Aldi Meal Plan for One.
This Aldi meal plan for one is great if you are on a budget.If you are on a budget & planning to eat alone for a week this Aldi meal plan for one is for you. This meal plan contains 7 breakfasts, lunches, dinners & snacks for £30. These prices are correct as of the 26th of January 2025 in the UK.
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The Aldi Meal Plan For 1 for £30
Breakfast
- Eggs(2) and toast (2) with spread x 3 mornings.
- Porridge with milk and sliced banana x 3 mornings
- Beans (half a tin) and toast (2) x 1 morning with cheese (optional)
Lunches
- Egg, salad and ham sandwiches x 2 days
- Ham and cheese sandwiches (toasties if you are at home) x 2 days
- Chicken fried rice x 2 days
- Salad bowl with chicken, ham and egg mayonnaise x 1 day
Dinners
- Roast chicken with roasted potatoes, peas and gravy x 2 days
- Bangers and mash with peas and gravy x 2 days (3 sausages each day)
- Pasta sausage pesto x 2
- Fish finger burgers with homemade chips and beans. X 1 day
Snacks
- Bananas x 2 (the pack contains 5 and you will need to put 2 aside for your breakfasts)
- Apples x 6
- Multipack chocolate bars 5 or 6 depending on which multi pack you choose. Options include Racer bars, Titan bars and Jive bars.
- Chocolate Oatie biscuits
Considerations
Bread
There are approx 20 slices of bread in an average loaf. Therefore there are 10 portions of bread if you have two slices per meal. If you run out of bread you can always use the burger buns.
Strip and portion your roast chicken
- 2 roast dinners
- 1 day of chicken salad for lunch
- 2 days of chicken fried rice for lunch
- Watch this video to see how to do it properly.
Buy 2.5 kg bag of potatoes as you will be eating them for 5 of your dinners
- 2 two days of roast potatoes
- 2 days of mash potatoes
- 1 day of homemade chips.
Cook once, eat twice
When you prepare the meals that will be served on two separate occasions, make sure that you prepare enough. Use the ingredients that you have lots of leftover to bulk out your meals. For example, if you have portioned your chicken and have lots of leftovers, pack out the chicken fried rice with more chicken.
Fresh ingredients
Make sure there is a good date on your salad. Buy it and use it as soon as possible. For example, have your salad-based meals on consecutive days.
Eggs
You have 12 eggs for your meal plan.
- 6 for breakfasts.
- 2 boiled eggs for 2 days sandwiches
- 1 for chicken fried rice
- 1 for the chicken, egg and ham salad for lunches.
Store Cupboard Ingredients & Condiments
Store cupboard ingredients not included in the cost of the meal plan. Most people will have lots of condiments in their cupboards that can get neglected. Get creative with what you already have in your cupboards if you don’t have the items listed below.
Preparation
Cook and separate the chicken into containers to cover at least 4 meals and refrigerate.
On the day you have the roast, do a double portion of roast potatoes for the following night’s dinner. Cool fully on the kitchen counter and refrigerate in an airtight container for the next night.
Make only enough gravy for each evening’s dinner. As it is an instant gravy it is simple to prepare.
On the night you have sausages and mashed potatoes, prepare two portions, one to have the following night. Add salt and pepper and butter to the mixture and mash till smooth. Cool fully and store in the refrigerator in an airtight container.
When preparing the sausage pesto pasta make double. Cook your sausages how you like them, slice them and add them to the pasta along with cooked peas, pesto to taste and top with some grated cheese if you like it.
Grate the block of cheese and store in the refrigerator in an airtight container.
Boil 3 eggs and keep them in an airtight container in the refrigerator when shelled and cooled. Use 1 each per sandwich and keep one for the chicken and ham salad bowl.
In conclusion
Get prepared in advance if you would like to stick to a cheap and healthy meal plan.
