Aldi seafood hack: cheap food for a change of pace from the high price threads

Lots of posts complaining about high prices (totally warranted), but I have found a hack that helps.

I go out for lunch early once every couple of weeks and grab Aldi's 50% off fish. You need to go between an hour or 2 hours after they open; that gives them time to do the daily markdowns but usually too soon for them to get grabbed up. I go in the middle of the week and 90% of the time I am able to grab some. I got 6 packs of Salmon and Steelhead today. It comes vacuum-packed, so it freezes well.

So 2 people a meal breaks down like this from today:

1.05 lbs of Mediterranean herb Salmon $5.77
one of the small bags of flavored rice $.99
bag of frozen steam-in-bag veggie medley $.99

Total for 2 people $7.75 so $3.88 per person

My Aldi also has a pound of THICK asparagus* for $2.69, so you could sub 4oz portions for the veggies and still be under $4.25 per person.

Some of today's haul:





For anyone who has not had steelhead trout it is very similar to salmon but not quite as "fishy" and the oils aren't quite as healthy as salmon oils but still better than most proteins


* I said thick asparagus because most of our "regular" grocery stores have the thin as green beans stuff, which does not handle the heat of baking or grilling well