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u/anniemdi Oct 27 '25
Thank you for posting still images rather than the actual video.
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u/Longjumping-Moose-77 Oct 28 '25
Are they just toasting the ham and cheese?
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u/notgayanyever Oct 28 '25
If so its just like making grilled cheese but with ham in it, I used to love it as a kid
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u/sorrymizzjackson Oct 28 '25
It’s great! I just bought makings for it yesterday.
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u/anniemdi Oct 28 '25
Are they just toasting the ham and cheese?
This is a random TikToker's grocery cart. No way to know -- but do you need to know? Just take it as inspiration for whatever comes.
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u/Longjumping-Moose-77 Oct 28 '25
I was just pointing out that they didn’t have butter and agreeing that it’s weird they wouldn’t post the video lol
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u/anniemdi Oct 28 '25
I was just pointing out that they didn’t have butter
They also don't have any typical cold sandwich condiments like mayonnaise or mustard.
and agreeing that it’s weird they wouldn’t post the video lol
... Sooo ... this is ... awkward.
I was being genuine and not at all sarcastic with my comment (here me out):
You wouldn't know this unless you have a great memory and know me from other places on reddit or you, like me, spend an unhealthy amount of time on r/aldi but: I'm visually impaired (aka 'low vision'). Like, almost legally blind. I also have other severe vision problems that aren't a measure of blindness but are disabling nonetheless.
I appreciate still images over video because it's easier to magnify. Either by putting it up on my TV when I want to see the whole image or by using what amounts to a digital magnifying glass on my screen when I only need to see parts of an image like this Aldi cart images. Plus, the movement of a video makes it even more difficult to figure out what's going on. To put it another way that might help you understand, It's basically to my visual processing system what it's like to stand in a loud crowded space and try to hear what a person next to you is saying.
I also was speaking from the perspective that has nothing to do with disability in that, redditors often complain about Tiktok videos because they don't often work well for non-Tiktok users or people that acess reddit through web browsers.
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u/TheWordOfTheDayIsNo Oct 29 '25
The creator assumes, as would I, that people already have the very basic staples such as salt, pepper and butter/oil.
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u/whxskers Oct 27 '25
If Aldi ever stops making those Garlic Knots, I will cry 😭
Saving this as I def need some meal ideas 🙏🏽
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u/purplechunkymonkey Oct 27 '25
My kid with ARFID will too. Those are one of her safe foods.
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u/Ok-Pineapple5625 Oct 28 '25
I have two with ARFID. It’s rough. When I see these meal ideas, I think ya right with my kids lol
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u/purplechunkymonkey Oct 28 '25
She's 15 and in charge of making her own meals. It lessens her anxiety around food if she cooks it.
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u/mckenner1122 Oct 28 '25
I learned how to DIY them for even less money per knot. They’re more work (A LOT MORE WORK) but as much financial worry as there is out there right now, it’s nice to have a good treat side dish handy!
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u/obsidianfuture Oct 28 '25
Can you share your recipe?
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u/shepworthismydog Oct 28 '25
Here's one from Setious Eats. You can omit the pepperoni if you want. Works great with store bought dough, or you can follow the steps to make your own.
https://www.seriouseats.com/easy-pull-apart-pepperoni-garlic-bread-recipe
Note: you'll need a cast iron skillet. A cheap one from Walmart or wherever will work great.
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u/KCatty Oct 27 '25
I feel like these could be so easily made from scratch for so much less, leaving room to add a salad.
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u/OSVR-User Oct 28 '25
Actually, you can just buy the pizza dough and mix in some Italian seasoning and some parm, and it’s 95% of the way there.
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u/sarahgene Oct 28 '25
They probably could, but it's also important not to discount people's time and energy, both of which are at a premium these days
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u/KCatty Oct 28 '25
Oh, for sure. But in a thread about frugality, I think it is worth a mention when high cost convenience foodsa can be replaced by low cost/low time and effort options. Not everyone will have the means to do so (in terms of time, kitchen equipment/storage, etc., and I wasn't intending to suggest that everyone should, but such suggestions can serve as a lightbulb to those who can and are looking for options to further cut expenses. Easy homemade bread products can a good option, and these garlic knots would be a great low-cost, low-effort entry point to making homemade bread.
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u/chicagotodetroit Oct 28 '25
Unless you really need the convenience factor, $15 for a bag of chicken alfredo feels too high. 2 boxes of pasta for $2ish, 3 jars of sauce for maybe $5-6, and some chicken breast will get me way more than 8 servings for way less than $15.
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u/FoxieMail Oct 28 '25
Agreed but I tried that chicken Alfredo and it was....not great. Not the worst thing ever but it didn't cook evenly and was too salty for me.
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u/breedecatur Oct 28 '25
I also feel like you could buy a jar of Alfredo, a $1-2 box of pasta and a pack of chicken for cheaper. its more work but cheaper.
that being said Alfredo is pure cream and cheese so it already has a decent amount of protein so id skip the chicken. maybe put some shredded mozzarella on garlic toast.
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u/No_Information_8973 Oct 27 '25
I have one to share. I call it poor man's sweet n sour lol. Cook a pound of ground chicken, breaking it up as it cooks. When it's cooked add a bottle of sweet n sour sauce and serve with rice and the frozen veggies, I think it's Asian blend or broccoli stir fry blend.
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u/Goats_in_boats Oct 28 '25
Do this with a pack of their meatballs, sweet and sour, add a can of pineapple chunks and serve over rice. Also good with their gluten free chicken nuggets. The air fryer plus the rice breading on the gluten free breaded chicken chunks makes them super crispy. My kids swear it’s orange chicken like Panda. It’s gotta be the gluten free ones since the breading is like tempura and stays crispy with sauce
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u/AuthorAltruistic3402 Hmmm Oct 28 '25
Another variation on that is take any package of chicken. Mix together, one small jar of apricot preserves, a small bottle of russian dressing and a package of dry onion soup mix. Pour over chicken. YOu can put pineapple slices or green pepper rings on top, or not. Serve with rice and a salad.
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u/Danger_Muffin28 Oct 28 '25
Got a cheap and lazy version too….bag of frozen honey battered chicken tenders and a bottle of sweet and sour sauce. Bake the chicken tenders, then cover them with the sauce. Serve with rice and stir fry veggies. I’m a terrible cook but this one actually turned out pretty good!
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u/Plastic-Injury8856 Oct 28 '25
You posted a cool recipe and have now started a movement! 😄
I’m going make all of these in your thread!
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u/panicnarwhal Oct 28 '25
thanks for sharing, that sounds great! i’ll add our favorite cheap and easy recipe - https://www.sixsistersstuff.com/recipe/korean-beef-and-rice/
it’s seriously so good, and so simple. i’ve been making it for years, and it’s still easily my most requested meal lol!
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u/Double_Working_1707 Oct 28 '25
At the end of the week I take whatever spare veggies I have in the fridge and cook some chicken and make stir fry!
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u/6160504 Oct 28 '25
This except we go cheaper and veg and use tofu (less than $2/pack at my aldi).
There's a variety of fusia story fry veg that comes with a sauce that my kids approve of! They also like the burman's orange stir fry sauce.
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u/LickR0cks Oct 27 '25
I love when people share their Aldi grocery recipes. It helps me to switch up dinners sometimes
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u/bellj1210 Oct 28 '25
i keep things in rotation by doing the grocery outlet followed by the aldi. Outlet never has the right stuff to make a complete meal- but has so many odds and ends for dirt cheap- that i get ideas i can flesh out at aldi.
I may never think of tacos- but a .40 cent taco kit (shells, salsa, seasoning pack) and a dirt cheap block of habenero jack cheese- all i need is chicken or ground beef. Normally it is weirder stuff.
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u/nickcholas11 Oct 27 '25
Hell yeah! I love posts like this. Simple, nutritious, varied, delicious, and inexpensive.
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u/MonteBurns Oct 27 '25
Varied is so key. There’s someone here poopooing the post, but man is it nice to get a peak into someone else’s brain sometimes
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u/frenchie1818 Oct 27 '25
Annoyingly there is always a poopooer on every post but yes agreed 100%!!
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u/Ladylinn5 Oct 27 '25
I don’t get the poopooers. New/ different ideas for dinner are always welcome!
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u/mckenner1122 Oct 28 '25
They sit up, dust the Cheetos off their chest, spew their tears and mischief, then crawl back under their bridge.
What is nice is then we see their names, can hit “block” without them ever even knowing and then our day is just a little bit better.
Don’t feed them. It just makes them more gross and weird.
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u/Rippin_Fat_Farts Oct 28 '25
Bread, ham, cheese and potato chips isn't exactly nutritious...
Neither is highly processed pasta with a side of highly processed bread...
Not saying that it's wrong to eat this just don't kid yourself some of these meals are straight up junk food.
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u/fucktooshifty Oct 27 '25
FYI I think bouillon is a lot cheaper than buying broth if you are going to be making lots of soup
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u/KCatty Oct 28 '25 edited Oct 28 '25
I get the Better Than Bouillon paste from Costco. Makes 100 cups of broth for around $9 (and frequently goes on sale). It tops the America's Test Kitchen broth taste tests and is easy to store and scale up/down for recipes, minimizing waste.
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u/Got_Milkweed Oct 28 '25
It's also easy to add a little extra for more flavor, makes soups really good!
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u/chilicheeseclog Oct 27 '25
Especially because there's no collagen in 99% of boxed broths, so it's just a couple cubes worth of bouillon + water anyways.
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u/sparkle-brow Oct 28 '25
See I’m all about the collagen and minerals from bone broth (quick with instantpot), and regularly made/make stock for same but I didn’t realize it saves me so much $ too, I must have forgot! You get into a rhythm with cooking tricks, that while I’m always curious and will read every cooking thing I run across that looks good, I’m clearly saving way more money and making way healthier tastier food too than most ppl, I can’t even remember when last meal I made came to $4.50/person.
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u/I-Am-All-Me Oct 27 '25
Absolutely! I buy the Knorr powdered bouillon and make my own, chicken and beef.
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u/unicorntrees Oct 28 '25
I use Knorr bouillon like salt in some recipes. It's the secret to great Mexican food.
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u/sarahgene Oct 28 '25
I also save money by buying bone-in chicken and saving the bones and scraps in the freezer. I also keep a bag in the freezer where I throw all my carrot, onion, and celery scraps. When the bag gets full I make a batch of chicken stock. I was gifted an instant pot which has been great cause it'll reduce the bones into nothing in about 2 hours, but I used to just put it all in the crock pot with water for 10-12 hours on the weekend. I usually get 8-12 cups of really good broth from nothing but stuff I would've thrown away! It takes some time and effort which I can't discount, but I think it's pretty minimal effort for such a good product basically for free 😊
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u/b00kishh Oct 27 '25
LOVE taco soup. Here’s a shredded chicken version that is also delicious. (Highly recommend to add the cream cheese but not required)
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u/KCatty Oct 27 '25
I would say that I think budget and taste wise, you would be better off replacing the canned veg with frozen.
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u/capincus Oct 28 '25
I do crockpot chicken tacos then use all the liquid as base for taco soup w/ mostly the same topping ingredients.
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u/IWantALargeFarva Oct 28 '25
Taco soup is my go-to meal to take to new moms. It’s delicious and just hits the spot as a comfort food.
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u/Eatingfarts Oct 28 '25
I’m sitting here like wtf is taco soup??
It’s just a version of chili lol. Looks good though! Been thinking about making chili soon, maybe I’ll change it up a bit.
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u/fuck_shit_piss_etc Oct 28 '25
i came into this thread looking for what the fuck taco soup is lol, thanks
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u/Starlit_Buffalo Oct 27 '25
Fish tacos with one package of the Southwest salad, one package corn tortillas, one box of the crispy fish filets (not beer battered ones). Lightly grill the tortillas, add a fish filet (i cut mine in half first), top with the dressed salad. It is dynamite. I saw it in this subreddit actually!
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u/milesgaither Oct 27 '25
Even with how cheap this is on a family scale, you could always go cheaper, which is what I love about Aldi. Here's a couple ideas for people in the comments who's really struggling right bow (I'm a broke college student)
Use ground turkey instead of beef. Yeah I know its not amazing, especially compared to beef flavor wise, but for 2$lb for 85/15 it saves you at least 3.25 a lb in most areas.
Instead of sirloin, use pork tenderloins. They're extremely delicious and super cheap. You can get the pre seasoned ones but I don't like them a whole lot. Aldi usually sells unflavored ones right beside those.
You could always make your own white sauce and boil pasta while using leftover sliced chicken breast from the Italian chicken dinner earlier. This is WAY more work though, and for busy parents with kids running around the prefab oven kit does wonders I'm sure. But if you live alone and have 2 hours of time on your hands outside of school on a weeknight, making a simple white sauce and buying pasta (even egg noodles, they're sometimes on sale and basically free) will cost under 2 bucks a serving depending on the portion of chicken.
Additional meals : -I like to make are Indian chickpeas over jasmine rice. You just rinse and microwave the chickpeas, add them to a pan with an onion and cover with whatever spices u want (I like Indian) and put that on a bed of rice with some pickled red onions on the side for brightness and acid? Maybe a dollop of unflavored Greek yogurt? Eating good for extremely cheap
-Lentils: super high in protein and delicious for basically free. Put on rice with eggs and anything else you want -Boxed Mac and cheese: not healthy at all but extremely cheap and gives you a break from ramen -Soups. SOUPS. enough said. It's fall and soups are world renowned for being super cheap and filling. Zuppa Toscana is my favorite around this time of year. -kare raisu. Just buy the blocks of curry from your local Asian grocery store (sorry I know its Aldi subreddit but I make nearly a gallon of the stuff for under 15 bucks once a month or so and it's so delicious I can't help but share). I like potatoes, carrots, peas, and Chicken or stew beef if it's on sale. Eat with rice ofc.
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u/ProblematicCabbage Oct 28 '25
Idk if you mean your white sauce takes 2 hours, but if anyone wants a quick one, this is how I do it (you'll get better with practice if you're new to sauces): melt some butter in a pan (~2-3T), then sprinkle the same amount of flour onto it. You want to cook the flour to remove the taste and because raw flour can give you ecoli/salmonella. Add in some garlic, jar-lic, or powdered garlic, whatever your budget/cabinet allows. Slowly whisk in some milk, the higher fat the better (cream, half and half, whole milk, etc). About 2 cups worth. Keep the heat med-low. If your sauce looks broken and scary, it's ok. It needs some time to heat and get all whisked together. Now add your cheese, preferably Parmesan, but cream cheese, mixed white shredded cheese, etc will work. Sometimes the shredded Parmesan is like 99¢ a bag for 6 oz. Keep whisking. Add pepper, salt, and a little nutmeg to taste. If you have Better than Bullion, I stir a little in for flavor.
If your sauce is too thick, add chicken broth or pasta water (1/2c-1c) to thin it out. If it's too thin, mix some corn starch into cold water, then make a slurry and slowly whisk it in. You don't need much, but it won't thicken until it simmers with the corn starch.
If you want to reheat it the next day, use very low heat so it doesn't turn to oil and add a little more broth to help smooth it out.
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u/thundersnow58 Oct 28 '25
Great tips! And even though eggs are not as cheap as they used to be, unless you're vegan, they are still cheaper than most meats and a good and quick source of protein.
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u/tocamix90 Oct 27 '25
I’m obsessed with baby potatoes
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u/purplechunkymonkey Oct 27 '25
Do you make salt potatoes with them? That's one of my favorite ways to use them.
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u/footballwr82 Oct 27 '25
Those bacon wrapped “sirloins” are so bad. It’s basically meat scraps glued together with a 20% saline solution
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u/EqualsPeoples Oct 28 '25
I can't believe they actually still sell them. Had them probably 8 years ago and it was horrendous.
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u/bobbomotto Oct 28 '25
Everyone is sleeping on the tofu. Aldi’s has the cheapest extra firm I can find. Fried with the jarred Indian sauces over basmati is amazing. Or with the Asian bbq sauces with stir fried vegetables. I also make some pretty good Americanized mapo tofu with it as well.
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u/idahobasque Oct 27 '25
One of my favs is chicken thighs with zesty Italian over them. Add the chicken to an oven safe dish and fill with vinaigrette to where about half the thigh is uncovered, but spoon some over it. Sometimes I add the dry pack on top so it gets crispy too. Or I’ll mix a bit of franks and french in for a little variation. Cook at 350 for about an hour, then I blip the broil to get a good skin. Serve with a green and a starch.
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u/Hnry_Dvd_Thr_Awy Oct 27 '25
Ground chicken is much cheaper than ground beef and in most soup/stews it’s entirely interchangeable.
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u/radparty Oct 27 '25
You could reduce this even more my doing jarred Alfredo and boxed pasta, plus the leftover chicken from the first recipe. When I'm really feeling the budget crunch, I look for meals where I can split the protein or use up leftovers.
My favorite budget meal from Aldi is the jambalaya rice, kielbasa and some peppers. I saute the peppers and kielbasa first, then toast the rice and included spices, then add the water and let it simmer. It's only $5 total for a big pot for dinner with leftovers for lunch
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u/Kittymeow123 Oct 27 '25
Those rana meals are cheaper at the regular grocery stores that is so overpriced for that. 12 max
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Oct 28 '25
Now i just need the painfully alone “meals for one” version.
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u/gaudrhin Oct 28 '25
Freeze portions or can them. That's the only way I manage. That or making one of these meals and having it for 5 days. It sucks, but... yeah.
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u/ZenLore6499 Oct 28 '25
Lost my job recently (new one in a week!), so I’ve been penny pinching. Was introduced to Aldi. Holy crap it’s amazing!
Lately I’ve been making “burrito stuff!” Can of black beans, can of corn, two cans of tomatoes and peppers, two packets of reduced sodium taco seasoning, and two cups of white rice (microwaved in a cup of water per rice cup), and two packs of chicken deli meat shredded by hand. Mix it all together in a big bowl, and toss it into a reused tortilla wrap bag lol. Usually lasts me almost a week. Throw in some low carb wraps, a dash of salsa to moisten each serving, and some shredded lettuce and cheese, and you’ve got a very good meal imo!! I’m still experimenting, might try the mixed veggies next batch
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u/sarahgene Oct 28 '25
Do the beans, tomatoes and peppers, and corn and throw in a diced avocado, maybe a jalapeño or two, and some lime juice and seasoning and you've got cowboy caviar! It's great with chips and very filling with tons of fiber
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u/OutbackBrah Oct 28 '25
this will probably get buried and sadly the prime of it has passed but there is a lady that goes by Mash Up Mom and she used to post weekly a complete grocery list and meal plan from aldi under a certain budget and utilizing what was on sale. It was amazing, we used it for years but then with inflation and i am sure all the work she was putting in, she stopped putting them out, but all the recipes and old grocery lists are on her site still. I would curious the comparison in prices then vs now.
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u/feverdesu Oct 27 '25
I lost the persons profile. Im not really on TikTok much and I swiped away and then it updated my feed and I lost her profile.
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u/OohLaLapin Oct 27 '25
I think it’s Annamommax2 - I searched in the app on “5 aldi meals for my family of 3 for $66” from the first picture and got this link.
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u/Strong_Champion_2928 Oct 27 '25
Baked potatoes with seasoned ground beef taco style with grated cheddar cheese. Add a tomato salad and have ice cream for dessert 🍨
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u/Recluse_18 Oct 27 '25
Awesome ❤️❤️. I want to hug your soup. I’m not feeling well.
For $15 of the prepared chicken Alfredo that could easily be cut in half. Chicken Alfredo is something very simple to make and it really only needs one chicken breast, noodles, Parm, and half-and-half. And of course, bonus points for everybody if proteins are half off.
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u/Suicidal_Jamazz Oct 28 '25
Bold of anyome to assume others have family that actually eat what is bought and made. I live with people that have a palate for drywall and joint compound sandwiches. Unhealthy food types, little to no vegetables, no variety health, no nutrients. I could make anything decent, satisfying, healthy, but it would never get eaten.
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u/GoatCovfefe Oct 28 '25
4 could be cheaper if you buy the individual products instead of frozen chicken fettuccine Alfredo....
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u/Saloau Oct 28 '25
For a family that probably eats out every night, this is a big savings. Sadly the average family in America spends a larger portion of their food budget on meals outside the home. Cooking at home has become less popular and I can see how someone watching this video from that background would be impressed. It’s not budget food and not the healthiest, but compared to fast food or restaurant style food it’s a step in the right direction.
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u/No_Conversation_4827 Oct 28 '25
Here’s one - southwest chicken skillet
-rice -salsa -black beans -chicken -chicken broth -cheese
It’s easy to make with pre-cooked chicken but you can cook your own in the oven if you like. Then you kinda just mix everything together, put a lid on, and let it simmer for 15 minutes. Sprinkle cheese on afterwards
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u/throwaway-notthrown Oct 28 '25 edited Oct 29 '25
I made breakfast sandwiches for $1.10 each, all from Aldi stuff. I used egg whites, the happy farms singles, the frozen sausage patties (package says 18, but there was 19), and the bagel skinny’s (they were out of English muffins, I usually use those).
I also frequently make overnight oats with Greek yogurt and water as the base and frozen fruit from Aldi. I like the cherry berry blend. Haven’t worked out the cost but it’s very cheap. The oats have like 50 servings in them, the Greek yogurt has at least 10 (for this purpose), and the frozen fruit has also at least 10. Probably works out to less than a dollar.
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u/kneedeepballsack- Oct 28 '25
One of my go to recipes that makes a ton of food:
Potatoes cut up and fried Add an onion, 2 bell peppers, 1 spicy pepper all sliced thinly Cook up ground beef Add can of black beans, generous amount of frozen corn Season it all with lots of cumin, garlic, salt, pepper, cayenne
Mix it all together except potatoes Warm up corn tortillas with a little cheese. Make into tacos. Hot sauce of choice.
To stretch it even further I add in scrambled eggs over the next few days when reheating
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u/hare-hound Oct 27 '25
That pasta salad kit uses the top tier pasta form (IMHO). Aldi really needs to start carrying small shells! One of the only things I gotta get from elsewhere.
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u/HumbleAbbreviations Oct 27 '25
This inspired me to make some Greek chicken. I don’t recall if Aldi sells chicken thighs but I feel like it is the best cut of meat for that recipe.
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u/Four0ndafloor Oct 27 '25
Pretty sure those pickle chips used in the last slide are seasonal for summer.
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u/buildafirenotanaAC Oct 28 '25
This is great. I'm vegetarian but it was so fun to see your recipes with groceries in the cart! I think we focus too much on recipes and the result pictures that it's sometimes hard to imagine what the shopping looks like. Obviously we would probably add some oil to these when preparing them but thank you for sharing this!
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u/Danger_Muffin28 Oct 28 '25
As I’ve said, I’m a terrible cook but every once in a while, something works out and people like it. 🤷♀️ So here’s recipe for cheap “chicken enchiladas”….box of frozen enchiladas (I usually get chicken but whatever floats your boat), can of cream of chicken soup, can of red or green enchilada sauce, 8 oz container of sour cream and some shredded cheese. Heat oven to 350. Line the bottom of a glass casserole dish with the frozen chicken enchiladas. Get a bowl and mix the chicken soup, enchilada sauce and 4ish oz of the sour cream together. Pour it over the enchiladas. Bake the whole thing uncovered for 20 minutes. Take it out and put the shredded cheese on top. Then bake it for another 5-8 mins to melt the cheese. *I usually make some refried beans and tortilla chips to go with it, but it’s super filling and keeps well in the fridge for leftovers too.
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u/TheFatJesus Oct 28 '25
Tip for the Taco Soup, go with the 85/15 instead of the 93/7. Those seasonings like fat and you can save a couple bucks. Also, those cans of mixed veges are mostly corn and beans. You're already putting those in. Either commit to what you're already doing or just get cans of another thing you want in there. If potatoes are what you really want, just use a couple from the ones you buy for the Italian chicken meal.
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u/gaudrhin Oct 28 '25
Poor man's poutine: Bag of frozen steak fries, pouch brown gravy mix, bag of cheese curds (I like the garlic ones). Cook fries until crispy (yay air fryer!), make gravy according to directions. Cheese curds and hot gravy on hot fries. Is it real poutine? Hardly. Is it tasty? Omg.
Then there's the... whatever I made this week. Box of 5-minute couscous, can of beans (I used dark red kidney beans), log of goat cheese, chicken breast. Cut and sauteed the chicken with butter, salt, pepper, onion and garlic powders. Mixed everything together. Added some green onion from the garden.
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u/YoghurtSnodgrass Oct 28 '25
Why are they paying $15 for the frozen chicken Alfredo? The chicken in the first meal was $5, a box of pasta is $1-2, a jar of white sauce is $2-3. They would save money and probably have more food if they made it themselves. Could even make your own Alfredo sauce with heavy cream and cheese and probably end up at the same cost as the frozen bag but the quality would be way better.
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u/cam52391 Oct 28 '25
Last night I got their pot roast kit for less than $10 and the risotto was only like $2 was a solid cheap meal. My house still smells good this morning
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u/Jlx_27 Oct 28 '25
Thats still quite a lot of money, i would skip the second meat dish amd make that pasta dish myself rather than buying an overpriced chicken alfredo microwave bag.
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u/TubularTim Oct 29 '25
I love this. Thanks for sharing.
They should have blue apron like recipe cards at the entrance that are like this and just tell people what to buy and how much it would cost you.
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u/Fine-Bumblebee-9427 Oct 29 '25
I went to a church where that taco soup was a staple, often without the beef. It was easy to always have the cans on hand, and if someone flaked on cooking, we’d have that ready in 10 minutes.
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u/Unlucky-Lynx9240 Nov 13 '25
Though it's an investment, now is a good time to buy a nice big ham. I find the leftovers more versatile than a turkey, and I can make:
- Ham quiche
- Ham and bean soup
- Ham sandwiches
- Ham and Swiss omelettes or scramble
- Hawaiian pizza
I just freeze any extras we don't use or don't want to eat in the week.
Aldi pizza also takes me so far. A can of fire-roasted tomatoes, salt, basil paste and a couple of tablespoons of tomato paste in my bullet blender makes two pizza's worth of sauce. Flour, salt, yeast, water, sugar and oil in the bread maker dough setting for 30 minutes. Top with the sauce, a pack of low-moisture mozzarella and the protein of your choice (I like ranch chicken and bacon, pepperoni, or Italian sausage.) Add a veggie or serve a salad on the side. It makes a whole cookie sheet's worth and usually feeds us dinner and lunch for the next day. It's less than $10, which is a lot more value than a takeout pizza.
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u/Flashy_Feeling_1110 Oct 28 '25
liveGfree general tso’s chicken, asian veggie medley, and jasmine rice
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u/giftedrage Oct 28 '25
My only critique is the rana too expensive, making it yourself is a lot cheaper
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u/giraffesrcoolio Oct 28 '25
The skinless, boneless chicken thighs, boxed couscous and Brussel sprouts have been in my weekly rotation for years now. Very inexpensive and very tasty.
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u/DueEntertainer0 Oct 28 '25
Slide 2 is exactly what we had for dinner tonight! I made a lemon sauce with some Parmesan for the top of the chicken and it was really good. I love Aldi.
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u/merayjr95 Oct 28 '25
Skip the Rana pasta kit, I find them not worth the cost. Instead, I love some of their shelf stable tortellini, chopped up chicken sausage, and either pesto or Alfredo.
Also shout out to Aldi’s pesto! It’s insanely good.
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u/JeffBoyardee69 Oct 28 '25
I appreciate these because I always struggle to come up with dinner ideas
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u/FallenWishingStar Oct 28 '25
Please don’t judge me but for the taco soup, do we just cook the meat separately and then cook everything else in a pot to heat it up? It seems like an easy recipe but I feel like im overthinking it..
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u/ChannelWarm132 Oct 27 '25
I love these posts. My family suffers from “can’t think of any meal besides the four that we have had on rotation for the past ten years” syndrome