Pretty in Pink Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 This doesn't include infant formula or diapers. We like all sorts of foods. We'll eat vegetarian dishes, beans, eggs, etc. No food sensitivities. We like to avoid processed foods for the most part. I like to cook but with a new baby in the house there just isn't time or energy for baking bread or very fancy meals. We have the basics -- flour, sugar, spices, oils, rice, dried beans/lentils... So, if you care to chime in please list a one-week menu and the corresponding shopping list. I need some inspiration! (Oh, and we generally shop at the base commissary so prices are fairly reasonable -- cheaper than Walmart, for the most part). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Random Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Have you been to budget101.com? She has menus and shopping lists (but not detailed on the shopping lists). Just be warned...her site is covered with disgusting Halloween stuff right now. ;) I'll share our menu, but I don't think the shopping list will be much help. We didn't have to buy everything on the list and I bought what was on sale for us, locally. My menu is really boring, but I don't enjoy cooking. I want to be in and out of the kitchen ASAP! I make the same salad every night-chopped Romaine and sliced purple cabbage. If I have a tomato or bell pepper or carrot, I throw that in, too, but lately those have been too expensive. Our garden failed this year, except for one green bell pepper. Breakfasts eggs & toast oatmeal with fruit and seeds on top peanut butter/sunbutter toast with fruit yogurt and fruit smoothies w/ flax seeds and almonds Lunches Quesadillas and fruit ants on a log and other raw veggies with dip leftovers whole wheat pasta w/olive oil and basil Bowl of brown rice w/cheese and/or beans on top Dinners Tortellini sausage soup Roast w/veggies (in the pressure cooker), salad homemade pizza & salad honey gingered chicken thighs with salad and brown rice Bean & cheese burritos w/ Mexican rice & salad Salmon patties with brown rice & salad Snacks Ginger snap cookies oatmeal raisin cookies brownies (maybe...when the oven is already on for the pizza...) yogurt veggies and fruit w/nut butter for dipping Quesadillas Bowl of rice Bowl of oatmeal Cinnamon toast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigger Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 When I've been pressed for time or $, I usually try to make dinners that are easily made into lunch the next day, that way I'm only cooking once a day and sometimes less if I make something that can be a "retread" in some way, like roasted chicken going to chicken salad for lunch and then chicken soup/chili or chicken pot pie for another dinner with just a few more ingredients! There's also the option of making a big pot of spaghetti sauce with meatballs and sausage and using that for a few meals - basic spaghetti & meatballs one night, baked lasagne another, Stuffed shells with the sauce another (just add some spinach & garlic to the ricotta to add in a vegetable too), meatball subs for lunch one day, sausage subs another, etc. Sauce with meat in it freezes well too, so if you make a giagant-o pot, you can freeze some for another time too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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