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    $30 Weekly Grocery List and Menu Ideas


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    Recipe Introduction


    Note: For anyone not on quite as stringent a budget, or who can get
    better deals, or who has a garden; Add some more vegetables,
    especially green ones. I'd add fruit or juice to the other
    breakfasts without the apples. I'd probably also buy popcorn for
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    List of Ingredients




    Here's an idea for your week. I tried to pick things that most 10
    and 2 year olds will like. This is a fall menu. Target prices are
    included for you. I assumed that you have a few flavorings and
    condiments in the pantry: baking powder, baking soda, mayonnaise,
    spices, herbs, salt, and vanilla flavoring.

    Shopping List

    5 lbs all purpose flour .89
    5 lbs sugar 1.89
    2 cartons eggs 1.78
    l lb cheddar cheese 3.00
    2 gallons milk 3.98
    2 lbs regular margarine 1.68
    2 lbs hamburger 1.98
    1 lb lunch meat 1.29
    3 28oz cans tomato sauce 2.67 (may want some Italian ones)
    10 lbs potatoes 1.79
    5 lbs carrots 1.29
    5 lbs apples, medium size 3.00
    1 cabbage .60
    2 lbs dry navy beans .60
    2 lbs elbow macaroni 1.00
    1 lb spaghetti .50
    1 yeast 3 pack 1.29
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    Total 29.23

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    The food above could produce the menu below. If you make sourdough
    breads, this saves a lot of money on the yeast. Great recipes are at
    the soar site. You don't need to let the starter ferment for a long
    time to get it going, just to develop the flavor. You can use it at
    after one day and it will work. Just let sourdough rise longer than
    your usual bread recipes.

    Breakfast
    Pancakes with sautéed apples 3 times
    Cheese biscuits 2 times
    Muffins (plain, apple or spice) 3 times
    Lunch
    Here I am assuming that Mark and Danielle will take packed lunches
    and that you and Mollie will eat at home on weekdays.
    Mark And Danielle Lunch meat sandwiches, Carrot sticks, Sugar
    cookies 2 times
    Lunch meat sandwiches, Apple, Sugar cookies 3 times

    Stephanie And Molly Baked potato with cheese, Apple, Sugar cookies 3
    timesScrambled egg/cheese sandwich, carrot sticks, potato salad,
    sugar cookies 2 times

    Weekend Lunches

    Cheese Quiche, carrots (raw or cooked), Vanilla pudding
    Shepherd's pie(1/4 lb Browned hamburger, cooked potatoes and
    carrots, white sauce made with Homemade Cream Soup Mix, a little
    cheese)
    Supper

    Mac and Cheese, Cooked apples, Cabbage Slaw
    Spaghetti, garlic bread, Vanilla cake
    Tomato Soup, Cheese toasts, Carrot cake plain or with vanilla
    frosting
    Hamburger bean soup (Beans, 1/2 can tomato sauce, 1/4 lb hamburger,
    diced carrots, herbs/spices/salt), biscuits, Vanilla cake
    Hamburger Macaroni Casserole (hamburger, elbows, white sauce, salt,
    spices), Carrot/cabbage slaw, Apple pie
    Cheeseburger Pizzas(2) (1/2 can tomato sauce, browned hamburger,
    sprinkling of cheddar--add toppings last 5 minutes)
    Chili Potatoes-Baked potatoes topped with homemade chili and grated
    cheddar, Carrot cake
    Other things which could be made with these ingredients:
    Breakfast

    French toast
    Scones
    Bagels
    Herb biscuits
    Waffles
    Main Dishes

    Bean hamburger cheese nachos
    Bean tacos
    Beef noodle soup
    Cabbage Rolls
    Cheese Pizza
    Cheese potato soup
    Cheese spread
    Cheeseburger Mac and Cheese
    Deviled eggs
    Egg drop soup
    Hamburger cabbage casserole
    Hamburger Calzones
    Macaroni Lasagna
    Marinated Italian Bean Salad
    Meat turnover pies
    Meatball sandwiches
    Meatloaf
    Minestrone Soup
    Omelets
    Pizza potatoes
    Potato cheese fritter
    Potato, cabbage, bean soup
    Spicy beans in flour tortilla
    Vegetable Dishes

    Apple slaw
    Asian Cabbage Salad
    Cheesy fries
    Egg rolls
    Fried or Stir fried cabbage
    Hash browns
    Marinated carrots
    Mashed potatoes, plain or flavored
    Oven fries
    Perogies
    Potato cakes
    Potato skins
    Salsa potatoes
    Pasta Dishes

    Pasta salad
    Desserts

    Apple Crepes
    Apple Turnovers
    Baked cinnamon apple slices (takes 1.5 minutes in microwave or can
    oven bake whole for impressive dessert)
    Biscotti
    Cinnamon toast
    Doughnuts
    Funnel cake
    Sliced apples with caramel dip
    Spice cookies
    Vanilla ice cream
    Vanilla shake
    Misc.

    Apple butter
    Applesauce
    Children's eggnog
    Cinnamon bread
    Crackers
    Dumplings
    Homemade nachos and salsa
    Homemade noodles
    Soft pretzels
    Tomato herb bread
    V-8 type tomato drink
    Please Note: This article was written in 1999
 

 

 

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