Wishes do come true...: Aldi Meal Planner

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Mexi Roll ups

10:23:00 AM

Ingredients:

1 cup Mexican cheese

1/2 taco seasoning packet

1 package softened cream cheese

1 cup Sour cream

1 can (chopped) black olives

1/2 can green chiles drained

1 package 8 tortillas (not pictured)

Steps:

1. Mix all the above ingredients together.

2. Spread a 1/2 cup of mix on top of one tortilla until no more mix or tortillas.

3. Roll tortillas into skinny burritos. The ends do not need to be tucked in because they will be cut off.

4. Put on plate and refrigerate for an hour.

5. Remove from refrigerator and slice burrito into 1 1/2 in roll ups.

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Chicken Parm Crescent Rolls

8:50:00 AM

Ingredients:

8 chicken tenderloins

1/2 cup mayonnaise

1/4 parm cheese

4 mozzarella cheese sticks (or sliced mozzarella)

1 can crescent rolls

1 jar of spaghetti sauce or marinara sauce

(Not pictured salt and pepper to taste and 1tablespoon butter)

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease your cookie sheet.

2. Cook chicken the way you prefer. I like to use the George Forman. Do not over cook!

3. Mix mayonnaise and parm cheese together in a small bowl. Cover chicken with mayo/parm mixture.

4. Lay out crescent roll triangles flat on greased pan.

5. Place chicken and 1/4 of mozzarella stick on top of crescent roll.

6. Roll up crescent roll.

7. Melt butter, brush butter on top of crescent rolls, and top with salt or a little bit of garlic.

8. Bake for 14-15minutes.

9. While baking heat marinara sauce on stove top on medium heat until warm.

Recipe adapted from http://writtenreality.com/parmesan-chicken-roll/

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Cheesy Fries (Potato slices)

7:41:00 AM

Ingredients:

5 potatoes

1/2 bag real bacon bits

1 cup cheddar cheese

1/2 cup mozzarella cheese

Salt, pepper, and garlic powder to taste

Buttermilk ranch for dipping

Not pictured: olive oil

Steps:

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees and cover baking sheet with foil.

2. Slice potatoes.

3. Slather potatoes with olive oil and seasoning.

4. Bake for about 45 minutes. (Flipping once in between)

5. Take out of oven cover with cheese and bacon.

6. Broil in oven until cheese is melted.

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Baked Tortellini

8:34:00 PM

Ingredients:

1 jar Alfredo

1 jar spaghetti sauce

1/2 cup mozzarella

1/2 cup Parmesan cheese

2 packages tortellini

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Cook tortellini as stated on package.

3. Mix all ingredients (including cooked tortellini) in a baking dish.

4. Bake for 15 minutes.

5. Broil for the last 3 minutes.

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Cheesy Potatoes

10:41:00 PM

Ingredients:

2 cans cream of chicken soup

2 cups corn flakes

1 (32oz) bag frozen hash browns-shredded

2 1/2 cups cheddar cheese

1 cup sour cream

2 tbs butter

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Grease 9x11 dish.

3. Defrost hash browns (in a bowl) in microwave for a few minutes.

4. Add sour cream, soup, melted butter, and cheese together in bowl.

5. Place hash brown mixture in dish.

6. Cover mixture with corn flakes.

7. Cover with aluminum foil 25 minutes remove foil and bake for another 20 minutes.

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Sausage and Potatoes

9:26:00 PM

Ingredients:

1/4 cup of olive oil

6 potatoes

1 onion

1/2 a bag of carrots

Italian sausages

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning

(Not pictured)

Salt and pepper

Steps:

1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.

2. Peel and wash potatoes then slice into small pieces.

3. Chop carrots and onions into small pieces.

4. Grill sausage and cut up into small pieces.

5. Mix the vegetables and sausage together in pan. Add oil and seasoning.

6. Cover the pan with foil and cook for 30 minutes.

7. Remove foil and cook another 30 minutes.

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Drew's Sweet Chili

7:55:00 AM

Ingredients:

3 cans chili beans

1/3 cup brown sugar

2 lbs ground beef

1 medium onion

1 qt tomato juice

1 jar chili sauce

2 tbs chili powder

1. Brown the meat and the onion.

2. Drain grease from meat.

3. Place all ingredients in crockpot on low for 3-6 hours.

You can cook on the stove top as well.

I usually double the recipe and freeze half before cooking. Take out of freezer when ready and place in crockpot (frozen). Cook all day on low and ready for dinner.

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Spaghetti Squash

9:10:00 PM

Ingredients:

Spaghetti squash

Spaghetti sauce

Meat balls

Steps:

1. Place squash in microwave and heat for 15-20 minutes.

2. Let squash sit for a few minutes in microwave to cool off.

3. Remove carefully from microwave.

4. Slice off ends of squash and split down the middle.

5. Remove all of the seeds from the middle of the squash.

6. Scrape squash into a dish, remove any left over seeds.

7. Heat meatballs as it states in microwave.

8. Warm spaghetti sauce on stove top at medium warm.

9. Add meatballs to sauce on stovetop. Continue to heat until sauce is heated

10. Serve meatballs and sauce on top of squash.

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Brats and Fries

10:17:00 PM

Ingredients:

Cheddar or Smoked Brats

Hot dog buns

French Fries

Steps:

1. The package has multiple ways to cook the brats. I choose to cook them on our George Foreman. Cook for 8-10 minutes. Turn throughout.

2. Serve on buns with optional toppings.

Smoked brats are dairy free. Obviously cheddar brats are not. I personally prefer the smoked brats.

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Hamburgers and Onion Rings

6:34:00 PM

Ingredients:

Buns

Ground Beef

Hamburger Press (They do sell these at Aldi's but this one is not from there.)

Onion rings

(Not pictured: ketchup, mustard, onions)

Steps:

1. Place meat, diced onions and your choice of seasoning into a bowl and mix.

2. Place desired amount of meat into hamburger press.

3. There are multiple ways to cook the hamburgers from this point but we prefer cooking them on the skillet. We cook them on medium high for about 5 minutes on each side. (Add cheese if you would like.)

4. Place hamburgers on a paper towel to drain the grease.

5. Serve on buns with ketchup and mustard.

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Pulled Pork Sandwich

9:18:00 PM

Ingredients

Buns (hamburger or hot dog)

Appleton Farms Pulled Pork

1. Puncture bag of meat.

2. Place in microwave. Cook for length stated on package.

3. Place near on bun.

*One package was enough for our family of three.

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Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs

8:23:00 PM

Ingredients

Hot dog buns

Hot dogs

Bacon

Steps:

1. Wrap bacon around hot dog.

2. Place hot dogs on George Forman grill.

3. Cook until bacon and hot dog is brown or cooked.

4. Place on bun.

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Crockpot BBQ Ribs

9:41:00 AM

Ingredients:

1 onion

1 cup sweet baby rays BBQ sauce

3 lbs country style ribs

Salt and pepper

1. Thaw ribs.

2. Season ribs with salt and pepper.

3. Slice up the onion.

4. Place onions and ribs in crockpot on low.

5. Cover with BBQ sauce.

6. Cook for 4-6 hours or until tender and cooked.

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Homemade Blender Salsa

8:41:00 AM

Ingredients:

Half of yellow onion

Half on jalapeño seeded

2 cans of diced tomatoes (drained)

Half of lime (juice)

1 1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp sugar

2 tsp cumin

Blender

Steps:

1. Place all ingredients in a blender and blend!

Serve with tortilla chips.

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Hummus chicken and Veggies

1:09:00 PM

Ingredients:

4 kirkwood tenderloin chickens thawed

2 Tbs olive oil

1 cup hummus

2 Zuchinni

2 yellow squash

1 tsp paprika

Salt and pepper

Not picture whole onion and lemon

Steps:

1. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.

2. Slice and half Zuchinni and squash.

3. Dice the onion.

4. Mix veggies in bowl or baking dish with olive oil.

5. Cover chicken with hummus. I used a spoon and my hands. Place chicken on top of veggies.

6. Squeeze lemon over veggies and chicken.

7. Top with paprika, salt and pepper to your liking.

8. Bake at 450 for 25 minutes. If cooking with chicken breasts instead of tenderloins you may need to cook longer.

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Aldi frozen meal plan

2:33:00 PM

As I'm prepping for my second baby I want to make sure I have meals that are easy to prep and clean up. I have put together 4 recipes that are freelance and yummy. All items in the recipes can be bought at Aldi, but some are not because it is what I had on hand. We cooked 9 meals in one hour and the total cost for 11 meals was around $65.

11 meals=11 dinners I don't have to cook

Some people count meals as how many you can feed. In that case 11x4=44 meals for $65

Meals:

Chicken teriyaki and rice

Chicken fajitas

Sloppy joes

Taco soup

Tips:

You will need to buy aluminum pans somewhere other than Aldi's.

I like to double line the baggies.

Label all of he baggies with the date, food, and cooking instructions.

I precooked the chicken and thawed the ground meat.

I use an onion chopper to chop all veggies. This will cut your time in half.

I place my frozen meals straight in crockpot. You can thaw but if you don't have time it's not a big deal.

Do not attempt alone. I made with my sister and makes time go a lot faster and makes it easier.

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Chicken Fajitas (frozen meals)

4:21:00 PM

Ingredients:

3 cups cheddar cheese

3 cups mexican style cheese

1 can cream of chicken soup

4 chicken breast

1 can of chiles

8-14 tortillas

2 cups of sour cream (not from Aldi but they do have sc)

Not pictured: aluminum pans and aluminum foil (pans are not sold at Aldi)

Steps:

1. Thaw chicken and cook in slow cooker or on George Forman.

2. If you have a kitchen aid mixer shred chicken using this tool.

3. Mix all ingredients together in a bowl. Leave out one cup of each cheese for later when baked.

4. Lay out tortillas. Fill and roll then lay in pan.

5. Cover with foil and label.

Cook at 350 degrees for 20 minutes of thawed. Top with cheese last five minutes of baking.

*this took two pans so two dinners with the above ingredients

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Sloppy Joes (freezer meals)

3:47:00 PM

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups Ketchup

1 onion

1/2 tsp Salt

1/2 tsp Paprika

1 tbsp Chili pepper

1 pound ground turkey

2 Garlic cloves

2 tbsp Worscherstire sauce

(Not pictured)

1 tsp Dry mustard

1 cup of water

Buns

1. Brown the meat. (I usually thaw and brown before starting my frozen meal prep)

2. Label bags

3. Place all ingredients including meat in the Baggie and freeze.

4. When you are ready to cook place in crockpot for 6-8 hours on low.

* I did not thaw and cooked at this level for this amount of time. If you prefer to thaw not sure if the cooking instructions.

Serve on buns

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Chicken Teriyaki (frozen meal)

3:28:00 PM

Ingredients:

5 Kirkwood chicken tenderloins

2/3 cups brown sugar (not from Aldi but they have it)

3 cloves of garlic

1 cup of water

1 cup teriyaki sauce

Fit and active brown rice (not pictured)

Steps: (directions are for freezer meals if you want to place directly in crock pot)

1. Label bags

2. Place all ingredients EXCEPT rice in Baggie.

3. Try to get all of the air out of the bag. Seal and place in freezer until ready to cook.

4. To cook: place in crockpot on low for 6-8 hours.

5. Serve with rice (see box for directions)

Tips: double line the bags, see how to video on cooking with garlic cloves, and make sure to label all bags with date and cooking details

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Cheesy Italian Sausage Ravioli

5:01:00 PM

Ingredients:

1 jar spaghetti sauce

1 bag Cheese Ravioli

1 package Italian sausage

1 onion

2 tbls olive oil

1/2 tsp Italian seasoning

Salt and pepper

(Not pictured)

1 cup mozzarella cheese

1/4 cup Parmesan cheese

Steps:

1. Boil a pot of water and cook the ravioli according to the bag.

2. Thaw then boil sausages in pot of water for at least 15 minutes. Cool and chop into smaller pieces.

3. In frying pan heat oil and chopped onions until browned.

4. Add sausage to onions cook sausage for 5 minutes at medium/high.

5. Add spaghetti sauce and seasoning to your liking then heat on low.

6. After you drain the ravioli add it to the sausage/oil/sauce mix. Continue to cook on low.

7. Add mozzarella and Parmesan cheese.

8. Allow to hear on low for a few more minutes and serve.

This is probably one of my new favorite recipes!!!! Seems like a lot of steps but really not hard to make.

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Mexi Roll ups

Chicken Parm Crescent Rolls

Cheesy Fries (Potato slices)

Baked Tortellini

Cheesy Potatoes

Sausage and Potatoes

Drew's Sweet Chili

Spaghetti Squash

Brats and Fries

Hamburgers and Onion Rings

Pulled Pork Sandwich

Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs

Crockpot BBQ Ribs

Homemade Blender Salsa

Hummus chicken and Veggies

Aldi frozen meal plan

Chicken Fajitas (frozen meals)

Sloppy Joes (freezer meals)

Chicken Teriyaki (frozen meal)

Cheesy Italian Sausage Ravioli

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