Piggly Wiggly Vegetarian Meal Plan
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BUDGET RATIONALE
Why these meals: This week's plan leans on smart overlap to stretch your Piggly Wiggly sale finds across the whole week: sliced white mushrooms show up in both Monday's baked mac and cheese and Tuesday's Rana pasta, while cherub tomatoes and yellow onions carry through from Tuesday's pasta into Thursday's black bean and rice bowl. Daisy Sour Cream or Cottage Cheese and Taylor Farms Vegetables each get used across two nights too, Wednesday's scrambled eggs and Friday's loaded baked potatoes, so you're not left with half-used packages going to waste in the fridge. Wednesday keeps things light and fast with a breakfast-for-dinner twist using eggs and cottage cheese, and Friday wraps the week up with a hands-off oven night of loaded russet potatoes topped with Kraft Deli Deluxe cheese. Every meal is vegetarian and built around simple one-pot or one-pan prep, so you're getting real variety in flavor and texture without extra shopping trips or complicated cooking.
5-DAY MEAL PLAN
Monday
Meal: Baked Mac and Cheese with Spinach and Mushrooms
Description: Creamy stovetop mac and cheese stirred with sauteed mushrooms and wilted baby spinach for a simple comfort-food dinner. Ready in well under an hour with just one pan for the veggies.
Sale items used: Kraft Deluxe or Velveeta Mac & Cheese Dinners, Dole Baby or Teen Spinach, Sliced White Mushrooms
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: 1 box Kraft Deluxe Mac & Cheese Dinner (serves 4), half of a Sliced White Mushrooms package (about 4 oz sauteed), half of a Dole Baby Spinach package (about 2.5 oz wilted in)
Recipes:
- Garlic, Spinach & Mushroom Mac and Cheese Recipe
- Mushroom and Spinach Macaroni and Cheese Recipe
- Creamy and Cheesy Mushroom-Spinach Mac and Cheese
Tuesday
Meal: Rana Pasta with Ragu Marinara and Mushrooms
Description: Fresh Rana pasta tossed in Ragu pasta sauce with sauteed mushrooms and halved cherub tomatoes for brightness. A quick simmer-and-toss dinner ready in about 30 minutes.
Sale items used: Rana Pasta, Ragu Pasta Sauce, Sliced White Mushrooms, NatureSweet Cherubs Tomatoes
Prep time: 30 minutes
Serving note: 1 package Rana Pasta (serves 4), 1 jar Ragu Pasta Sauce, remaining half of Sliced White Mushrooms package, half of the NatureSweet Cherubs Tomatoes package (halved)
Recipes:
- Easy Mushroom Ragù Recipe
- Best-Ever Wild Mushroom Vegetable Ragu
- Vegetarian Ragu Recipe That You Have To Try: Lidia's Mushroom Ragu
Wednesday
Meal: Cottage Cheese and Vegetable Scrambled Eggs
Description: Fluffy scrambled eggs folded with Daisy Cottage Cheese for extra creaminess, served alongside a quick saute of Taylor Farms Vegetables and yellow onion. A fast, protein-forward breakfast-for-dinner night.
Sale items used: Daisy Sour Cream or Cottage Cheese, Taylor Farms Vegetables, Medium Yellow Onions
Prep time: 20 minutes
Serving note: 8 large eggs (pantry staple, not on sale list), 1 container Daisy Cottage Cheese, 1 package Taylor Farms Vegetables, half of one Medium Yellow Onion, diced
Recipes:
- Higher Protein Scrambled Eggs with Cottage Cheese and Veggies
- Cottage Cheese Scramble
- Scrambled Eggs with Cottage Cheese 17g Protein Per Serving
Thursday
Meal: Black Bean and Rice Bowl with Avocado
Description: Warm Mahatma Jasmine Rice topped with seasoned pantry black beans, diced onion, cherub tomatoes, and sliced avocado for a fresh, filling bowl. Everything comes together in one pot plus quick chopping.
Sale items used: Mahatma Jasmine Rice, Avocados, Medium Yellow Onions, NatureSweet Cherubs Tomatoes
Prep time: 25 minutes
Serving note: 1 bag Mahatma Jasmine Rice (cook per package for 4 servings), 2 cans black beans (pantry staple, not on sale list), 1 avocado from the 3-pack, remaining half onion diced, remaining half of the cherub tomatoes package halved
Recipes:
- Black Bean and Rice Bowls with Creamy Avocado Sauce
- Avocado Black Bean Rice Bowl
- Rice and Bean Bowls with Corn and Avocado Sauce
Friday
Meal: Loaded Baked Potatoes with Cheese and Sour Cream
Description: Oven-baked russet potatoes split and topped with Kraft Deli Deluxe cheese slices, Daisy Sour Cream, and a scoop of sauteed Taylor Farms Vegetables. A hearty, hands-off oven night to close the week.
Sale items used: Best Choice Russet Potatoes, Kraft Deli Deluxe Slices, Daisy Sour Cream or Cottage Cheese, Taylor Farms Vegetables
Prep time: 55 minutes
Serving note: 4 russet potatoes from the 2-pack deal (buy 2 packs to get 4 similar-size potatoes), 4 slices Kraft Deli Deluxe cheese melted on top, half of a Daisy Sour Cream container, remaining half package Taylor Farms Vegetables sauteed as topping
Recipes:
- Loaded Baked Potato with Sour Cream
- Loaded Baked Potato Recipe
- Baked Potatoes in the Oven Recipe
🛒 Shopping List
SHOPPING LIST
Buy on sale:
- Kraft Deluxe or Velveeta Mac & Cheese Dinners (1 box): $7.49
- Dole Baby or Teen Spinach (1 package): $2.00
- Sliced White Mushrooms (1 package): $2.00
- Rana Pasta (1 package): $3.99
- Ragu Pasta Sauce (1 jar): $3.50
- NatureSweet Cherubs Tomatoes (1 package): $3.99
- Daisy Sour Cream or Cottage Cheese (2 packages): $3.00
- Taylor Farms Vegetables (2 packages): $4.00
- Medium Yellow Onions (1 package of 2): $2.00
- Mahatma Jasmine Rice (1 bag): $2.99
- Avocados (1 pack of 3): $2.00
- Best Choice Russet Potatoes (2 packages): $4.00
- Kraft Deli Deluxe Slices (1 package): $4.49
Pantry staples needed:
- 8 large eggs
- 2 cans black beans
- Salt, pepper, and cooking oil for sauteing
🏷️ All sale items this week
SALE ITEMS FOUND
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
- 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
🛒 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.
$45.45
for 4 people · $11.36 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.