When holidays approach are you likely to get more excited or stressed out about all the work you’ll have to do to pull it off? Preparing an elaborate Easter spread doesn’t have to be an expensive or exhausting endeavor. You can get everything you need — even the Easter Basket and all the treats inside — at ALDI.
I’ve got some effortless ideas for your Easter menu with ALDI, my partner for this blog post.
Contest Alert! Enter a comment below sharing why you love to make memorable meals and you could win a $50 ALDI gift card and a signed copy of BODY KINDNESS! – US Residents only, please)
Contest ends midnight ET on Tuesday April 10, 2018. ONE winner will be chosen and notified by e-mail on April 11th. Questions? info@bodykindnessbook.com
Why I love shopping at ALDI
If I had to explain why I love ALDI in one sentence it’s this: high quality foods at affordable prices. For the holidays, shopping at ALDI helps me add that special touch to meals while saving enough to double the guest count.
Plus I love saving on fresh produce, including organics, and all the other staples I need for the holiday from the ham all the way down to the beverages! Did you know ALDI has award-winning wines and world-class beers?
ALDI saves the customer money on essentials because they don’t have hidden costs, which means ALDI customers only pay for freshness and quality.
Find a store near you at ALDI.us (and don’t forget to enter the contest by leaving a comment below!)
Bake Your Way Through Easter Weekend
I’ll be baking with my girls Easter weekend. They love helping me crack the eggs, measure and mix the ingredients and we get to share the lovely dessert with our guests.
One year we made a bunny rabbit cake that was certainly one of those “Pinterest fails,” but we still had fun. This year we’re making my favorite carrot cake with a recipe I got at ALDI.us.
It comes together with several of the essentials from BAKER’S CORNER – like flour, baking powder, and sugar. So stock up when you do your Easter shop and bring this delicious carrot cake, or your favorite sweet to your Easter table.
Put a Festive Ham and Colorful Vegetable Sides on Your Easter Table
In our house, the biggest star for Easter dinner is the ham! There are so many ways you can serve your ham at Easter and ALDI has several ideas for you, like apple cider and balsamic glazed spiral ham, slow cooked maple ham, and spicy orange soy glazed ham .
I chose this double glazed champagne cranberry ham for my table this year. The ham cooks in the oven for about two hours while the festive cranberry glaze comes together on the stove in about 20 minutes.
Shopper tip: put some time in your calendar to visit ALDI on Wednesdays. ALDI offers weekly fresh meat specials where you can find extra-low prices on the best cuts of meats.
Options for vegetable sides are endless. Take the opportunity to try a new vegetable preparation, like these carrots and pineapple with thyme. Or here are a few of my other favorites you could try; asparagus and almonds with butter cream sauce, warm superfoods salad, and Easter roasted asparagus.
Festive Finds for Your Easter Basket
Fill up your Easter basket without emptying your wallet when you snag some great deals with “ALDI finds”.
You can include items like Choceur Premium Chocolate Easter Bunny, Huntington Home Colorful Easter Egg & Grass Assortment or even assorted toys! These items will be in stores as ALDI Finds while supplies last.
Aside from the candy we all know kids love, you can fill eggs with baby carrots and grapes for them to enjoy with the Easter Bunny and even non-food items like seeds for the spring garden, books, and art supplies.
Enter to Win
Enter a comment below sharing why you love to make memorable meals and you could win a $50 ALDI gift card and a signed copy of BODY KINDNESS! – US Residents only, please)
Contest ends midnight ET on Tuesday April 10, 2018. ONE winner will be chosen and notified by e-mail on April 11th. Questions? info@bodykindnessbook.com
Megan says
March 27, 2018 at 4:31 pmAldi’s gives me the ability to feed my daughter healthy foods on a single mom/student budget. We love trying the new products like the black bean pasta with pesto. It was awesome!!
Amy Dittmore says
March 27, 2018 at 4:34 pmI love the memories that we build around time in the kitchen. I fell in love with my boyfriend will dancing to Frank Sinatra on Italian Dinner nights, or finding the perfect seasoning mix for our BBQ Pulled Pork. When I was able to let go of the food rules, I was able to make the kitchen a warm, family-centric place where we build memories, traditions, and delicious meals!
Amy Sopko says
March 27, 2018 at 6:05 pmI love Aldi! Very affordable, good selections.
I like to pass on family recipes and make new recipes with my kids. ???????
Laura Watson says
March 27, 2018 at 7:07 pmAldi is one of my absolute favorite places. It’s quality delicious food at really affordable prices. My friends are always amazed at the great food finds that surprise at Aldi. What’s even better is I feel comfortable recommending this store to my clients. They too can afford really delicious nurturing foods. Families feel confident and capable shopping at Aldi
Stacy Whitaker says
March 27, 2018 at 8:35 pmI want my kids and extended family to have pleasant memories of family gatherings—not Martha Stewart, picture perfect settings, but memories of love and togetherness.
Kendra McBride says
March 28, 2018 at 12:24 amI love making memories with my family because it tightens the bond.
Jane Havran says
March 28, 2018 at 6:22 amI love Aldi’s
Greg Vena says
March 28, 2018 at 6:24 amJust got my ham there
Helen C. says
March 28, 2018 at 11:17 pmI absolutely love cooking with my wife- it’s so wonderful to try new things and create delicious food together!
Priscilla says
March 29, 2018 at 12:33 pmWe LOVE Aldis. What makes our meals special especially around the Holidays, is the FAMILY around the table. The fact that this year we have been able to have both sets of grandparents around the table ( instead of one set living very far away), is a blessing in itself!
Lindi says
March 29, 2018 at 2:03 pmI love creating memorable meals with my wife and our extended families. There are quite a few of us and we get together each holiday to make cookies, pies and other goodies. My favorite part is how much we all laugh together while creating old favorites like rum balls and hand painted sugar cookies!
Tara T. says
March 29, 2018 at 4:35 pmI love making meals because working with my hands releases tension and anxiety from the stresses of the day.
Ciji hollands says
March 30, 2018 at 6:40 pmMy grandma had always use aldi seen I was in school and that has been a long time and the price is very cheap. And now I’m not in school .
Debra Hyatt says
March 30, 2018 at 9:06 pmI love making memorable meals to fill every one up with great tasting food.
Bren M says
March 31, 2018 at 2:29 amI love shopping at Aldi, I love showing my soon to be on his own son that you can make nonprocessed food tasty and on the cheap.
Hope G says
April 1, 2018 at 10:44 pmI love cooking memorable meals, because it’s a way I show my family I love them. I love people by cooking them yummy food. And I love including my daughters in the process so as to pass down the tradition!
Katie says
April 10, 2018 at 8:05 amFood memories are forever! I’m the bread baker in the family. It is something that is always requested! I’m a firm believer that you can taste the love in well prepared food which makes the memories last a lifetime!
Jessica Kilbride says
April 10, 2018 at 8:06 amMaking memorable meals just is such a total emotional experience from the prep to the eating to the time spent with family!
Marguerite says
April 10, 2018 at 9:02 amI love making memorable meals because they become closely associated with the memorable moments shared over the food. Boiled custard at Christmas, ravioli on Christmas Eve and deviled eggs at Easter. The meal becomes imbued with meaning. How special! I’m glad Aldi provides affordable choices to make the memories even more sweet.
Christina says
April 10, 2018 at 9:56 amI have a 2.5 year old and a 7 month old. I try to get as many meals on the table for us to eat as a family as possible. We never know who’s going to join us for dinner lately since the 2 year old likes to pretend he’s an alligator, dinosaur, rooster, etc so all of our meals are pretty memorable regardless of what I cook. He loves to help mommy in the kitchen too so hopefully we’re building memories that will last a lifetime. You certainly can’t turn a 2 year old down when he comes to you and says “I wanna make bread with mommy”.