Piggly Wiggly Kid-Friendly Meal Plan
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BUDGET RATIONALE
Why these meals: This week's plan builds your family's dinners around simple, kid-friendly proteins that Piggly Wiggly has on sale right now. You'll start Monday with crispy baked chicken drumsticks and roasted potatoes, then let a beef bottom round roast simmer low and slow on Tuesday for a cozy pot roast with onions and potatoes. Wednesday brings juicy pan-fried pork chops with sauteed mushrooms, Thursday keeps things easy with ground turkey spaghetti, and Friday closes the week out with a special pan-seared T-bone steak dinner alongside sauteed spinach. Each night uses familiar flavors and mild seasoning so picky eaters feel right at home, while staples like potatoes, onions, and mushrooms get used more than once to stretch your shopping trip further.
5-DAY MEAL PLAN
Monday
Meal: Baked Chicken Drumsticks with Roasted Potatoes
Description: Crispy oven-baked chicken drumsticks paired with golden roasted potato wedges, a simple familiar dinner kids love. Everything roasts on one pan for easy cleanup.
Sale items used: Chicken Drumsticks or Thighs, Best Choice Russet Potatoes
Prep time: 45 minutes
Serving note: 2 lbs chicken drumsticks, 1 bag (of the 2-pack) Best Choice Russet Potatoes cut into wedges
Recipes:
- Sheet Pan Chicken Drumsticks and Potatoes Recipe
- Juicy Oven Baked Chicken Drumsticks - On My Kids Plate
- Herb Roasted Chicken Drumsticks & Potatoes Recipe - Rachel Cooks®
Tuesday
Meal: Beef Bottom Round Pot Roast with Onions and Potatoes
Description: Tender slow-simmered beef roast with soft onions and potatoes in a savory broth, a cozy classic dinner. Great for a slightly longer cook while you do homework help or chores.
Sale items used: USDA Select Black Canyon Angus Boneless Beef Bottom Round Roast, Medium Yellow Onions, Best Choice Russet Potatoes
Prep time: 20 minutes active, 2.5 hours simmering (make-ahead tip: start the roast right after lunch or the night before and reheat)
Serving note: 2 lbs beef bottom round roast, 1 medium yellow onion (from the 2-pack), 1 bag (of the 2-pack) Best Choice Russet Potatoes
Recipes:
- Homestyle Pot Roast with Potatoes and Vegetables
- Tender Beef Bottom Round Roast Recipe with Gravy | Renee's Kitchen Adventures
- Irish-Inspired Beef Pot Roast and Vegetables
Wednesday
Meal: Pan-Fried Pork Chops with Sauteed Mushrooms
Description: Juicy pan-fried center cut pork chops topped with soft sauteed mushrooms, a quick and hearty weeknight favorite. Simple seasoning keeps it mild and kid-approved.
Sale items used: Family Pack Fresh Center Cut Boneless Pork Chops, Sliced White Mushrooms
Prep time: 30 minutes
Serving note: 2 lbs boneless pork chops, 1 package (of the 2-pack) Sliced White Mushrooms
Recipes:
- Garlic Butter Mushroom Pork Chops Recipe - Crunchy Creamy Sweet
- Creamy Garlic Mushroom Pork Chops (One-Pan, 30 Minutes)
- Skillet Pork Chops with Mushroom Sauce
Thursday
Meal: Ground Turkey Spaghetti with Marinara
Description: Classic spaghetti tossed with a savory ground turkey marinara sauce, an easy familiar pasta night. Kids can help twirl their own noodles.
Sale items used: Butterball Fresh 85% Lean Ground Turkey, Ragú Pasta Sauce, Ronco Pasta
Prep time: 35 minutes
Serving note: 1 package Butterball 85% Lean Ground Turkey, 1 jar (of the 2-pack) Ragú Pasta Sauce, 1 box (of the 2-pack) Ronco Pasta
Recipes:
- One Pot Ground Turkey Spaghetti - On My Kids Plate
- Easy Ground Turkey Spaghetti (6-Ingredients) - Real Food Whole Life
- Ground Turkey Spaghetti Recipe - Amanda Cooks & Styles
Friday
Meal: Pan-Seared T-Bone Steak with Sauteed Spinach
Description: A juicy pan-seared T-bone steak sliced into kid-friendly strips, served alongside lightly sauteed spinach. This is the week's special treat dinner with simple, familiar flavors.
Sale items used: USDA Select Black Canyon Angus T-Bone Steaks, Dole Baby or Teen Spinach
Prep time: 30 minutes
Serving note: 2 lbs T-Bone Steaks, 1 bag (of the 2-pack) Dole Baby Spinach
Recipes:
- The Best T-Bone Steak Recipe - Kitchen Divas
- Pan Seared T-Bone Steak - Cucina by Elena
- Pan Seared T-Bone Steak Recipe - Cup of Yum
🛒 Shopping List
SHOPPING LIST
Buy on sale:
- Chicken Drumsticks or Thighs (2 lbs): $2.58
- Best Choice Russet Potatoes (1 pack of 2 bags): $4.00
- USDA Select Black Canyon Angus Boneless Beef Bottom Round Roast (2 lbs): $9.98
- Medium Yellow Onions (1 pack of 2): $4.00
- Family Pack Fresh Center Cut Boneless Pork Chops (2 lbs): $4.58
- Sliced White Mushrooms (1 pack of 2): $4.00
- Butterball Fresh 85% Lean Ground Turkey (1 package): $10.99
- Ragú Pasta Sauce (1 pack of 2 jars): $7.00
- Ronco Pasta (1 pack of 2 boxes): $6.00
- USDA Select Black Canyon Angus T-Bone Steaks (2 lbs): $19.98
- Dole Baby or Teen Spinach (1 pack of 2 bags): $4.00
Pantry staples needed:
- Salt, black pepper
- Cooking oil or butter for pan-frying and roasting
- Garlic (optional, for pot roast and spinach)
- Beef broth or bouillon for pot roast
🏷️ 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
- Butterball Fresh 85% Lean Ground Turkey: $10.99 each
- 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 Mini Horn Cheese: $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:
- Daisy Sour Cream or Cottage Cheese: 2 for $3.00
- Dannon Oikos Pro, Zero or Too Good Greek Yogurt: $5.49 each (when you buy 6)
- Borden Shredded Cheese: $1.49 each (when you buy 6)
- Oikos Protein Shakes: $2.49 each (when you buy 6)
- International Delight or Too Good Creamer: $2.99 each (when you buy 6)
- Dunkin' Donuts or International Delight Cold Foam or Creamer: $3.99 each (when you buy 6)
- Mayfield Ice Cream: $1.99 each
- Chobani Creamer or La Colombe Cold Brew: $4.49 each
- Chobani Flips, Greek, Less Sugar or Zero Sugar Yogurt: 10 for $10.00
- Kraft Deli Deluxe Slices: $4.49 each
- Philadelphia Bagel or To Go Dips: $1.49 each
- I Can't Believe It's Not Butter Spread: $7.99 each
- Califia Farms Almond, Oat or Coconut Milk: $3.99 each
- Icelandic Provisions Yogurt: 2 for $3.00
- 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
- The Father's Table Cheesecake: $11.99 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
- Jif Peanut Butter: $3.49 each (when you buy 6)
- Jiffy Buttermilk Pancake Mix: $1.99 each (when you buy 6)
- 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
- Kraft Deluxe or Velveeta Mac & Cheese Dinners: $7.49 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
- Kraft Blue Box Mac & Cheese 5pk: $3.99 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
- Mars Ice Cream Bars (Snickers/Twix): $4.49 each
- 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
- Farm Rich Mozzarella Sticks or Jalapeno Poppers: 2 for $6.00
- 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.
$77.11
for 4 people · $19.28 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.