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Once-a-Month Cooking -- Cycle 5!

By Upatdawn @lisakeva
Jen, my cooking partner, and I have lived to tell the tale of Once-a-Month Cooking, Cycle # 5!

Smothered Burritos

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.
To find out more, check out Why Once-a-Month Cooking? and Once a Month Cooking Tips.

Once-a-Month Cooking -- Cycle 5!

Before!


Once-a-Month Cooking -- Cycle 5!

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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