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January 3, 2019 By Nicky 13 Comments

Tips To Help You Eat Healthier, Real Food on a Budget with Aldi

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Welcome to Little Family Adventure!

I’m so glad you are here. You are looking for ways to eat healthier, real food on a budget. Right?

Like you, I want to feed my family healthier foods and stay on budget. Recently readers asked “What you should buy for clean eating at Aldi?” So I decided to share a few tips on how I shop at Aldi and how you can too!

Eat Healthy on A Budget with Aldi #RealFoodExperience

I‘m here to share tips on how you can eat healthier, real food on a budget with ALDI. ALDI is a national grocery chain that makes healthy eating easier and allows you to keep more money in your wallet.

If you have never been to ALDI before, we have a few tips that will help you save time and make the most out of shopping there.

If you have been to ALDI before, you know how much they can save you. But we have something for you too to help add more real food to your diet.

But before I share these tips, there are a few things you should know about real food….

Clean Eating at ALDI

Let talk more about what real food or clean eating is  and learn how you can eat real food on a budget with ALDI.

What is Real Food?

The best way to explain what real food is this; Real foods are the foods your great grandparents simply called food.

Real food is ….

  • Fresh fruits and vegetables
  • Whole grains, beans, and legumes
  • Lean proteins
  • Dairy

Real food is NOT ……

  • Processed convenience food
  • Genetically modified food
  • Artificial

CLEAN EATING FACT or FICTION

Healthy eating is expensive – FICTION

It can actually be cheaper to eat a real food diet as compared to a diet with convenience and over-processed foods. One of the ways I stay on my budget is by shopping for basic groceries staples at ALDI. I can get real food (both fresh and frozen) for much less than other stores and so can you. You can learn about Simple Smart Shopping at ALDI here.

 Get 2 of our MOST repinned recipes that are budget friendly! ($1.20 per serving)

Healthy cooking takes a lot of time – FICTION

Cooking with healthy, real foods can be VERY easy and doesn’t have to take a lot of time. The slow cooker is my BFF during busy week nights and cooler weather. I’ll share recipes for 3 meals with you that cost under $18. These family friendly meals  cost a little over $1 a serving!

Simple Smarter Shopping – Save Money with ALDI

Shopping at ALDI is a little different than a traditional grocery store. Before you go there, here are a few things you need to know.

  • Bring a quarter for the shopping cart. The carts are all hooked together and you need to insert a quarter to get a cart. At the end of your trip, you place your cart back in the rack and get your quarter back.
  • Bring your own shopping bags. If you forget, you can empty boxes in the store or Aldi will sell you paper bags for 5 cents and plastic bags for 10 cents.
  • Most of the products in ALDI stores are their store brand. They believe in their products so much that they offer a double back guarantee on all their private brand products.
  • Selection is limited. For example: instead of  offering 10 brands for peanut butter they offer their brand with smooth and crunchy versions, plus an organic version. That’s it. Less selection means a smaller store which results in the ability to shop in less time.

Simple Smarter Shopping – Save Money with ALDI - Organic Products

This picture shows several organic fruits and vegetables offered at ALDI. Their everyday low prices are hard to beat.

 Real Food is affordable. Get our 2 most repinned recipes & see what readers like you are loving! 

Related: Find more deals on produce delivered to your door with Farmbox Direct and Imperfect Foods.

What You Should Buy for Clean Eating at ALDI

ALDI’s everyday low prices on healthy food can’t be beat. You can buy many of your food staples there at a significant savings.

Here is a list of real food groceries I shop for at ALDI all the time.

  • Fresh and frozen Fruit and Vegetables
  • Canned tomatoes, tomato paste, and pasta sauce (organic available)
  • Dried Beans, rice, and whole wheat pasta
  • Dark German chocolate
  • Organic peanut butter
  • Organic Honey
  • Block cheeses
  • Organic yogurt
  • Organic milk, almond and coconut milk
  • Oatmeal
  • 100% whole wheat bread
  • Tortillas (corn and flour)
  • Eggs, $1.50 large dozen
  • Spices
  • Olive oil
  • Lean ground turkey and organic ground beef $6.99 a pound (that is cheaper than anywhere else in town for me)
  • Whole Chicken
  • Nuts: Walnuts, almonds, and pistachios

You can eat healthy, real food on a budget.

Lemon Thyme Crockpot Chicken and Vegetables

At ALDI, I can create 2 family-friendly dinners, plus a lunch for a family of 5 for just under $18. That is just over $1 a meal! The picture above is one of the meals; Lemon Thyme Crockpot Chicken and Root Vegetables. The second recipe is for Chicken and Vegetable Soup which makes dinner plus a luncg later in the week.

Get the printable versions of these budget friendly recipes here. 

Eat Healthier on a Budget

For those of you who have never set foot in an Aldi before, I really hope this will inspire you to give it a try.  After you do, you totally have to come back and tell me how it goes!!

I hope this helps you get some perspective that healthy eating doesn’t have to empty your wallet! It is quite possible to eat healthy and save money at the same time. Shopping at ALDI for healthy real foods is one way I make it work for my family. It can work in yours too!

This article is not sponsored or endorsed in any way with ALDI. This is just something I wanted to do to hopefully start a conversation about more affordable grocery shopping, and share with you some of the reasons I really like shopping at Aldi!

Do you shop at Aldi? How has shopping at Aldi helped you eat healthier or save you money?

Filed Under: Living Green

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About Nicky

Nicky Omohundro is a travel and active family lifestyle blogger and social media influencer based out of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She shares stories, destinations, and ideas on food, family, health, and outdoor recreation to help families find their own adventures. Her spirit animal is a caffeinated squirrel fueled by coffee, real food, and the desire to seek new adventures.

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Comments

  1. blankScarlett says

    January 8, 2015 at 9:41 pm

    I found Aldi,.on my sister’s recommendation, about a year ago. We too have our staples that we buy there, and I love coming out spending less than $50, and a fraction of what it would have cost at the grocery store. I also love the selection of organic foods. We regularly buy the Organic low sodium chicken stock, cheese sticks, all-natural peanut butter and they carry my husband’s favorite kefir for at least $1 less than other stores.

    Reply
    • blankNicky says

      January 10, 2015 at 11:30 am

      It’s great to be able to save that much on groceries. I regularly buy the organic canned tomatoes and tomato paste. I love that they are carrying the organic ground beef regularly at my store.

      Reply
  2. blankMary says

    November 24, 2015 at 1:48 am

    Real food is definitely cheaper than processed food! I agree with many of your tips — great minds think alike!

    Reply
    • blankNicky says

      November 27, 2015 at 11:00 am

      Yes, we do. 🙂

      Reply
  3. blankJenna says

    October 24, 2016 at 9:25 am

    I am an Aldi Addict! LOL! I LOVE that I can get so many amazing products at a great price!

    Reply
  4. blankKaren says

    December 1, 2016 at 5:53 am

    Thanks for all the tips and great Info. I just started shoppping there and already saved. How is the chicken and fish. I’m so used to the major brands that I fear we will get food poisoning.

    Reply
    • blankEmily says

      January 16, 2017 at 5:46 pm

      The only chicken I’ve bought there is boneless skinless breasts (for $1.49 a pound!!) and it’s delicious. The frozen fish is provably the one thing I don’t care for. Their frozen shrimp is fantastic, but their cod and whiting are both farm raised in China. ?

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      • blankNicky says

        January 17, 2017 at 9:28 am

        I haven’t tried their cod or whiting for that reason. But we don’t eat a lot of fish. Their shrimp is excellent! Try their whole chicken.

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  5. blankEmily says

    January 16, 2017 at 5:44 pm

    We’ve been doing the bulk of our shopping at Aldi for about a year now and love it! Their house brands are super high quality and the prices can’t be beat!

    Reply
    • blankNicky says

      January 17, 2017 at 9:28 am

      I definitely agree. They have great prices!

      Reply

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