Piggly Wiggly Dairy-Free Meal Plan
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BUDGET RATIONALE
Why these meals: This week's plan builds around Piggly Wiggly's sale meats while keeping every dish completely dairy-free, so you can shop with confidence and cook without swapping a single ingredient. Pork takes center stage with pan-seared pork loin and apples on Tuesday and grilled pork chops with mushrooms and cherub tomatoes on Thursday, giving you two different takes on a budget-friendly cut. Monday's oven-baked chicken drumsticks and Friday's pan-seared T-bone steaks bookend the week with hands-off roasting and a special-occasion finish, while Wednesday's ground round skillet with mushrooms and spinach keeps things quick and simple midweek. Russet potatoes and baby spinach repeat across a couple of nights, so buying them in bulk stretches your dollar without any waste. Each meal is designed to come together in one pan or sheet tray, making this an easy week in the kitchen from start to finish.
5-DAY MEAL PLAN
Monday
Meal: Oven-Baked Chicken Drumsticks with Roasted Potatoes and Onions
Description: Chicken drumsticks are baked until golden and juicy, served alongside roasted russet potatoes and onions. A simple, hands-off weeknight dinner with no dairy in sight.
Sale items used: Chicken Drumsticks or Thighs, Best Choice Russet Potatoes, Medium Yellow Onions
Prep time: 50 minutes
Serving note: 2 lbs chicken drumsticks, 1 bag russet potatoes (cut into wedges), 1/2 bag yellow onions, sliced, tossed with oil, salt and pepper and baked at 425F.
Recipes:
- Baked Chicken Legs and Potatoes (Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free)
- Herb Roasted Chicken Drumsticks & Potatoes Recipe
- Oven Baked Chicken Drumsticks in Lemon Garlic Sauce
Tuesday
Meal: Pan-Seared Pork Loin with Sautéed Apples and Onions
Description: Sliced pork loin is pan-seared until browned, then finished with sweet sautéed Gala apples and onions for a fall-flavored skillet dinner. Quick, skillet-only, and completely dairy-free.
Sale items used: Fresh Whole Boneless Pork Loins, Gala Apples, Medium Yellow Onions
Prep time: 35 minutes
Serving note: 2 lbs pork loin, sliced into medallions; 1 lb Gala apples, sliced; 1/2 bag yellow onions, sliced, sauteed in oil.
Recipes:
- Apple & Onion Braised Pork Tenderloin (Paleo, Whole30)
- One-Pan Pork Tenderloin with Apples and Onions
- Juicy, Tender Pork Tenderloin with Apples and Onions
Wednesday
Meal: Skillet Ground Round with Mushrooms and Spinach
Description: Ground round is browned and simmered with sliced mushrooms and baby spinach for a savory, one-pan skillet dinner. Serve over rice or potatoes for a filling weeknight meal.
Sale items used: Family Pack 85% Lean Fresh Ground Round, Sliced White Mushrooms, Dole Baby or Teen Spinach
Prep time: 30 minutes
Serving note: 1.5 lbs ground round, 1 pack sliced mushrooms, 1 pack baby spinach, wilted in at the end of cooking.
Recipes:
- 30-Minute Ground Beef and Mushroom Skillet
- Easy Mushroom and Ground Beef Skillet
Thursday
Meal: Grilled Pork Chops with Sautéed Mushrooms and Cherub Tomatoes
Description: Boneless pork chops are grilled to a light char and topped with a quick sauté of mushrooms and burst cherub tomatoes. A bright, fresh-tasting dinner with contrasting textures.
Sale items used: Family Pack Fresh Center Cut Boneless Pork Chops, Sliced White Mushrooms, NatureSweet Cherubs Tomatoes
Prep time: 30 minutes
Serving note: 2 lbs boneless pork chops (about 4 chops), 1 pack sliced mushrooms, 1 container cherub tomatoes, halved and sauteed.
Friday
Meal: Pan-Seared T-Bone Steaks with Roasted Potatoes and Spinach
Description: T-Bone steaks are pan-seared to a good crust and rest while potatoes roast and spinach wilts in the same pan drippings. A special-occasion steak dinner without any dairy finishing touches.
Sale items used: USDA Select Black Canyon Angus T-Bone Steaks, Best Choice Russet Potatoes, Dole Baby or Teen Spinach
Prep time: 45 minutes
Serving note: 2 lbs T-Bone steaks (2 steaks split for 4), 1 bag russet potatoes, roasted; 1 pack baby spinach, wilted in the steak pan.
Recipes:
- Pan Seared T-Bone Steak Recipe
- Pan Seared T-Bone Steak Recipe
- Restaurant-Style t bone steak recipe at Home (So Easy!)
🛒 Shopping List
SHOPPING LIST
Buy on sale:
- Chicken Drumsticks or Thighs (2 lbs): $2.58
- Best Choice Russet Potatoes (2 bags): $4.00
- Medium Yellow Onions (1 bag): $2.00
- Gala Apples (1 lb): $1.29
- Fresh Whole Boneless Pork Loins (2 lbs): $3.98
- Family Pack 85% Lean Fresh Ground Round (1.5 lbs): $8.99
- Sliced White Mushrooms (2 packs): $4.00
- Dole Baby or Teen Spinach (2 packs): $4.00
- Family Pack Fresh Center Cut Boneless Pork Chops (2 lbs): $4.58
- NatureSweet Cherubs Tomatoes (1 container): $3.99
- USDA Select Black Canyon Angus T-Bone Steaks (2 lbs): $19.98
Pantry staples needed:
- Cooking oil
- Salt and pepper
- Garlic (optional, to taste)
- Rice or additional potatoes for serving, if desired
🏷️ All sale items this week
SALE ITEMS FOUND
Meats on sale:
- Fresh Whole Boneless Pork Loins: $1.99/lb
- Jimmy Dean Sliced Bacon: 2 for $7.00
- Oscar Mayer Basic Lunchables: $0.99 each (when you buy 5)
- USDA Select Black Canyon Angus T-Bone Steaks: $9.99/lb
- Family Pack Fresh Center Cut Boneless Pork Chops: $2.29/lb
- Tyson Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast or Tenderloins: $5.99 each
- USDA Select Black Canyon Angus Boneless Beef Bottom Round Roast: $4.99/lb
- Chicken Drumsticks or Thighs: $1.29/lb
- USDA Select Black Canyon Angus Boneless Beef Breakfast Steaks: $6.99/lb
- USDA Select Black Canyon Angus Family Pack Boneless Beef Bottom Round Steaks: $5.49/lb
- Kentucky Legend Sliced Quartered Boneless Smoked Ham: $3.99/lb
- Tennessee Pride Pork Sausage Rolls: $4.49 each
- Cacique Queso Fresco: 2 for $5.00
- Cacique Mexicana Crema: 2 for $5.00
- Cacique Beef or Pork Chorizo: $1.00 each
- Delimex Quesadillas: $4.99 each
- Soules Kitchen Fully Cooked Chicken Fajita Meat: 2 for $4.00
- Eckrich Hot Dogs: $1.79 each
- Family Pack Fresh Boneless Country Style Pork Ribs: $2.29/lb
- Family Pack Fresh Breakfast Thin Boneless Pork Chops: $2.49/lb
- Jimmy Dean Meal Size Breakfast Sandwiches: $9.99 each
- Johnsonville Fresh or Fully Cooked Pork Sausage Patties or Links: $3.99 each
- Jimmy Dean Frozen Breakfast Biscuits, Burritos, Muffins, Griddlecakes, Roll Ups or Hashbrowns: $5.99 each
- Carolina Pride Fresh Pork Sausage Rolls: $2.99 each
- Oscar Mayer P3 Portable Protein: 2 for $4.00
- Oscar Mayer Ham & Turkey Sub Kit: $7.99 each
- Louis Kemp Imitation Crab or Lobster: 2 for $5.00
- Hormel Sliced Pepperoni: $2.99 each
- Family Pack 85% Lean Fresh Ground Round: $5.99/lb
- Tennessee Pride Frozen Pork Sausage Patties: $10.99 each
- Banquet Brown 'N Serve Sausage Patties or Links: 2 for $3.00
- Oscar Mayer Fun Pack Lunchables or Snackables: 2 for $5.00
- Eckrich Fully Cooked Smoked Rope Sausage, Links or Lil Smokies: $3.79 each
- Tyson Frozen Fully Cooked Chicken: $4.99 each
- StarKist Chunk Light Tuna: 4 for $5.00
Deli and prepared on sale:
- Kretschmar Deli Loaves or Bologna: $5.99/lb
- Kretschmar Summer Sausage: $8.99 each
- Kretschmar Off The Bone Ham: $5.99/lb
- Van Holten's Whole Wrapped Pickles: 2 for $3.00
- Pico Pica Sauce: $2.25 each
- Juanita's Menudo: $17.49 each
- Rico's White Queso: $2.99 each
- Mi Niña Chips: $4.99 each
- Mi Niña Salsa: $3.99 each
- Fresh Dough Pizza: $10.99 each
Produce on sale:
- Navel Oranges (3 Lb Bag): $3.49 each
- Green or Red Seedless Grapes: $1.99/lb
- Best Choice Russet Potatoes: 2 for $4.00
- Taylor Farms Vegetables: 2 for $4.00
- Medium Yellow Onions: 2 for $4.00
- Gala Apples: $1.29/lb
- Dole Baby or Teen Spinach: 2 for $4.00
- Sliced White Mushrooms: 2 for $4.00
- Avocados: 3 for $2.00
- Blackberries or Raspberries: 2 for $5.00
- NatureSweet Cherubs Tomatoes: $3.99 each
Dairy and eggs on sale:
- Oikos Protein Shakes: $2.49 each (when you buy 6)
- Kraft Deli Deluxe Slices: $4.49 each
- Philadelphia Bagel or To Go Dips: $1.49 each
- Califia Farms Almond, Oat or Coconut Milk: $3.99 each
- The Laughing Cow Wedges: $3.49 each
- Rana Pasta or Pasta Sauce: $3.99 each
Bakery and bread on sale:
- Bays English Muffins: $2.49 each (when you buy 6)
- Hostess Donettes: $1.49 each (when you buy 6)
- Lender's Bagels: $2.49 each
- Clyde's Donut Holes: $2.99 each
- Our Specialty Gourmet Cinnamon Rolls: $4.99 each
- Clyde's Variety Pack Donuts: $4.49 each
- Hill & Valley Sliced Crème Cake: $5.99 each
- Rich's German Chocolate Cake: $12.99 each
- Pillsbury Grands! Biscuits, Crescents or Cinnamon Rolls: 2 for $5.00
Pantry on sale:
- Folgers, Dunkin' or Bustelo Coffee: $9.99 each (when you buy 6)
- Post Cereal: $3.99 each
- Progresso Soup: 4 for $8.00
- Tabasco Hot Sauce: $3.00 each (when you buy 6)
- Jiffy All Purpose Baking Mix: $2.99 each (when you buy 6)
- Eight O'Clock K-Cups: $5.99 each (when you buy 6)
- Dixie Plates, Bowls or Cups: $2.49 each (when you buy 6)
- Starbucks Bag Coffee or K-Cups: $9.49 each (when you buy 6)
- Smucker's Strawberry Jam or Fruit Spread: $3.49 each (when you buy 6)
- Smucker's Grape Jam: $1.99 each (when you buy 6)
- Kashi-Bear Naked Cereals or Granola: 2 for $7.00
- General Mills Protein Cereal & Granola: 2 for $7.00
- Nutri-Grain Breakfast Bars, Rice Krispies Treats: $2.99 each
- Heinz Mustard: $2.49 each
- Mahatma Jasmine Rice: $2.99 each
- Mahatma Basmati Rice: $2.99 each
- Buffalo Wild Wings Sauces: $3.69 each
- Heinz Simply Ketchup: $4.99 each
- Heinz Ketchup: $3.99 each
- Ragú Pasta Sauce: 2 for $7.00
- Vietti Chili With Beans: $1.79 each
- San Giorgio Lasagna: 2 for $4.00
- Ronco Pasta: 2 for $6.00
- Bertolli Alfredo Sauce: 2 for $6.00
- Stubb's BBQ Sauce: $3.99 each
- Bertolli d'Italia Pasta Sauce: 2 for $7.00
- Red Gold Tomato Sauce: $0.79 each
- Hormel Chili Seasoning Mix: 4 for $5.00
- Nescafé Clasico Coffee: $8.99 each
- Oleico Safflower Oil: 2 for $7.00
- Ortega Taco Seasoning: $0.89 each
- Snack Pack Family Size Pudding or Gelatin: $3.99 each
- Country Bob's Wing Sauce: $3.99 each
- Wendy's Chili With Beans: $4.49 each
- Wendy's Chili No Beans: $4.99 each
- Betty Crocker Potatoes: 2 for $3.00
- Libby's Crushed Pineapple: 2 for $4.00
- Ortega Diced Green Chiles: $1.59 each
- Classico Pasta Sauce: $2.99 each
- Mazola Cooking Oil: $5.49 each
- Nissin Fire Wok Bowls or Old El Paso or Totino's Noodle Cups: 3 for $5.00
- Chex Mix, Bugles or Gardetto's: 2 for $7.00
- Nabisco Multipack Cookies or Crackers: $5.99 each
- Pringles Mingles or Party Stacks: $2.99 each
- Nabisco Party Size Cookies or Crackers: $6.49 each
- Bisquick Baking Mix: $4.29 each
- Pearl Milling Co. Original Pancake Mix: $3.99 each
- Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix: $0.69 each
- Nabisco Honey Maid Grahams or Nilla Wafers: $4.49 each
- Orville Redenbacher's Popcorn: $6.49 each
- Pearl Milling Co. Pancake Syrup: $3.99 each
- Pompeian Robust Olive Oil: $4.49 each
- Ortega Taco Sauce: 2 for $4.00
- M&M's or Skittles Share Size Candy: $2.29 each
- Dolly Parton's Crumb Cake Mix: $3.99 each
- Dolly Parton's Cornbread Mix: $2.79 each
- Little Debbie Mini Muffins: $2.79 each
- Frito-Lay Lay's or Kettle Chips: 2 for $5.00
- Frito-Lay Cheetos: 2 for $8.00
Frozen on sale:
- Outshine Fruit Bars: 2 for $7.00
- Tony's Pizza: 3 for $9.00
- Banquet Family Size Entrees: $2.99 each
- Smucker's Uncrustables: $5.49 each (when you buy 6)
- Jimmy Dean Breakfast Bowls: $1.99 each (when you buy 6)
- Totino's Pizza Rolls: $3.99 each
- Arby's or Checkers Frozen Potatoes: $6.99 each
- Tombstone or Jack's Natural Rising Pizza: 2 for $8.00
- PictSweet Farm Favorites or Southern Classic Vegetables: 2 for $4.00
- Stouffer's Party Size Entrées: $15.99 each
- Mrs. T's Pierogies: $2.99 each
- Birds Eye Premium Vegetables: 2 for $6.00
- Tai Pei Potstickers: $5.99 each
- Tai Pei Single Serve Entrées: 2 for $8.00
- Air Fryer PictSweet Frozen Sweet Potato Fries: 2 for $7.00
- Mr. Dell's Hash Browns: $3.29 each
- Eggo Protein Waffles or Pancakes: 2 for $8.00
- Edwards Single Serve Pies: 2 for $6.00
- Banquet Mega Chicken Filets: $5.49 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.
$59.39
for 4 people · $14.85 per person
📍 Disclaimer: Prices and availability are based on the Piggly Wiggly 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 Piggly Wiggly.