Piggly Wiggly Kid-Friendly Meal Plan
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BUDGET RATIONALE
Why these meals: This week's plan leans on hearty, familiar dinners your kids will actually eat without a fuss, from the Cheesy Beef and Potato Skillet on Monday to crispy Baked Chicken Tenders on Friday. The Texas Roadhouse Mini Rolls do double duty, rounding out Tuesday's baked chicken leg quarters and holding together Wednesday's slow cooker pulled pork sandwiches, so you get more mileage out of one package. Taylor Farms Green Beans stretch across two nights too, served alongside Tuesday's chicken and again with Thursday's Turkey Meatball Pasta, which keeps prep simple while still feeling like a fresh side each time. Sale picks like the Fresh Fryer Leg Quarters at $1.38 and the Fresh Whole Boston Butt Pork Roast at $4.48 give you great value on the proteins that anchor the week. Overall, this plan sticks to simple, kid-approved flavors like cheesy skillets, baked chicken, pulled pork sandwiches, pasta with meatballs, and finger-food tenders, so dinner stays easy and low-stress every night.
5-DAY MEAL PLAN
Monday
Meal: Cheesy Beef and Potato Skillet
Description: Ground beef is browned with diced bell pepper and simmered with cubed potatoes until tender, then topped with melted shredded cheese. It is a warm, familiar one-pan dinner kids can easily identify and eat.
Sale items used: Family Pack Fresh Ground Beef, Green Giant Red or Gold Potatoes, Extra Large Green Bell Peppers, Borden Shredded Cheese
Prep time: 35 minutes
Serving note: 1.5 lb ground beef, half of one bag of Green Giant potatoes (about 1.5 lb, diced), 2 green bell peppers diced, 1 cup shredded cheese from the Borden package.
Recipes:
- Cheesy Beef & Potatoes Skillet | Easy One-Pot Dinner
- Cheesy Ground Beef and Potatoes (Easy One Skillet Dinner)
- Quick Ground Beef and Potato Skillet Dinner
Tuesday
Meal: Oven Baked Chicken Leg Quarters with Green Beans and Rolls
Description: Leg quarters are seasoned simply and baked until golden and juicy, served with steamed green beans and a soft dinner roll on the side. It is a classic, easy baked chicken dinner familiar to kids.
Sale items used: Fresh Fryer Leg Quarters, Taylor Farms Green Beans Brussels Sprouts, Texas Roadhouse Mini Rolls
Prep time: 55 minutes
Serving note: 2 lb leg quarters, half of the Taylor Farms green beans pack (about 1 lb), 4 dinner rolls from the Texas Roadhouse Mini Rolls package.
Recipes:
- Oven Baked Chicken Leg Quarters • Dishing Delish
- Easy Baked Chicken Leg Quarters (flavor packed!) - Britney Breaks Bread
- Baked Chicken Leg Quarters Easy Recipe
Wednesday
Meal: Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Sandwiches with Grapes
Description: Boston butt pork roast is slow cooked until it shreds easily, then piled onto soft mini rolls for simple hand-held sandwiches, served with fresh grapes on the side. This is an easy make-ahead dinner that rewards the long, low cooking time with tender, fork-apart pork.
Sale items used: Fresh Whole Boston Butt Pork Roast, Texas Roadhouse Mini Rolls, Green or Red Seedless Grapes
Prep time: 20 minutes active, plus slow cook time
Serving note: 2.5 lb Boston Butt Pork Roast, 4 remaining rolls from the Texas Roadhouse Mini Rolls package, 1 lb grapes. Timing note: start the pork roast in the slow cooker in the morning so it is ready to shred by dinner, total cook time runs 6 to 8 hours.
Recipes:
- Slow-Cooker Pulled Pork Sandwiches Recipe | Betty Crocker
- Slow-Cooker Pulled Pork Sandwiches Recipe | Food Network Kitchen | Food Network
- Pulled Pork Sandwich Recipe (In The Slow Cooker!) - Chelsea's Messy Apron
Thursday
Meal: Turkey Meatball Pasta with Green Beans
Description: Ground turkey is formed into simple meatballs, baked, then tossed with pasta and a mild tomato sauce, served alongside the remaining green beans. It is a comforting, kid-approved pasta night with familiar flavors.
Sale items used: Butterball Fresh 85% Lean Ground Turkey, Best Choice Pasta, Best Choice Pasta Sauce, Taylor Farms Green Beans Brussels Sprouts
Prep time: 40 minutes
Serving note: 1.5 lb ground turkey formed into meatballs, 1 unit of Best Choice Pasta, 1 jar Best Choice Pasta Sauce, remaining half of the Taylor Farms green beans pack (about 1 lb).
Recipes:
- Spaghetti Os and Meatballs (One-Pan Homemade Recipe) - Skinnytaste
- Five-Ingredient Turkey Meatballs with Whole Wheat Pasta - Craving California
- Turkey Meatballs and Pasta | JENNIE-O® Recipes
Friday
Meal: Baked Chicken Tenders with Potato Wedges and Salad
Description: Chicken breast strips are lightly breaded and baked until crispy, served with baked potato wedges and a simple romaine salad. This is a fun, familiar finger-food dinner that is easy for kids to enjoy.
Sale items used: Tyson Individually Fresh Frozen Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast, Green Giant Red or Gold Potatoes, Greener Selection or Classic Romaine Salad
Prep time: 40 minutes
Serving note: 1.5 lb chicken breast cut into strips, remaining half of the Green Giant potatoes bag (about 1.5 lb, cut into wedges), 1 bag of the Greener Selection or Classic Romaine Salad.
Recipes:
- Baked Crispy Chicken Tenders with Sweet Potato Wedges | Fitness Blender
- Oven Baked Chicken Tenders (Easy and Juicy) - iFoodReal.com
- Crispy Baked Chicken Tenders with Potato Wedges
🛒 Shopping List
SHOPPING LIST
Buy on sale:
- Family Pack Fresh Ground Beef (1.5 lb): $5.99
- Green Giant Red or Gold Potatoes (1 pack of 2 bags): $6.00
- Extra Large Green Bell Peppers (x2): $1.78
- Borden Shredded Cheese (x1): $4.49
- Fresh Fryer Leg Quarters (2 lb): $1.38
- Taylor Farms Green Beans Brussels Sprouts (1 pack of 2): $6.00
- Texas Roadhouse Mini Rolls (x1 package): $4.99
- Fresh Whole Boston Butt Pork Roast (2.5 lb): $4.48
- Green or Red Seedless Grapes (1 lb): $1.99
- Butterball Fresh 85% Lean Ground Turkey (3 lb pack): $9.99
- Best Choice Pasta (x1): $1.00
- Best Choice Pasta Sauce (x1 jar): $2.00
- Tyson Individually Fresh Frozen Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast (1.5 lb): $8.99
- Greener Selection or Classic Romaine Salad (x1): $2.00
Pantry staples needed:
- Salt, black pepper
- Cooking oil or cooking spray
- All-purpose flour and breadcrumbs (for breading chicken tenders)
- Eggs (for breading chicken tenders)
- Garlic powder, onion powder (optional seasoning for pork and chicken)
🏷️ All sale items this week
SALE ITEMS FOUND
Meats on sale:
- Family Pack Fresh Ground Beef: $3.99/lb
- Fresh Fryer Leg Quarters (10 lb bags): $0.69/lb
- Prairie Fresh Prime Seasoned Pork Tenderloins or Loin Fillets: $5.99/lb
- USDA Select Black Canyon Angus Boneless Beef Top Round Roast: $6.59/lb
- Bar-S Franks, Hot Dogs or Sliced Bologna: $0.88 each
- USDA Select Family Pack Black Canyon Angus Boneless Beef New York Strip Steaks: $12.99/lb
- Fresh Whole Boston Butt Pork Roast: $1.79/lb
- Fresh Ground Beef Patties: $4.49/lb
- Boneless Beef Cube Steaks: $6.99/lb
- Boneless Beef Top Round Steaks: $6.99/lb
- Butterball Fresh 85% Lean Ground Turkey (3 lb): $9.99 each
- Tyson Frozen Fully Cooked Chicken Nuggets, Patties or Popcorn Chicken: 2 for $7.00
- Jimmy Dean Sliced Bacon: $4.99 each
- Oscar Mayer Basic Lunchables: $0.99 each
- Hormel Sliced Pepperoni: $2.99 each
- Earl Campbell's Smoked Sausage: 2 for $5.00
- Johnsonville Fresh Brats or Italian Sausage Links: 2 for $3.00
- Bob Evans Farms Assorted Side Dishes: $3.99 each
- Country Style Pork Ribs: $2.19/lb
- Fresh Pork Steaks: $2.29/lb
- Tyson Individually Fresh Frozen Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast or Tenderloins: $5.99/lb
- Wright Brand Sliced Bacon: $11.99 each
- Cacique Queso Fresco: 2 for $5.00
- Cacique Mexicana Crema: 2 for $5.00
- Cacique Beef or Pork Chorizo: $1.00 each
- Soules Kitchen Fully Cooked Chicken Fajita Meat: 2 for $4.00
- Swaggerty's Pork Sausage Rolls: $5.99 each
- El Monterey Taquitos: $7.99 each
- El Monterey Family Size Burritos or Chimichangas: $5.99 each
- Delimex Taquitos: $4.99 each
- Sea Best Fresh Frozen Argentine Red Raw Shrimp: $16.99 each
- Johnsonville Ground Fresh Sausage or Griller Patties: $3.99 each
- Smoky Farms Frozen Sausage Patties: $3.99 each
- Smithfield Fully Cooked St. Louis Style Ribs (1 rack): $13.99 each
Deli and prepared on sale:
- Fresh Baked Fresh Dough Pizza (Hot & Ready): $10.99 each
- Kretschmar Turkey Breast: $8.99/lb
- Kretschmar Baby Swiss Cheese: $8.99/lb
- Kretschmar Cheese Platters: $7.99 each
- Kentuckian Gold Deli Loaves: $4.99 each
- Kretschmar Off the Bone Hams: $5.99/lb
- Sabra Hummus or Guacamole: 2 for $5.00
Produce on sale:
- Blackberries or Blueberries: 2 for $5.00
- Gala or McIntosh Apples: 2 for $5.00
- Pineapple: 2 for $4.00
- Green or Red Seedless Grapes: $1.99/lb
- Taylor Farms Green Beans Brussels Sprouts: 2 for $6.00
- Beefsteak Tomatoes: $1.29/lb
- Green Giant Red or Gold Potatoes: 2 for $6.00
- Peruvian Sweet Onions: $1.29/lb
- Extra Large Green Bell Peppers: $0.89 each
- Carving Pumpkins: 2 for $10.00
- Greener Selection or Classic Romaine Salad: 2 for $4.00
Dairy and eggs on sale:
- Dean's Dips: $1.99 each
- Dannon Oikos Zero, Light & Fit or Too Good Yogurt: 10 for $12.00
- Borden Natural Cheese Slices: 3 for $5.00
- Borden Cheese Sticks: 2 for $5.00
- Borden Cheese Dip: $3.99 each
- Borden Grated Parmesan: 2 for $6.00
- Velveeta Slices: $2.99 each
- Mayfield Cottage Cheese: $3.49 each
- Coffee-mate Creamer, Iced Coffee or Cold Foam: $3.49 each
- Reddi-Wip Dessert Topping: 2 for $5.00
- Eggo Thick & Fluffy Waffles or Pancakes: $2.99 each
- Just Crack An Egg or Oscar Mayer Scramblers: 2 for $4.00
- Best Choice Chunk Cheese: $4.49 each
- Best Choice Shredded Cheese: $4.49 each
- Best Choice Cottage Cheese: $2.99 each
Bakery and bread on sale:
- Pillsbury Grands! Biscuits, Crescents or Cinnamon Rolls: 2 for $3.00
- 37th Street Bakery Danish: $5.49 each
- Sweet P's Frosted Sugar Cookies: $3.99 each
- Two Bite Iced Mini Donuts: $4.99 each
- The Father's Table 2 Slice Cheesecake: $2.99 each
- Clyde's Variety Pack Donuts: $4.99 each
- Ann Marie's Sugar Free Mini Brownies: $5.49 each
- Jon Donaire Caramel Turtle Ice Cream Cake: $16.99 each
- Best Choice Texas Style Biscuits: $2.99 each
- Best Choice Garlic Bread: $1.99 each
- Bridgford Cinnamon Monkey Bread: $4.49 each
- Texas Roadhouse Mini Rolls: $4.99 each
- Morrison's Texas Style Cornbread Mix: $0.79 each
- Jiffy Muffin Mixes, Pie Crust or Pizza Crust: $0.89 each
Pantry on sale:
- Libby's Canned Vegetables: $0.89 each
- Rao's Alfredo or Pasta Sauce: $6.99 each
- Rao's Pasta: 2 for $4.00
- Red Gold Ketchup: $1.99 each
- Red Gold Tomato or Vegetable Juice: 2 for $5.00
- Old El Paso or Pitmaster: 4 for $10.00
- P.F. Chang's Marinades: 2 for $7.00
- P.F. Chang's Stir Fry Sauce: 2 for $6.00
- Minute or Mahatma Ready to Serve Rice: 2 for $4.00
- La Choy Chow Mein Noodles: 2 for $3.00
- Margaret Holmes Greens or Beans: $2.79 each
- StarKist Tuna Creations or Wild Caught Light Tuna Pouches: 4 for $5.00
- Success or Minute Instant Rice: $2.49 each
- La Choy Asian Bean Sprouts: 2 for $3.00
- La Choy Yum Yum Sauce: $3.19 each
- La Choy Marinades or Soy Sauce: 2 for $5.00
- Pace Salsa or Picante Sauce: $2.99 each
- Ken's Salad Dressing: 2 for $7.00
- Taco Bell Con Queso or Dinner Kits: $2.69 each
- Taco Bell Sauces: 2 for $3.00
- Taco Bell Spicy Sauces: 2 for $4.00
- Taco Bell Seasoning Mix: $0.89 each
- Taco Bell Shells: 2 for $5.00
- Capri-Sun Juice Drink: 2 for $5.00
- Louisiana Hot Sauce: $2.29 each
- Frank's Hot Sauce: 2 for $7.00
- Kraft Blue Box Mac & Cheese: 2 for $3.00
- McCafé Bagged Coffee: $10.99 each
- La Choy Asian Vegetables: $0.99 each
- La Choy Bi-Packs: $5.99 each
- KC Masterpiece BBQ Sauce: $2.49 each
- MIO Drink Enhancer: $4.99 each
- Cracker Barrel Macaroni & Cheese: $3.49 each
- La Choy Soy Sauce: $1.79 each
- Donut Shop Bagged Coffee: $9.99 each
- Glory Seasoned Greens: 2 for $6.00
- Mary Kitchen Corned Beef Hash: $3.49 each
- Vlasic Sauerkraut: $2.99 each
- Nabisco Snack Crackers (Chicken Biskit, Wheat Thins): 2 for $8.00
- Nabisco Oreo Cakesters or BelVita Bars: $3.99 each
- Cheez-It, Pringles, Rice Krispies Treats or PopTarts: 4 for $5.00
- Frito-Lay's Stax: 2 for $4.00
- Mrs. Butterworth's Pancake Mix or Syrup: $2.99 each
- Hershey's King Size Candy: 2 for $5.00
- Carr's, Toasted or Keebler Graham Crackers: $3.99 each
- Frito-Lay Minis: 2 for $5.00
- Wesson Cooking Oil: $12.99 each
- Libby Fruit Cups: 2 for $5.00
- M&M's Family Size Stand Up Bag: $8.99 each
- Jet-Puffed Marshmallows: 2 for $4.00
- Planters Peanuts: $3.49 each
- Pringles Snack Stacks: $5.99 each
- Wolf Brand Chili: 2 for $5.00
- Campbell's Chicken Noodle or Tomato Soup: 4 for $5.00
- Wolf Chili With Beans: $1.79 each
- Old Orchard Juice: 2 for $4.00
- Maruchan Cup Ramen: 2 for $6.00
- Best Choice Pasta Sauce: 2 for $4.00
- Best Choice Brownie Mix: 2 for $3.00
- Best Choice Sugar: $2.99 each
- Best Choice Pasta: 4 for $4.00
- Best Choice Peanut Butter: $4.49 each
- Best Choice Gravy or Seasoning Mix: $0.69 each
- Best Choice Poppers or Cheese Sticks: 2 for $3.00
- Tropicana Orange Juice: $3.99 each
- Post Cereal: $3.99 each
- Frito-Lay Ruffles: 2 for $7.00
- Frito-Lay Doritos: 2 for $7.00
- Kingsford Charcoal: $11.99 each
- Snack Pack Pudding or Gelatin: $0.99 each
- SunnyD Punch: $3.49 each
- Turkey Hill Lemonade: $2.99 each
- Starbucks Iced Coffee: $5.99 each
- Rana Pasta: $5.99 each
- Juanita's Stone Ground Tortilla Chips: $3.99 each
- Chimi Rica Sauces: 2 for $5.00
- Avocare Avocado Oil: $6.99 each
- Deer Park Water: $3.49 each
- Ozarka Water: $0.99 each
- Pepsi or Mtn Dew Products: $10.99 each
- Coca-Cola Products: $11.99 each
- Gatorade Thirst Quencher: $6.99 each
- Lipton Tea Products: 2 for $13.00
- Pam Cooking Spray: $3.99 each
Frozen on sale:
- Mayfield Ice Cream Squares: $2.99 each
- Mayfield Pops, Bars or Sandwiches: $2.99 each
- DiGiorno Pizza: 2 for $8.00
- Arby's Curly Fries, Red Robin, Sonic, Nathan's, Checkers or Paw Patrol Frozen Potatoes or Onion Rings: $3.99 each
- Crav'n Flavor Pizza: $3.99 each
- Crav'n Flavor Breakfast Sandwiches: $4.99 each
- Crav'n Flavor Ice Cream: 2 for $7.00
- Banquet Boneless Jumbo Chicken Nuggets: $8.99 each
- White Castle Chicken Rings: $7.99 each
- On-Cor Family Size Entrees: $3.99 each
- Banquet Mega Meat Entrees: $4.49 each
- PictSweet Farm Favorites or Southern Classics Vegetables: 2 for $4.00
- Birds Eye Vegetables: 3 for $5.00
- Pillsbury Toaster Strudels: $5.99 each
- Totino's Pizza Rolls: $11.99 each
- Lean Cuisine Single Serve Meals: 4 for $10.00
- Farm Rich Protein French Toast Sticks: $5.49 each
- Cholula Frozen Enchiladas or Bowls: $4.49 each
- Banquet Mega Breakfast Bowls: 2 for $7.00
- Marie Callender's Hand Pies: $5.99 each
- Dolly Parton's Single Serve Custard: $6.99 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.
$61.08
for 4 people · $15.27 per person
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