Piggly Wiggly Kid-Friendly Meal Plan
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BUDGET RATIONALE
Why these meals: Since you're feeding four, this plan sticks to familiar kid favorites like hot dogs on Tuesday, mac and cheese with tilapia on Thursday, and a pizza-flavored pasta bake on Friday. The 10 lb bag of Green Giant Idaho Potatoes is $2.99 and does double duty, becoming mashed potatoes on Monday and crispy oven wedges on Tuesday, so nothing sits unused in the pantry. Ketchup shows up twice as well: you buy the $3.99 Heinz bottle for Tuesday's hot dogs and use it again in Wednesday's glaze on the country style pork ribs. The 3 lb bag of yellow onions at $1.99 gives you what you need for that glaze, and the two Dole Garden Salads cover Monday and Thursday. Most of the cooking is simple oven or stovetop work, so weeknight dinners stay easy.
5-DAY MEAL PLAN
Monday
Meal: Oven-Baked Fryer Leg Quarters with Mashed Potatoes and Garden Salad
Description: Fryer leg quarters are baked until crisp-skinned and juicy, served with creamy mashed Idaho potatoes. A simple Dole Garden Salad adds a fresh side.
Sale items used: Fresh Fryer Leg Quarters, Green Giant Idaho Potatoes (10 lb bag), Dole Garden Salad
Prep time: 60 minutes
Serving note: 3 lbs Fresh Fryer Leg Quarters, 3 lbs potatoes from the bag, 1 Dole Garden Salad (half of the 2 for $3.00 pair). Bake at 425 F for about 45 minutes.
Recipes:
- Baked Chicken Leg Quarters
- Oven Baked Chicken Leg Quarters
- Savory Oven Baked Chicken Leg Quarters with Potatoes
Tuesday
Meal: Hot Dogs with Oven Potato Wedges and Grapes
Description: Bar-S hot dogs are simmered or pan-heated and served for easy fun eating. Crispy baked potato wedges and fresh grapes round out the plate.
Sale items used: Bar-S Franks, Hot Dogs or Sliced Bologna, Green Giant Idaho Potatoes (10 lb bag), Red or Green Seedless Grapes, Heinz Ketchup
Prep time: 35 minutes
Serving note: 1 pack Bar-S Franks, Hot Dogs or Sliced Bologna (hot dogs), 2 lbs potatoes from the bag, 1 lb grapes, 1 Heinz Ketchup bottle. Buns are not on the sale list, so serve the hot dogs plain or with Ozark Hearth Texas Toast folded around them if you wish (not purchased this week).
Recipes:
- Hot Dogs and Potatoes
- BBQ Hot Dog & Potato Packs
- Hot Dogs & Wedge Fries
Wednesday
Meal: Baked Country Style Pork Ribs with Rice and Mixed Vegetables
Description: Boneless country style pork ribs are baked until tender with a mild onion and ketchup glaze. Served with Ben's Ready Rice Pouches and Birds Eye Premium Vegetables.
Sale items used: Family Pack Fresh Boneless Country Style Pork Ribs, Heinz Ketchup, Medium Yellow Onions (3 lb bag), Ben's Ready Rice Pouches, Birds Eye Premium Vegetables
Prep time: 55 minutes
Serving note: 2 lbs pork ribs, 1 onion from the bag, ketchup from the bottle bought Tuesday, 2 Ben's Ready Rice Pouches (the 2 for $4.00 pair), 1 Birds Eye Premium Vegetables. Bake covered at 350 F for about 45 minutes.
Recipes:
- Baked Country-Style Ribs & Rice
- Italian Ribs and Rice
- Country Style Ribs and Beans
Thursday
Meal: Pan-Seared Tilapia with Cheesy Mac and Cheese
Description: Tilapia fillets are pan-seared with a light seasoning until golden and flaky. Served with creamy Kraft Deluxe or Velveeta Mac & Cheese and a side salad.
Sale items used: Sea Best Frozen Fresh Tilapia Fillets, Kraft Deluxe or Velveeta Mac & Cheese, Dole Garden Salad
Prep time: 30 minutes
Serving note: 1.5 lbs tilapia fillets, 2 boxes Kraft Deluxe or Velveeta Mac & Cheese, 1 Dole Garden Salad (the other half of the 2 for $3.00 pair).
Recipes:
- Pan Seared Tilapia
- Pan Seared Tilapia
- Tilapia Fish Sandwich with Baked Pepper Jack Mac
Friday
Meal: Smoked Sausage and Pepperoni Pizza Pasta Bake
Description: Sliced Carolina Pride smoked sausage and Hormel pepperoni are baked with pasta, Classico Pasta Sauce and melty Kraft Shreds or Chunks. A kid-friendly, pizza-flavored bake.
Sale items used: Carolina Pride Smoked Sausage or Cocktail Smokies, Hormel Sliced Pepperoni, Creamette or Ronco Pasta, Classico Pasta Sauce, Kraft Shreds or Chunks
Prep time: 45 minutes
Serving note: 1 pack Carolina Pride Smoked Sausage (the 2 for $6.00 deal, buy 2 packs to get the price but only 1 needed so pay $3.00 per pack via 1 pack at half the pair price), 1 pack Hormel Sliced Pepperoni, 1 box Creamette or Ronco Pasta (1 lb), 1 jar Classico Pasta Sauce, 1 Kraft Shreds or Chunks.
Recipes:
- Pizza Pasta Bake with Pepperoni and Sausage
- Sausage and Pepperoni Pizza Pasta
- Sausage and Pepperoni Pizza Pasta Casserole
🛒 Shopping List
SHOPPING LIST
Buy on sale:
- Fresh Fryer Leg Quarters (3 lbs): $2.37
- Bar-S Franks, Hot Dogs or Sliced Bologna (x1 pack): $0.88
- Family Pack Fresh Boneless Country Style Pork Ribs (2 lbs): $4.38
- Sea Best Frozen Fresh Tilapia Fillets (1.5 lbs): $7.19
- Carolina Pride Smoked Sausage or Cocktail Smokies (x1 pack): $3.00
- Hormel Sliced Pepperoni (x1 pack): $2.99
- Green Giant Idaho Potatoes (10 lb bag) (x1 bag): $2.99
- Medium Yellow Onions (3 lb bag) (x1 bag): $1.99
- Dole Garden Salad (x2): $3.00
- Red or Green Seedless Grapes (1 lb): $1.99
- Ben's Ready Rice Pouches (x2): $4.00
- Birds Eye Premium Vegetables (x1): $4.29
- Kraft Deluxe or Velveeta Mac & Cheese (x2): $3.98
- Creamette or Ronco Pasta (x1 box): $1.00
- Classico Pasta Sauce (x1 jar): $2.49
- Kraft Shreds or Chunks (x1): $1.99
- Heinz Ketchup (x1): $3.99
Pantry staples needed:
- Salt, pepper, garlic powder, butter, milk, cooking oil
🏷️ All sale items this week
SALE ITEMS FOUND
Meats on sale:
- USDA Choice Black Canyon Angus Boneless Beef Shoulder Roast: $5.99/lb
- Bar-S Franks, Hot Dogs or Sliced Bologna: $0.88 each
- Tyson Individually Fresh Frozen Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast or Tenderloins: $5.99 each
- Family Pack Fresh Boneless Country Style Pork Ribs: $2.19/lb
- Family Pack Fresh Boneless Sirloin Pork Chops: $2.19/lb
- Family Pack Fresh Ground Chuck: $4.99/lb
- USDA Choice Black Canyon Angus Family Pack Boneless Beef Top Sirloin Steaks: $7.99/lb
- Cacique Beef or Pork Chorizo: $1.00 each
- USDA Choice Black Canyon Angus Family Pack Boneless Beef Stew Meat: $6.59/lb
- USDA Choice Black Canyon Angus Boneless Beef Ribs: $9.99/lb
- Family Pack Fresh Ground Chuck Patties: $5.49/lb
- Family Pack Fresh Tenderized Boneless Sirloin Pork Chops: $2.39/lb
- Family Pack Fresh Pork Cutlets: $2.99/lb
- Fresh Fryer Leg Quarters: $0.79/lb
- Soules Kitchen Fully Cooked Chicken Fajita Meat: 2 for $4.00
- Curly's BBQ: $4.99 each
- Land O'Frost Premium Sliced Lunch Meats: $5.99 each
- Carolina Pride Smoked Sausage or Cocktail Smokies: 2 for $6.00
- Oscar Mayer Econowell Lunch Meats: $3.99 each
- Fresh USDA Choice Black Canyon Angus Family Pack Boneless Beef Shoulder Steaks: $5.99/lb
- Family Pack Fresh Breakfast Thin Sirloin Pork Chops: $2.39/lb
- Butterfly Fresh 93% Lean Ground Turkey: $5.99 each
- Oscar Mayer Bacon: $3.99 each
- Bob Evans Family Pack Side Dishes: $3.99 each
- Tyson Frozen Fully Cooked Chicken Nuggets, Patties or Popcorn Chicken: $4.99 each
- Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh Lunch Meats or Carving Board Strips: $3.49 each
- Oscar Mayer Stack Pack Bologna or Cotto Salami: $2.79 each
- Wright Brand Sliced Bacon: $11.99 each
- Wampler Farms Pork Sausage Rolls, Patties, Links or Taco Meat: 2 for $7.00
- Wampler Farms Pork Sausage Patties: $6.99 each
- Tennessee Pride Breakfast Sandwiches: $9.99 each
- Sea Best Frozen Fresh Tilapia Fillets: $4.79/lb
- Sea Best Fresh Frozen Fully Cooked Shrimp: $4.99 each
- Hormel Sliced Pepperoni: $2.99 each
- Cacique Queso Fresco: 2 for $5.00
- Tyson 8-Piece Fried Chicken: $9.99 each
- Tyson 8-Piece Fried Chicken w/2 Homemade sides: $14.99 each
- Kretschmar Chicken Breast (sliced to order): $7.99/lb
- Kretschmar Off The Bone Ham (sliced to order): $5.99/lb
Deli and prepared on sale:
- Cacique Mexicana Crema: 2 for $5.00
- German Potato Salad: $2.99/lb
- Kretschmar Cheese (sliced to order): $4.99/lb
- Old Wisconsin Party Trays: $12.99 each
- Pagoda Bibigo or Pagoda Wontons or Egg Rolls: $4.99 each
- Fresh Dough Pizza: $10.99 each
Produce on sale:
- Green Giant Idaho Potatoes (10 lb bag): $2.99 each
- Blueberries, Blackberries or Raspberries: 2 for $5.00
- Red or Green Seedless Grapes: $1.99/lb
- Avocados: 3 for $2.00
- Beefsteak Tomatoes: $1.29/lb
- Jack-O-Lantern Pumpkins: 2 for $10.00
- Medium Yellow Onions (3 lb bag): $1.99 each
- Whole White Mushrooms: 2 for $4.00
- Dole Garden Salad: 2 for $3.00
- Red Delicious, Gold Delicious, McIntosh or Gala Apples (3 lb bag): $3.49 each
Dairy and eggs on sale:
- Kraft Shreds or Chunks: $1.99 each
- Philadelphia Cream Cheese: $2.49 each
- Philadelphia Cheesecake Crumbles: $3.49 each
- Kraft Singles: $2.99 each
- Kraft Cracker Cut or Cheese Cubes: $2.69 each
- Velveeta Loaf: $6.99 each
- Velveeta Shreds: $1.89 each
- Chobani Yogurt: $2.99 each
- Danimals Yogurt Drinks: $5.99 each
- Fairlife Milk: $5.49 each
- Borden Cheese Shreds: $6.99 each
- Mayfield Sour Cream: $1.99 each
- Mayfield French Onion Dip: 2 for $5.00
- Jell-O Gelatin or Pudding: $1.99 each
Bakery and bread on sale:
- The Father's Table Cake Rolls: $5.49 each
- Café Valley Muffins: $4.49 each
- Ozark Hearth Texas Toast: $3.49 each
- Two Bite Double Chocolate Brownies: $4.49 each
- Clyde's Variety Pack Donuts: $4.99 each
- Toufayan Bagels: $2.89 each
- Rich's Cookies & Creme Cake: $12.99 each
- White Lily Frozen Biscuits: $4.49 each
- Edwards Dessert Pies: $4.99 each
Pantry on sale:
- Campbell's Chunky Soup: $1.99 each
- Ben's Ready Rice Pouches: 2 for $4.00
- Post Pebbles or Honey Bunches of Oats Cereal: $2.99 each
- Kellogg's Bag Cereal: $4.99 each
- General Mills Cereals: $1.49 each
- Kraft Restaurant Mac & Cheese: $2.49 each
- Betty Crocker Cake, Brownie, Cookie Mix or Frosting: $0.99 each
- Kraft Mayonnaise: $3.99 each
- Kraft Miracle Whip: $4.49 each
- Maxwell House K-Cups or Coffee: $6.49 each
- Oikos Shakes: $8.99 each
- Heinz Ketchup: $3.99 each
- Classico Pasta Sauce: $2.49 each
- Kool-Aid Bursts: $0.99 each
- Nature Valley or Fiber One Bars: $2.49 each
- Kraft Deluxe or Velveeta Mac & Cheese: $1.99 each
- Gevalia Ground Coffee or K-Cups: $7.49 each
- Kool-Aid Jammers: $1.99 each
- Maxwell House Ground Coffee: $11.99 each
- Kraft Salad Dressing: $1.99 each
- Vlasic Pickle Balls: $2.49 each
- Dolly Parton's Cake Mix: $1.49 each
- StarKist Chunk Light Tuna: $2.39 each
- Kraft Blue Box Mac & Cheese: $3.99 each
- Nesquik Powder Chocolate Drink Mix: $5.99 each
- Bertolli Olive Oil: $5.99 each
- Jolly Time Popcorn: $2.99 each
- Fatty Meat Sticks Minis: $5.99 each
- Creamette or Ronco Pasta: 10 for $10.00
- Mueller's or San Giorgio Pasta: 10 for $10.00
- Kellogg's Cereal: 10 for $10.00
- Campbell's Chunky Homestyle Bowls: $2.19 each
- Annie's Macaroni & Cheese Cups: $4.99 each
- Mueller's, Ronco or Creamette Egg Noodles: 2 for $4.00
- Mrs. Weiss' Egg Noodles: 2 for $5.00
- No Yolks or Light 'n Fluffy Egg Noodles: 2 for $4.00
- Hormel Chili With or Without Beans: 2 for $5.00
- V8 Tomato, Vegetable or Fusion Juice: 2 for $6.00
- Best Choice Water: 2 for $7.00
- Nabisco Family Size Crackers or Cookies: $4.99 each
- Dolly Parton's Pancake Mix or Syrup: 2 for $7.00
- Kraft Caramels or Caramel Bits: 2 for $5.00
- Bubly Sparkling Water: $3.89 each
- Cascadian Farm Organic Cereal or Granola: $3.99 each
- Pure Life Water: $4.49 each
- Nutri Grain Bars or Rice Krispies Treat Bars: $4.99 each
- Cheez-It Crackers: $3.49 each
- LouAna Vegetable or Canola Oil: $4.99 each
- Jet Puffed Marshmallows: 2 for $5.00
- David Sunflower Seeds: $1.79 each
- Slim Jim Giant Meat Sticks: 4 for $5.00
- Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix: $4.29 each
- Welch's Grape Juice: $3.49 each
- Simply Orange Juice: $6.99 each
- La Preferida Tamales: $1.79 each
- El Yucateco Habanero Sauce: 2 for $5.00
- Avocare Avocado Oil: $13.99 each
- Starbucks or Natural Bliss Creamer: 2 for $10.00
Frozen on sale:
- Mayfield Ice Cream: $3.99 each
- Mayfield Ice Cream, Krunch Bars or Sandwiches: $2.99 each
- Little Debbie Big Pack Snacks: $3.99 each
- Ore-Ida Frozen Potatoes, Hash Browns, or Tater Tots: $2.99 each
- Jack's Pizza: 3 for $9.00
- Totino's Ultimate Pizza: $1.49 each
- Bagel Bites Rolled Pizza: $4.49 each
- Birds Eye Voila! Beef, Shrimp or Chicken Entrées: $2.99 each
- Marie Callender's or Dolly Parton's Family Size Lasagna or Mac & Cheese: $13.99 each
- Smart Ones Frozen Entrées: $0.99 each
- Delimex Burrito Bowls: $2.49 each
- Devour Frozen Entrées or Big Bowls: $2.49 each
- Freschetta Pizza: $3.99 each
- Nestlé Toll House Cookie Dough: $3.99 each
- Rana Lasagna Meals: $8.99 each
- Banquet Boneless Chicken: $4.99 each
- TGI Fridays Frozen Appetizers: $3.49 each
- PictSweet Roasting, Skillet, or Air Fryer Vegetables: 2 for $6.00
- Michelina's Entrées: 4 for $5.00
- Marie Callender's Bowls or Small Pot Pies: 2 for $6.00
- Rana Take Home Meals: $7.99 each
- Birds Eye Premium Vegetables: $4.29 each
- Innovasian Cuisine Frozen Entrées: $5.99 each
- Eggo Protein Pancakes or Waffles: 2 for $8.00
- Farm Rich French Toast Sticks: $2.99 each
- Pillsbury Cookies, Pizza Dough or Pull Apart Bread: $2.99 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.
$52.52
for 4 people · $13.13 per person
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