Large Family ALDI Trim Healthy Mama Grocery Haul | Plus, One Week Large Family Meal Plan!
I finally got it up, friends! Here’s my full Large Family ALDI Trim Healthy Mama Grocery Haul | Plus, One Week Large Family Meal Plan on YouTube!
Below you’ll find the entire cost breakdown. My total came in at $200.59 which actually includes the 4th package of chicken I never received (a double-charge). Even still that breaks down to $22.28 per family member for the entire week! If you’re new here, we’re a growing family of nine from 6-foot tall teenage boys down to toddlers plus my 6 foot 6 hubby and my hormonal pregnant self who also homeschools and works from home. This means we have all our meals and snacks at home for the most part. So long story short, that’s a lot of food!
Fruits/Veggies
Frozen Strawberries $2.09 X3
Navel Oranges 4lb/$3.49 X2
Cantaloupe $1.49 X2
Blueberries $1.49 X2
Blackberries $1.49 X2
Banana $0.44/lb X 36lbs
Frozen Peaches/Mix Fruit $2.09 X2
Carrots 2 .lb bag/$1.29 X4
Flat Leaf Spinach $1.79 X1
Organic Kale $2.49 X1
Green Onions $0.99 X1
Cauliflower $1.99 X2
Broccoli Crowns $1.99 X2
Mushrooms $1.29 X2
Radishes $0.99 X2
Cabbage $1.29 X1
Roma Tomatoes 16oz $0.79 X2
Zucchini 3 pk/$1.99 X2
Green Peppers $0.89 X2
Garlic $0.99 X1
Cucumbers $0.29 X10
Dairy/Meat
Cottage Cheese $2.29 X3
Skim Milk $2.16 X7
Unsweetened Almond Milk $1.99 X1
Heavy Whipping Cream $1.69 X1
Large Eggs $0.23/Dozen X14
Boneless/Skinless Chicken Breasts $1.49/lb X19lbs (I realized when Jadin transcribed our Aldi receipt for this post that I was charged for FOUR packs of chicken. I only picked out three packs and as you can see in the video I only came home with three. I’m hoping the manager gives me my 4th pack of chicken next time I go into the store. I’m sure they will 🙂
Ground Beef $1.79/lb X10lbs
Pantry Items
Olive Oil Spray $1.49 X1
Onion Powder $1.19 X1
Garlic Powder $1.19 X1
Garlic Salt $1.19 X1
Tea Bags $1.89 X2
Grape Jelly $1.49 X2
45oz Veg 0il Spread $1.79 X1
Bread
Sprouted Bread $2.99 X2
Split Top Wheat Bread $0.99 X8 (We go through a lot of bread. For example if we get inspired to make french toast that can quickly be several loaves. Otherwise I like having bread in the freezer. 🙂 )
One Week Large Family Meal Plan
Large Family Breakfast
Rotating the following
- Omelets/Toast
- Scrambled Eggs/Fruit
- Fruit/Smoothies
- Oatmeal/Toast
Large Family Lunches
There are two main lunch plans for this week. The first plan is to eat up any dinner leftovers from the night before. We’ll also have a “lunch buffet” where we’ll bring out all available fruits and vegetables and quick items so each family member can make their own healthy lunch plate.
For our “lunch buffet” we had blueberries, blackberries, oranges, cucumbers, avocado, sliced green pepper, sliced broccoli, cottage cheese, lettuce (left from prior grocery haul), and tuna salad (couple cans of tuna left from prior grocery haul), and ranch to dip as needed.
Large Family Dinners
All dinners served with lots of side veggies 🙂
Chicken and Brown Rice Bake Recipe ~ Large Family Style!
Slow Cooker Chicken Broccoli Alfredo Recipe – This is always a winner.
Foil Packet Burgers – add cheese, mushrooms, onions, whatever you’d like! Lots of flexibility with this one.
Slow Cooker Italian Chicken – this also works well with a pork roast.
Leftover Night – I’m sure we’ll have one!
Large Family Weekend Chili – for the weekend I’ll do a large stock pot full of chili and homemade cornbread. You can see how our weekend chili turned out here.
Large Family Snacks
From Instagram, “Large family style smoothie aftermath.”
- Smoothies We do lots of different smoothies around here. Here’s how I do homemade yogurt in the slow cooker. A few ladies have asked me how we use up a gallon of yogurt at a time. It’s perfect for smoothies! On my recent smoothie day, I didn’t have any made, but we love using it up quickly when we do. 🙂
- 8 lbs of Carrot Sticks (Here are my Amazon referral links for the similar storage container that I use for our bulk carrot sticks. These are the smaller size containers I also mentioned.) You can read here about how we keep carrot sticks fresh for a week or more!
- 30+ lbs of Bananas! Of course, bananas (Laugh at this banana humor!)
- 8 lbs of Navel Oranges
- Cucumber Slices
- Hard Boiled Eggs – We’ll boil up a dozen or two just for a quick protein packed snacks.
- Broccoli/Cauliflower/Green Peppers – all of which will be sliced and ready to go in the refrigerator.
- Cottage Cheese
- Special bread from the bread machine (I try to keep several loaves of banana, blueberry, or pumpkin bread in the freezer). Here’s how I do easy banana bread in the bread machine. Here’s a view on Instagram of how our bread machine moments can look!
Large Family ALDI Trim Healthy Mama Grocery Haul | Plus, One Week Large Family Meal Plan!
Here’s my full Large Family ALDI Trim Healthy Mama Grocery Haul | Plus, One Week Large Family Meal Plan on YouTube!
You might also be interested in my Large Family Grocery Budget from 2015 (need to update this soon because of the stores where I shop have changed, but the actual budget has not). And here’s the free family meal planning collection!
I have some more ideas for fast meals for large families. Really shortcuts for things that large families often miss out on because of time consuming task to make one or two at a time.
For instance, using a cookie sheet you can make 6 or 8 toasted cheese sandwiches at once in the oven per cookie sheet. While your tomato soup is warming on the stove. You could probably even use your cooking spray, or baking paper to reduce the amount of fat on the outside of the sandwiches. But place your sandwiches on the baking sheet and bake at 325 f until golden then flip and brown on the other side. Remove from the oven and serve.
Thank you for that tip. I actually did grilled cheese in the oven for the first time about two weeks ago. It turned out perfect! xoxo
I love this idea! Everyone likes grilled cheese but I dread making it because it’s such a pain to make for a crowd. Trying this on Friday I think!
You are an inspiration and I love your, youtube videos.
We are having a taco night.
Thank you
Jamerrill…..I am interested in making smoothies a part of our morning meal. What are you using to make yours? I have been looking at soy protein powder and it is overwhelming how many different kinds and how much they cost….ugh!!!! Where can I get some at a reasonable price and what brand should I look for? I would love your input on this. I seem to be stuck in the scratching my head stance…lol!!!!
Chris, I hope you won’t mind my unsolicited post… please do your homework on soy. It can be a hormone disruptor, among other negative things. There are lots of great whey protein powder options out there that are safer. We especially like Vitacost as a less expensive online supplier. Good luck!
I’m sure they’ll refund you . They’ve always given me great customer service .
Jem, here’s a recipe for zucchini slice that your family might enjoy. Great served hot or even better the next day cold with salad or vegs 🙂 Enjoy!
In a large bowl, combine grated zucchini, onion, carrot, cheese, (all grated) flour,(self raising ) oil, and lightly beaten eggs. Season with salt and pepper. Pour into a well greased baking tin (or you can line tin with baking paper, much easier) Bake for about 30-40 minutes, or until well browned. Cut into slices and eat!
Sounds so great! xoxo
And here’s a recipe for radishes too!
1.To make the Roasted Radishes, trim and clean the radishes and cut in half lengthways.
2.Place radishes in the preheated roasting pan. (190C) Season with salt and drizzle with oil. …
3.Once cooked, (about 10-15 minutes), remove from oven and sprinkle chopped chives on top to finish.
Eat and enjoy!
Oh, this sounds great! Thanks so much!
What day of the week do you go shopping at Aldi? I’ve gone several times and they were out or very short on things. Is there a certain day that they restock?
I go on different days depending on our schedule. I haven’t figured out their restocking days yet either. You might just want to ask your store location. xoxo
Yes, ask. We go right after their produce comes in ,otherwise it gets either sold out or overripe . I never go in the evenings , either.
Coming over from MSM… I also have a family of 9, shop at ALDI and do TrimHealthyMama. So we have quite a bit in common!
I’ve had the occasional overcharge at ALDI, probably due to them going SO FAST when they ring us up! They’ve always been great about refunding me.
Woohoo, nice to meet you on here! Yeah, I figured the poor girl was just flying so fast it was a mistake. I still want the 5 lbs of chicken, haha. I’m going to take my receipt in and I’m sure they’ll give it to me. xoxo
Hey you have a blog! I’m so far behind… I’ve seen your youtube videos pop up on my recommended videos. We are a soon to be family of 10 but I don’t have teenagers yet. I see this was about 2 years ago so your family might have grown again too! I too homeschool and do THM. Love your list. I’ve never shopped at Alidi’s since it’s pretty far away. Do you still find it to be a good deal? It’s about the same distance as SAMS club for me which I rarely do. I also laughed when I saw you all purchase so many bananas also! Sometimes I feel like they’re coming out of my ears we have so many! We deal with Crohn’s and severe food allergies so I know our bill is going to be on the higher end. But, I feel like we spend half of our $400 weekly budget on produce alone, at Walmart. Think it would be worth it to double the drive to Aldis?
Yes, Sarah, from my experience you can TOTALLY cut your grocery budget by shopping at ALDI. I live 45 minutes to an hour from everywhere and can’t get out to shop weekly. But if you could do even bi-weekly at Aldi I think you might like the savings!!