferred Selection pasta sauce, assorted varieties (24.7 oz.): $2.99 each
- Lidl Preferred Selection bronze cut pasta, assorted varieties (16 oz.): $1.49 each
- Lidl Preferred Selection pesto Genovese sauce (6.7 oz.): $1.49 each
- Lidl Preferred Selection frozen tarte flambée, assorted varieties (10.3-11.6 oz.): $4.49 each
- Tuttorosso Hand Crushed tomatoes, basil & sea salt (28 oz.): $1.96 each
- Panera Bread meal bowl, assorted varieties (12-16 oz.): $4.49 each
- Filippo Berio pure olive oil tin (33.8 fl. oz.): $13.99 each
- Jif creamy peanut butter (16 oz.): $2.98 each
- Creamy peanut butter by Lidl (18 oz.): $1.95 each
- Alesto organic unsweetened dried mango (5 oz.): $5.59 each
- Snack Day everything pita crackers (5 oz.): $1.59 each
- Fin Carré hazelnut milk chocolate (3.52 oz.): $1.49 each
- Bellarom coffee pods, 100% Colombia (12 ct., 4.2 oz.): $3.49 each
- Solevita lemonade (52 fl. oz.): $2.15 each
- Solevita 100% juice blend, orange pineapple or orange mango (52 fl. oz.): $2.99 each
- Solevita organic autumn harvest kombucha (16 fl. oz.): $2.29 each
- Solevita honeycrisp apple cider (64 fl. oz.): $3.49 each
- Fall pasta sauce, assorted varieties (24 oz.): $3.99 each
- Combino autumn shaped vegetable pasta (17.6 oz.): $2.29 each
- Sparkling apple juice, four 12 fl. oz. bottles: $3.99 each
- Mini rice crisps, cinnamon swirl or salted caramel (4 oz.): $2.29 each
- Stauffer's pumpkin spice snaps (14 oz.): $3.49 each
- Apple pie granola (11 oz.): $3.49 each
- Alesto dry roasted peanuts, assorted varieties (16 oz.): $1.79 each
- Maruchan Yakisoba, assorted varieties (4 oz.): $0.89 each
- Frozen crinkle cut French fried potatoes (32 oz.): $1.99 each
- Quart storage/freezer bags, assorted varieties (100 ct.): $2.99 each
- Applesauce, assorted varieties, six 4 oz. cups: $1.49 each
- Zing Zang ketchup (15 oz.): $3.99 each
- Lidl Preferred Selection Italian sparkling mineral water (33.8 fl. oz.): 2 for $3.00
- Lidl Preferred Selection Italian soda, assorted varieties (33.8 fl. oz.): $2.99 each
- Boursin blueberry and Meyer lemon (5.3 oz.): $5.46 each
- Koop's mustard, assorted varieties (12 oz.): $2.49 each
Frozen on sale:
- Paw Patrol frozen waffle fries (24 oz.): $3.99 each
- Tyson frozen crispy chicken strips, family pack (40 oz.): $10.99 each
- Tyson frozen patties, original or spicy (23 oz.): $4.99 each
- Tyson Any'tizers frozen hot wings, Buffalo style or honey BBQ (22 oz.): $6.99 each
- Tyson frozen chicken nuggets (29 oz.): $4.99 each
- Philly Gourmet frozen 100% pure beef sliced steaks (21 oz.): $4.99 each
- Gorton's frozen crispy battered fish fillets (19 oz.): $5.49 each
- Bon Gelati frozen mini mix dairy dessert bars, classic (12 ct., 20.2 fl. oz.): $4.99 each
- Gelatelli frozen waffle cone trio (6 ct., 22.26 fl. oz.): $3.49 each
- Sesame/orange chicken, assorted varieties (16 oz.): $4.99 each
- Rastelli's frozen chicken bites (16 oz.): $6.99 each
- Frozen cheeseburger pizza rolls (50 ct., 25 oz.): $4.73 each
- Frozen meatballs, Italian style or homestyle (26-28 oz.): $4.99 each
- Ocean Sea frozen beer battered haddock (14.5 oz.): $4.99 each
- Tortellini family size, five cheese or chicken (20 oz.): $3.99 each
- Johnsonville smoked sausages, assorted varieties (14 oz.): $3.99 each
🛒 Estimated Shopping Cost
Based on sale prices for items in this plan
$30.15
for 1 person · $30.15 per person
📍 Disclaimer: Prices and availability are based on the Lidl weekly sales flyer for the week of August 19, 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 Lidl.