Smothered Burritos!
This time, we made 30 meals for just about $170/family. We didn't have as much time to shop for sales AND we aren't eating as many 'chicken legs and sauce' dinners....so, this was one of our more expensive cycles. BUT, many of these will last two meals instead of just one.
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Before!

The Chalk-board check off list. It's a great feeling to check off finished entrees!
With that, this cycles' menu includes:
Penne w/Sausage
Chili
Santa Fe Chicken
Pork Chops on Rice
Pork Chops and gravy
Chicken Supreme
Apricot Chicken
Asian Roasted chicken
Pizza Rolls
Ranch Chicken Loaf
Ham Slice Dinner
Teryaki Pork Roast
Tex Mex Chops
Taco Meat
Apricot Glazed Pork Roast
Veggie Quiche
Ham Quiche
Crustless Spinach Quiche
Stuffed Shells
Upside Down Fettuccine Bake
Italian Sausage Pie
Chicken Pot Pie
Cheeseburger Pie
Chicken Rice Divan
Chicken Enchilada Bake
Lasagna
Tator Tot Casserole
Taco Casserole
Smothered Burritos
Meat for Spaghetti
Our shopping list/prep list:
Ham
2 c cubed, 16 slices
Ground Turkey (sautee) 22 lbs Ground Turkey(raw) 4 lbs Chicken breasts 18 Chopped chicken 20c Ckn parts 9 lbs Pork roast 14 lbs Pork chops 36 Mild Italian Sausage 6 lbs Bacon 1 pkg PRODUCE Chopped Green Pepper 8c Chopped Onion 20c Sliced Onion 2 sliced garlic Lemon Juice orange juice 2c Chopped celery 4c DAIRY Mont Jack 6c Cheddar Cheese 34c Cottage cheese 164 oz Parm cheese 3 c? Mozzarella. Cheese 12c Ricotta 42 oz 1/2 & 1/2 4 c Sour Cream 56 oz Butter 2 pkgs Milk 5c Eggs 42 Heavy Whip Cream 2c SEASONINGS Salt Garlic powder pepper cooking oil chili powder Worcestershire parsley basil cilantro cumin adobo soy sauce 2 c sherry cornstarch ginger mustard oregano curry italian herb onion powder dijon mustard dry white wine 1 1/3 c brown sugar 1 c cinnamon taco seasoning mix 4 pkgs Ranch dressing 8 tbsp CANNED GOODS black beans 30 oz Kidney Beans 30 oz mushrooms 4 cans Salsa 92 oz Tom. Paste 44 oz Tomatoes 124 oz Tom. Sauce 50oz Taco Sauce 16 oz Chix broth 8c Cream of Chix 16 c Chix Gravy 1 cans Beef gravy 2 cans Apricot Jelly 24 oz Pineapple 1 lrg can DRY GOODS Flour Tortilla 34 Ranch chips 3c Tortilla chips 2c FROZEN Pizza dough 2 lrg Pie crust 2 Mixed veggies 32 oz broccoli 32 oz tator tots 2 lbs spinach 40 oz GRAIN fettuccine 16 oz penne 32 oz Lasagna noodles 16 oz lrg shells 16 oz Cooked Rice 2 c |
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