Lidl Kid-Friendly Meal Plan
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5-DAY MEAL PLAN
Monday
Meal: Cheeseburger Pasta Skillet with Ground Beef and Fusilli
Description: Browned ground beef is simmered with diced tomatoes and fusilli, then topped with melty cheese for a cheeseburger flavor kids love. It is a one-pan dinner that makes plenty for 2 with a little left for lunch.
Sale items used: Grass-fed ground beef, Italiamo fusilli pasta, diced tomatoes, shredded Parmesan cheese
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: Use 1 package ground beef (assume about 1 lb), 1/2 box fusilli (about 8 oz), 1 can diced tomatoes, and about 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan. Add 1 cup water or broth, a squeeze of ketchup and mustard from your pantry. Save the rest of the fusilli for Friday.
Recipes:
- One-Pot Cheeseburger Fusilli
- Easy Cheeseburger Pasta Skillet
- Skillet Cheeseburger Pasta
Tuesday
Meal: Roasted Whole Chicken with Yellow Potatoes and Corn
Description: A simple herb and butter roasted chicken is served with crispy roasted yellow potatoes and sweet corn on the cob. Leftover chicken is saved for Wednesday's sliders or lunches.
Sale items used: Farmer Focus whole chicken, yellow potatoes, corn 4 pack
Prep time: 15 minutes prep, 75 minutes roast
Serving note: Assume a 4 lb chicken (4 lb x $1.99 = $7.96). Use about 1.5 lb potatoes (roughly 5 medium) and 2 ears of corn. Total time is about 90 minutes, so season the chicken in the morning and refrigerate, then start roasting at 425F about 80 minutes before dinner. Add the potatoes to the pan for the last 40 minutes and boil the corn for 5 minutes at the end. Leftover potatoes and 2 ears of corn are used Thursday.
Recipes:
- Cajun Spiced Roasted Chicken with Potatoes and Corn
- Roasted Chicken - the EASIEST recipe!
- Roasted Whole Chicken with Lemon Veggies
Wednesday
Meal: Slow-Roasted Pulled Pork Sliders with Potatoes au Gratin
Description: Tender BBQ pulled pork is piled on soft rolls for easy hand-held sliders. Creamy potatoes au gratin make a cozy side that kids enjoy.
Sale items used: Pulled BBQ pork / chicken, potatoes au gratin
Prep time: 10 minutes
Serving note: Buy 1 package of pulled BBQ pork (already slow-cooked), which makes 4 small sliders for 2 people with a little extra. Heat gently in a covered pan for 10 minutes. Bake 1 package potatoes au gratin per package directions (about 30 minutes) while you prep. Serve on 4 slider rolls or buns from home.
Recipes:
- Pulled Pork Sliders
- Potatoes Au Gratin - Tastes Better From Scratch
- Creamy Potatoes au Gratin
Thursday
Meal: Pan-Seared Sockeye Salmon with Buttery Potatoes and Corn
Description: Mild sockeye salmon is seared until golden and served with buttery potatoes and sweet corn. Simple seasoning keeps it gentle for young eaters.
Sale items used: Sockeye salmon fillets, yellow potatoes, corn
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: Use 1 package frozen salmon fillets (assume about 3/4 lb, 2 to 3 fillets), thawed overnight in the fridge. Boil about 1 lb of the remaining potatoes, cut in chunks, for 15 minutes and toss with butter and salt. Cook the 2 remaining ears of corn for 5 minutes. Sear the salmon 4 minutes per side.
Recipes:
- Pan-Seared Wild Sockeye Salmon
- Lemon Butter Pan Seared Sockeye Salmon
- Salmon with Corn & Mashed Potatoes
Friday
Meal: Baked Chicken Sausage and Mozzarella Pasta Bake
Description: Sliced chicken sausage, fusilli, and cherry tomato sauce are baked under blankets of melty mozzarella. It is a cheesy, familiar pasta bake with plenty for 2.
Sale items used: Dulano chicken sausage, Italiamo fusilli pasta, Italiamo cherry tomato sauce, sliced fresh mozzarella, shredded Parmesan
Prep time: 35 minutes
Serving note: Use the remaining 8 oz fusilli, 1 package chicken sausage (family size, sliced), 1 jar cherry tomato sauce, 1 package sliced mozzarella, and a sprinkle of Parmesan. Boil pasta 8 minutes, mix everything in a baking dish, top with cheese, and bake at 375F for 20 minutes.
Recipes:
- Cheesy Chicken Sausage Pasta Bake
- Baked Pasta with Chicken Sausage
- Easy Chicken Sausage Pasta Bake
🛒 Shopping List
SHOPPING LIST
Buy on sale:
- Grass-fed ground beef 85% lean (x1): $3.99
- Italiamo fusilli pasta (x1): $2.99
- Diced tomatoes (x1): $1.00
- Shredded Parmesan cheese (x1): $1.99
- Farmer Focus organic whole chicken (4 lbs): $7.96
- Yellow potatoes, 5 lb (x1): $2.99
- Corn, 4 pack (x1): $1.99
- Pulled BBQ pork (x1): $3.99
- Potatoes au gratin (x1): $1.00
- Sockeye salmon fillets (x1): $8.99
- Dulano chicken sausage, family size (x1): $5.99
- Italiamo cherry tomato sauce (x1): $1.49
- Sliced fresh mozzarella (x1): $1.99
Pantry staples needed:
- Butter, salt, pepper, garlic powder, dried herbs, olive oil, ketchup, mustard, slider rolls or buns
🏷️ All sale items this week
SALE ITEMS FOUND
Meats on sale:
- SMITHFIELD fresh bone-in pork shoulder butt roast: $1.49/lb
- FARMER FOCUS fresh organic whole young chicken: $1.99/lb
- FRESH MARKET fresh jumbo shrimp, peeled & deveined: $7.99/lb
- BUTCHER'S SPECIALTY fresh plain beef fajitas: $7.99 each
- BUTCHER'S SPECIALTY fresh grass-fed ground beef, 85% lean: $3.99 each
- TYSON frozen chicken wing sections: $6.49 each
- LIDL PREFERRED SELECTION frozen Maryland style crab cakes: $5.99 each
- OCEAN SEA frozen battered boom boom shrimp with sweet Thai chili sauce: $4.79 each
- NIXE canned pink salmon: $2.49 each
- OCEAN SEA frozen colossal raw shrimp, 15/20: $7.99 each
- LIDL PREFERRED SELECTION frozen wild Alaska sockeye salmon fillets: $8.99 each
- pulled BBQ pork / chicken: $3.99 each
- BUTCHER'S SPECIALTY fresh boneless beef chuck roast: $6.49/lb
- BERETTA diced pancetta: $3.99 each
- DULANO tomato, basil & mozzarella chicken sausage, family size: $5.99 each
- DULANO Italian salami: $3.99 each
- NORPACO panino tray: $6.99 each
- PROSCIUTTO DI PARMA sliced: $3.99 each
- FRATELLI BERETTA prosciutto & Fontina: $4.99 each
Deli and prepared on sale:
- LIDL PREFERRED SELECTION mortadella with pistachios, family size: $5.99 each
- O'SOLE MIO fettuccine chicken alfredo meal kit: $9.99 each
- ITALIAMO cannoli with crème filling: $3.49 each
Produce on sale:
- large carving pumpkin: $3.89 each
- gold kiwis: $3.59/pk
- organic red seedless grapes: $4.79/pk
- yellow potatoes, 5 lb: $2.99/pk
- corn, 4 pack: $1.99/pk
- blackberries: $3.99/pk
Dairy and eggs on sale:
- half & half: $1.79 each
- LIDL PREFERRED SELECTION Pecorino Romano cheese DOP: $5.99 each
- LIDL PREFERRED SELECTION dolce Gorgonzola cheese: $3.99 each
- sliced fresh mozzarella cheese: $1.99 each
- ricotta cheese: $1.99 each
- BELGIOIOSO burrata with black truffles: $5.92 each
- shredded Parmesan cheese: $1.99 each
- queso fresco: $1.99 each
Bakery and bread on sale:
- berry blast muffin: $1.49 each
- PILLSBURY cinnamon rolls, original: $2.97 each
- cinnamon rolls with vanilla icing: $2.19 each
- CLYDE'S DONUTS cake donuts: $3.29 each
- OUR SPECIALTY TREAT SHOP SWEET MIDDLES pumpkin spice cookies: $4.79 each
- KIMBERLEY'S BAKESHOPPE frosted sugar cookie: $3.97 each
Pantry on sale:
- Caesar croutons: $1.00 each
- potatoes au gratin: $1.00 each
- condensed milk: $1.00 each
- white wine vinegar: $1.00 each
- Goya red kidney beans: $1.00 each
- diced tomatoes: $1.00 each
- real mayonnaise: $1.99 each
- hummus, family size: $2.99 each
- WEGE OF HANOVER hard pretzel barrel: $4.99 each
- UTZ Pub Mix: $5.99 each
- mild olive oil: $3.99 each
- small fajita flour tortillas: $1.49 each
- large burrito flour tortillas: $1.49 each
- ITALIAMO maccheroni al ferretto: $1.99 each
- ITALIAMO fusilli pasta: $2.99 each
- ITALIAMO pasta, assorted (8.8-17.6 oz): $2.49 each
- ITALIAMO pasta, assorted (16 oz): $1.99 each
- ITALIAMO tricolor fusilli pugliesi: $2.49 each
- ITALIAMO cannelloni pasta: $1.99 each
- ITALIAMO Arborio rice: $3.99 each
- ITALIAMO Sicilian pesto sauce: $1.99 each
- ITALIAMO Sicilian pistachio & basil pesto: $2.99 each
- ITALIAMO cherry tomato sauce: $1.49 each
- ITALIAMO bruschetta topping: $1.99 each
- ITALIAMO sun-dried tomatoes in sunflower oil: $2.49 each
- ITALIAMO whole artichokes in sunflower oil: $2.49 each
- ITALIAMO Sardinian puffed crackers: $2.99 each
- ITALIAMO tarallini baked snack: $3.99 each
- ITALIAMO focaccia crackers: $2.29 each
- ITALIAMO pitted taggiasca olives: $2.99 each
- ITALIAMO green pitted olives in sunflower oil: $3.99 each
- ITALIAMO seasoning blend grinder: $1.49 each
- ITALIAMO pistachio spread: $2.99 each
- ITALIAMO balsamic vinegar spray: $1.99 each
- ITALIAMO seasoning oil: $3.99 each
- ITALIAMO extra virgin olive oil: $7.99 each
- ITALIAMO flavored vinegar: $3.99 each
- ITALIAMO balsamic glaze: $1.99 each
- ITALIAMO marmalade: $2.99 each
- ITALIAMO Tuscan style cookie assortment: $5.99 each
- ITALIAMO shortbread cookies: starting at $2.49 each
- ITALIAMO shortbread cookies with pistachio creme filling: $2.49 each
- ITALIAMO mini strudel pastries: $1.99 each
- SOLEVITA honeycrisp apple cider: $3.49 each
- PRESTIGE maple fall flavored maple syrup: $5.49 each
- flavors of fall coffee pods, variety pack: $11.99 each
- drizzled rice crisps: $2.29 each
- ALESTO raw cashews: $3.99 each
- ALESTO cocktail peanuts: $2.00 each
- ALESTO California Pistachios: $4.99 each
- ALESTO dry roasted pistachios, lightly salted: $4.99 each
Frozen on sale:
- frozen chicken meal (Chicken Tikka Masala/Butter Chicken/Chicken Biryani, Mix & Match buy 2): $3.50 each
- frozen chicken fries: $3.99 each
- frozen crispy chicken strips: $4.99 each
- frozen crispy breaded chicken nuggets, family size: $7.99 each
- RED BARON frozen pizza (Mix & Match buy 2): $3.50 each
- ITALIAMO frozen pasta & broccoli in broccoli & Alfredo sauce: $3.99 each
- ITALIAMO frozen whole calamari: $8.99 each
- ITALIAMO frozen eggplant Parmesan: $3.49 each
- ITALIAMO frozen mozzarella cheese calzone: $2.99 each
- ITALIAMO frozen gelato sampler: $3.99 each
- ITALIAMO frozen tartufo dairy dessert: $2.99 each
- ITALIAMO frozen dairy dessert cups: $3.99 each
- LIDL PREFERRED SELECTION frozen tiramisu: $4.99 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.
$46.36
for 2 people · $23.18 per person
📍 Disclaimer: Prices and availability are based on the Lidl weekly sales flyer for the week of September 30, 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.