Lidl Kid-Friendly Meal Plan
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5-DAY MEAL PLAN
Monday
Meal: Beef and Potato Skillet
Description: Tender ground beef browned with diced yellow potatoes and a touch of seasoning, all cooked together in one pan for an easy, comforting dinner. Kids love the familiar combo of beef and crispy potato bites.
Sale items used: Butcher's Specialty fresh ground beef (93% lean), Yellow potatoes
Prep time: 30 minutes
Serving note: Use 1 lb of the ground beef package and about 1 lb (roughly 1/3 of the 5 lb bag) of diced potatoes for 2 people.
Recipes:
- Ground Beef and Potatoes
- Ground Beef and Potatoes Skillet
- Ground Beef and Potatoes Skillet - I Heart Naptime
Tuesday
Meal: Baked Chicken Tenders with French Fries
Description: Juicy baked chicken tenders paired with crispy oven-baked french fries, a classic kid favorite that's simple to make and mess-free. Serve with ketchup for dipping fun.
Sale items used: Butcher's Specialty fresh boneless/skinless chicken breast (cut into tenders), Frozen shoe string French fried potatoes
Prep time: 35 minutes
Serving note: Use about 1 lb of chicken breast sliced into tender strips and 1 bag of frozen fries for 2 people.
Recipes:
- Kids Chicken Tenders with Baked French Fries Recipe
- Oven Baked Chicken Tenders (Easy and Juicy)
- Homemade Baked Chicken Tenders
Wednesday
Meal: Smoky Polish Sausage and Tomato Skillet
Description: Sliced smoky Polish sausage simmered with sweet tomatoes for a mild, savory skillet dinner that's quick and filling. A kid-friendly one-pan meal with familiar smoky-sweet flavor.
Sale items used: Bar-S smoked Polish sausage (family pack), Sweetpops tomatoes
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: Use half of the family pack sausage (about 3-4 links) and half of the tomato pack for 2 people; save leftovers for another meal.
Recipes:
- Polish Sausage Skillet
- Smoked Sausage and Tomato Skillet
- Kielbasa Pasta
Thursday
Meal: Oven-Baked BBQ Pork Spareribs with Carrots
Description: Fall-off-the-bone spareribs baked low and slow with a mild BBQ glaze, served alongside roasted baby carrots for a sweet, kid-approved side. A cozy, hands-off oven dinner.
Sale items used: Smithfield fresh pork spareribs, Organic baby carrots
Prep time: 75 minutes (mostly oven time)
Serving note: Use about 1.5 lbs of spareribs and half a bag of baby carrots for 2 people; ribs can be seasoned in the morning and baked in the evening to save time.
Recipes:
- BBQ Pork Spareribs
- Oven BBQ Spare Ribs
- Oven BBQ Pork Spare Ribs Recipe
Friday
Meal: Baked Salmon with Roasted Tomatoes
Description: Mild, flaky baked salmon roasted alongside juicy tomatoes for a simple, kid-friendly seafood dinner with gentle flavor. Perfect served with rice or bread on the side.
Sale items used: Fish Market fresh Faroe Islands skin-on Atlantic salmon portion, Sweetpops tomatoes
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: Use about 1 lb of salmon (two portions) and the remaining half of the tomato pack from Wednesday, or a fresh small pack for 2 people.
Recipes:
- Baked Salmon with Roasted Tomatoes
- Sheet Pan Salmon with Roasted Tomatoes
- Simple Kid-Friendly Baked Salmon in Just 30 Min
🛒 Shopping List
SHOPPING LIST
Buy on sale:
- Butcher's Specialty fresh ground beef (93% lean) (1 package): $6.99
- Yellow potatoes (1 pack, 5 lb, using ~1 lb) : $2.99
- Butcher's Specialty fresh boneless/skinless chicken breast (1 lb): $2.49
- Frozen shoe string French fried potatoes (1 bag): $1.99
- Bar-S smoked Polish sausage, family pack (1 pack): $3.99
- Sweetpops tomatoes (1 pack, split between Wed and Fri): $3.99
- Smithfield fresh pork spareribs (1.5 lb): $2.54
- Organic baby carrots (1 pack): $1.75
- Fish Market fresh Atlantic salmon portion (1 lb): $9.99
Pantry staples needed:
- Salt, pepper, garlic powder
- BBQ sauce (for spareribs)
- Olive oil or cooking oil
- Ketchup (for serving with fries)
🏷️ All sale items this week
SALE ITEMS FOUND
Meats on sale:
- Butcher's Specialty fresh ground beef, 93% lean: $6.99 each
- Butcher's Specialty fresh boneless/skinless chicken breast, family size: $2.49/lb
- Butcher's Specialty fresh boneless beef chuck roast: $6.99/lb
- Farmer Focus fresh organic chicken tenders: $5.99/lb
- Fish Market fresh Faroe Islands skin-on Atlantic salmon portion: $9.99/lb
- Bar-S smoked Polish sausage, family pack: $3.99 each
- Smithfield fresh pork spareribs: $1.69/lb
- Dulano deli meat: $2.99 each
- Nixe herring fillets in sauce: $1.49 each
- Nixe canned pink salmon: $2.99 each
- Philly Gourmet frozen 100% pure beef sliced steaks: $4.99 each
- Pulled BBQ pork/chicken: $4.49 each
- SeaPak frozen jumbo butterfly shrimp: $5.99 each
- Salads of the Sea Cajun crab dip: $3.99 each
- Ball Park beef franks: $4.99 each
- Rastelli's frozen buffalo chicken bites: $6.99 each
Deli and prepared on sale:
- Hormel Gatherings supreme party tray: $14.99 each
- La Terra Fina spinach artichoke & Parmesan dip: $4.99 each
Produce on sale:
- Green seedless grapes: $1.29/lb
- Navel oranges, 3 lb: $2.99/pk
- Yellow potatoes, 5 lb: $2.99/pk
- Jumbo avocado, 3 ct: $3.49/pk
- Organic baby carrots: $1.75 each
- Sweetpops tomatoes: $3.99/pk
Dairy and eggs on sale:
- Mozzarella string cheese: $2.49 each
- Cheese block, assorted: $1.34 each (when you buy 3)
- Almondmilk: starting at $1.79 each
- Bellarom coffee creamer: $2.00 each (when you buy 2)
Bakery and bread on sale:
- Pumpkin muffin: $1.49 each
- Lidl Preferred Selection brioche loaf: $2.99 each
- Lidl Preferred Selection frozen butter croissants: $3.99 each
- Lidl Preferred Selection croissant with chocolate hazelnut filling: $1.99 each
- King's Hawaiian original Hawaiian sweet rolls: $4.72 each
- Hawaiian sweet rolls (Lidl brand): $2.09 each
- Two-Bite game day muffins: $3.65 each
Pantry on sale:
- Concord grape jelly: $1.79 each
- Applesauce mini cups: $1.49 each
- Duc De Coeur French-style seasoning: $1.99 each
- Duc De Coeur pasta sauce, vegetable & herb: $1.49 each
- Duc De Coeur spraying oil: $3.49 each
- Duc De Coeur wine vinegar with concentrated grape must, cherry: $2.49 each
- Duc De Coeur green olives, blue cheese stuffed: $1.49 each
- Duc De Coeur shortbread cookies: $5.69 each
- Duc De Coeur white nougat with almonds: $4.49 each
- Duc De Coeur wafer rolls: $1.99 each
- Duc De Coeur crispy butter crêpes cookies with dark chocolate: $2.99 each
- Barilla Protein+ rotini: $2.49 each
- Pillsbury Grands hot honey biscuits: $2.97 each
- Imperial wasabi sweet n spicy bar mix: $8.99 each
- Bugles original, family size: $4.36 each
- Like Air white cheddar puffcorn: $4.99 each
- Uglies kettle cooked sweet potato chips, spicy BBQ: $1.99 each
- Uglies kettle chips, jalapeño: $2.49 each
- Doritos/Cheetos mini canisters: $2.00 each
- Chex Mix M&M's sweet and salty, family size: $3.96 each
- Pace salsa con queso: $3.99 each
- Sweet Baby Ray's sauce: $3.24 each
- Sticky Fingers BBQ sauce: $3.98 each
- Real mayonnaise: $1.99 each
- Maruchan ramen: 2 for $3.50
- White distilled vinegar: $2.99 each
- Speculoos cookie: $1.49 each
- Simply Protein tortilla protein chips: $3.87 each
- Hershey's Halloween chocolate miniatures assortment: $17.99 each
- Oreo Halloween BOO! sandwich cookies: $4.97 each
- Hershey's Halloween chocolate and sweets miniatures assortment: $12.49 each
- Sour Patch Kids Halloween mix: $9.99 each
- Twix/Milky Way chocolate candy, fun size: $3.99 each
- Kinder Bueno snack size Halloween candy: $4.99 each
- Cadbury mini harvest handfuls milk chocolate candy: $5.99 each
- Reese's snack size pumpkins: $5.99 each
- Tootsie Child's Play candy bag: $11.99 each
- Extra virgin olive oil: $5.49 each
Frozen on sale:
- Frozen shoe string French fried potatoes: $1.99 each
- Duc De Coeur frozen mini gratin, assorted varieties: $4.59 each
- Duc De Coeur frozen large escargots: $4.99 each
- Duc De Coeur frozen gelato filled macarons: $4.99 each
- Duc De Coeur frozen mini croissants with filling: $4.99 each
- Duc De Coeur frozen almond cake with walnut cream: $5.99 each
- Checkers Rally's frozen seasoned cheesy potato bites: $4.79 each
- Gelatelli frozen cookie sandwich: $3.99 each
- Gelatelli frozen mini cones: $2.99 each
- Tyson frozen spooky nuggets: $5.99 each
- White Castle frozen ranch chicken rings: $9.98 each
- Frozen cheesecake sampler: $8.99 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.
$36.72
for 2 people · $18.36 per person
📍 Disclaimer: Prices and availability are based on the Lidl 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 Lidl.