Lettuce Celebrate! Great value, healthy lunch options to feed the whole family

Aldi Scotland’s experts have curated a selection of recipes to feed the family on a budget

Leading value supermarket, Aldi Scotland, has revealed a selection of healthy and budget-friendly lunch options all ranging between £4 and £8.

Whether you’re working from home, in the office, or packing up lunchboxes to go, Aldi Scotland’s three delicious low-cost lunch options are the perfect mid-day meal, and are all made using the finest, locally sourced ingredients.

With Aldi’s generous portion sizes, each meal can feed up to a family of four, with options to stretch the ingredients across recipes to make the most of what is in the fridge and reduce food waste.

Mediterranean style salad with sweet potato and chicken – £4.41

With one sweet potato containing 400% of your daily required Vitamin A, low in calories and fat, while also being high in fibre, this superfood offers a nutritional yet comforting mid-week meal that is budget-friendly at only 99p per bag at Aldi Scotland.

Chop the sweet potatoes into chunks and cook in the oven alongside tomatoes, onions, and diced Scottish Chicken Breast Fillets (£1.85) for a Mediterranean style lunch packed full of goodness. Toss in some iceberg lettuce and season with salt and pepper to ignite the flavours.

  • Nature’s Pick Sweet Potatoes – 1kg – 99p
  • Nature’s Glen Scottish Chicken Breast Fillets – 300g – £1.85
  • Nature’s Pick Iceberg Lettuce – 46p
  • Everyday Essentials Cherry Tomatoes – 250g – 48p 
  • Everyday Essentials Red Onions – 1kg – 63p

Baked potato with ham and veg medley, plus a fruity dessert – £7.65

Pick up a four pack of Nature’s Pick Medium Baking Potatoes for only 42p for the perfect base, which will complement a variety of delicious and interchangeable toppings. For this recipe, Aldi Scotland suggests creating a medley of Nature’s Glen Ayrshire Cured Cooked Ham (£1.69), cherry tomatoes (48p) and red onions (63p). Top with a sprinkling of Glen Lochy Scottish Mature Cheddar (£1.89) this will become a firm family favourite for only £5.11.

Looking to bulk it out for hungry mouths? Add a dollop of Rowan Glen’s Greek Style Natural Yoghurt (55p) to your topping mixture and use the left-over yoghurt for an after-lunch snack piled with Aldi Scotland’s Nature’s Pick Fresh Scottish Strawberries for only £1.99 taking your final total for lunch and dessert to just £7.65.

  • Nature’s Pick Medium Baking Potatoes – 4 pack – 42p
  • Nature’s Glen Ayrshire Cured Cooked Ham – 125g – £1.69
  • Everyday Essentials Cherry Tomatoes – 250g – 48p 
  • Everyday Essentials Red Onions – 1kg – 63p
  • Glen Lochy Scottish Mature Cheddar – 400g – £1.89
  • Rowan Glen’s Greek Style Natural Yoghurt – 150g – 55p
  • Nature’s Pick Fresh Scottish Strawberries – 400g – £1.99

Chicken BLT – £5.92

Even the healthiest eaters need some carbs now and again – so why not treat your family, and your wallet, to a classic fan favourite – a chicken BLT sandwich for only £5.92 with enough ingredients to feed six people. 

Finely slice Aldi Scotland’s Scottish Chicken Breast Fillets (£1.85) and Specially Selected Scottish Bacon (£1.99,240g), mix in a splash of mayonnaise (59p), before loading up Authentic Scottish Bakeries Wholemeal Rolls (55p) with a layer of iceberg lettuce (46p) and some cherry tomatoes (48p).

At Aldi Scotland salads can be as cheap and delicious as they are good for you, so make sure to use your leftovers wisely – chop up your remaining iceberg lettuce and throw on what’s left of the bacon, chicken and tomatoes for a quick and easy salad, offering another meal for four at no additional cost. Top tip: cut the remaining rolls into squares, drizzle with oil and salt and bake for home-made salad crouton for some extra crunch.

  • Nature’s Glen Scottish Chicken Breast Fillets – 300g – £1.85
  • Specially Selected Scottish Bacon – £1.99 – 240g
  • Nature’s Pick Iceberg Lettuce – 46p
  • Everyday Essentials Cherry Tomatoes – 250g – 48p 
  • Authentic Scottish Bakeries Wholemeal Rolls – 6 pack – 55p
  • Bramwell’s Mayonnaise – 500ml – 59p

Graham Nicolson, Group Buying Director, Aldi Scotland, said: “With the cost of a weekly shop more important that ever, we are delighted to work with local producers to offer such a wide range of healthy weekly meal solutions that all the family can enjoy.  Our customers don’t have to compromise quality for value when they chose to shop with us.” 

You can find your nearest Aldi store here.

Aldi currently works with over 90 Scottish suppliers, stocking 450 Scottish products and are constantly looking to bring more of what Scotland’s vibrant food and drink industry has to offer to their customers. 

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