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Aldi Dinner Ideas

Budget dinners built from Aldi staples — one-pot pastas, cheesy casseroles, and dump-and-bake mains that keep the grocery bill low.

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Crockpot Lasagna SoupBudget Weeknight

Crockpot Lasagna Soup

20 min400 cal20g proteinServes 41,747 saves
Matthew BoundsMatthew Bounds

Ingredients

  • 1 pound Mild sausage
  • 1 pound Ground beef
  • 1 medium yellow onion
  • 3 tsp Minced garlic
  • 1 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
  • 1 tsp Black pepper
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1/3 cup Tomato paste
  • 6 cups Low sodium beef broth
  • 2 14.5 oz cans of diced tomatoes
  • 12 oz Lasagna noodles
  • 1/2 cup Heavy cream
  • 8 oz Ricotta cheese
  • 1 cup Mozzarella cheese shredded
  • 1/2 cup Parmesan shredded

Instructions

  1. 1Cook sausage, ground beef, and sausage in a large skillet over medium-high, Drain off excess grease and add to your crock pot
  2. 2Add garlic, Italian seasoning, black pepper, salt, tomato paste, chicken broth, and diced tomatoes. Stir until well combined.
  3. 3Cook on low for 6-8 hours
  4. 4Thirty minutes before cook time is done. Break up lasagna noodles into bite-sized pieces. Add noodles and heavy cream. Stir and continue to cook.
  5. 5Meanwhile, add ricotta cheese, mozzarella cheese, and Parmesan cheese to a medium mixing bowl. Mix together with a fork and set aside.
  6. 6Top your cheese mixture with your soup, enjoy!

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Full Cart, Small Bill

Aldi cooking is a genre of its own — the pantry has fewer brands, the prices are lower, and the whole shop is built around getting a full week of dinners on a budget.

Cooks on Pepper build these dinners around Aldi staples: pasta, jarred sauce, frozen meatballs, canned soup, shredded cheese, and rotisserie chicken. Nothing exotic, everything cheap.

Every recipe here can be assembled from a single Aldi run — the kind of dinners that keep the grocery bill under $50 without eating cereal for three nights straight.

Quick Tips

  1. 1

    Rotisserie chicken is your friend

    Aldi's rotisserie chicken feeds 3-4 dinners: pasta, tacos, casserole, soup — all from one $5 bird.

  2. 2

    Frozen veggies count

    Frozen broccoli and peas from Aldi work in casseroles and stir-fries at half the fresh-produce price.

  3. 3

    Jarred sauce, upgraded

    Aldi's marinara plus a splash of cream and a handful of parmesan tastes like it took an hour.

  4. 4

    Buy the store cheese

    Aldi's store-brand shredded cheddar and mozzarella are the same quality as national brands for way less.

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