7 Day Budget Meal Plan (April 27-May 3) (2024)

A 7 day flexible, budget-friendly meal planner to take the guesswork out of making dinner. All the ingredients are from Aldi because I’m a big believer in a one-stop-shop and staying on a budget. The plan includes the recipes and an itemized shopping list to make it all really easy!

Weekly Meal Plan 4
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Hello, and welcome to the fourth(!!!) Savvy Bites dinner plan using all ingredients from Aldi UK. If you’re USA based, I’m sure you can get most of these items at your local Aldi, too. So here we are. In unprecedented times and unchartered territory. But the fact of the matter is, while we’re all on lockdown, we’re eating and cooking more than we ever have before. Partly out of necessity and partly out of stress relief, often both. I’ve included 7 recipes but, depending on the size of your household you may have leftovers. Or, if you’re able, you may decide to support one of your local eateries and order takeout or delivery.

Why Aldi

I know many people might be new here, so let me just explain a few things real quick. I don’t work for Aldi, nor have I ever. I’m not affiliated with them in any way except that they are my favourite grocery store and I think what they do is remarkable. Like many of you, I’m sure, I used to do my primary shop at Aldi, and then go to one or two other shops for “bits and bobs”. It was costing me too much time and too much money. So, I decided to use my chef training and get creative and disciplined about making recipes using only ingredients from Aldi. And so far, it’s been a hit!

About the meal plan

Meal planning has been an integral part of my life since I was a kid. Being raised in a single-parent household on a fixed income, it was vital that we didn’t buy more than we needed and certainly never wasted anything. All of that means that I know a tonne about sticking to a budget and making a lot out of not very much. In times like these, both skills have come in handy. So, these meal plans are a way that I can help you navigate some waters you may not have a lot of experience with.

Especially in these days of COVID and lockdown, I want to use my experience and knowledge to lighten your load in any way that I can. I’m including 6 recipes (all ingredients available at Aldi), so you can either do a takeaway one night or have some leftovers. Either way, you get 6 recipes and the shopping list.

The recipes

Easy red lentil dhal curry

Chicken and mushroom pie

Spinach and prawn pasta

Crispy chilli beef

Chicken and bacon pasta

Roasted tomato soup with cheese straws

Meal Plan No4 Shopping List (Print Shopping List)

Larder/ Store Cupboard

• olive oil
• 3 tablespoons Thai red curry paste
• 1 jar curry powder
• 1 jarturmeric
• 1 jar teaspoons cumin
• 500g red lentils
• 1 box vegetable stock cubes
• 1 box chicken stock cubes
• 1 tin chopped tomatoes
• 500g tagliatelle pasta (or similar)
• 500g plain flour
• 500g pasta shells (or similar short pasta)
• 1 box corn starch
• 1 bottle dark soy sauce
• 1 bottle ketchup
• 1 bottle vinegar
• 1 jar honey
• 1 jar basil pesto

Fresh Fruit & Veg

• ginger
• 4yellow onion
• 1 red onion
• 1 bulb garlic
• 1butternut squash
• 1bag baby spinach
• 2punnet mixed baby plum tomatoes (cherry tomatoes)
• 1punnet mushrooms
• 1 bunch thyme
• 1 bunch parsley
• 1 bunch basil
• 1 small bag oflarge carrots
• 1 red chilli pepper
• 2 packs vine tomatoes (about 10)

Meat/ Fish & Dairy/ Frozen

• 1 bag jumbo king prawns (frozen section)
• 1 block butter
• 1 package parmesan cheese
• 2box puff pastry sheet
• 6 eggs
• 4chicken breast (boneless, skinless) cut into cubes
• 300ml milk
• 500g frozen peas
• 500g frozen sweet corn
• 1 pack pancetta/bacon lardons
• 1 pack smoked streaky bacon
• 300ml double cream
• 250g sirloin steak
• 250g shredded mozzarella

Meal Plan No4 Shopping List (Print Shopping List)

More weekly meal plans

• Weekly Meal Plan No. 1
• Weekly Meal Plan No. 2
• Weekly Meal Plan No. 3

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